Friday, December 14, 2012

hopelessly bound to the stake

                                                                     http://goo.gl/63Y6L link to website were this picture is found


                                                                      http://goo.gl/9Cpj4 quotes from reading website 

"laborers were inevitably bound to their company through debt."

"the poor were stuck in a rut."

"These unions fought for better working conditions, higher wages, and shorter work days."



o What are three pieces of information you chose?
A) i chose these three quotes becasue it showed how the workers were always doing the same thing and how the unionists wanted to change that. 

o Were labor unions necessary? Why?
A) unions were necessary because they were helping the workers by trying to get them more pay less work and no child labor.

o Did the government help make monopolies? How?
A) yes because they were making laws weak and they didnt deal with the people.

o How did money in politics contribute to this cartoon? How has this changed?
A) money and politics made this cartoon because the poor people didnt get  a say in what they wanted and they tycoons always made the decision.



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