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The Organized Labor Movement and Workers' Strikes
Explain why miners and railroad workers formed unions and led strikes to demand an 8-hour workday and safer conditions.
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Railroads, Mining, and the Industrial Transformation
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Investigate how the transcontinental railroad, mining booms, immigrant labor, and the Progressive movement transformed Utah's economy and society.
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Learning standards covered
UT Standard 3.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will describe the effects of events, movements, and innovations on Utah’s economic development, such as the organized labor movement, farming and industrial improvements, the World Wars, and the Great Depression. (economics)
UT Standard 3.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will identify the causes and effects of the Progressive movement using examples from community or state history, such as the organized labor movement, tax reform, the Scofield mine disaster, and education and child labor reforms. (civics)