Hopelessly Bound to the Stakes

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Essential Question:

Did the government have any responsibility for placing workers on the stake?

-The government had some responsibility for placing workers on the stake because they may have helped the monopolies to be in the Senate room by accepting money from them. The people making the laws were affected by the monopolies' thoughts which lead to the law being helpful on the monopolies instead of the workers.

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What are three pieces of information did you chose? Why did you chose the three?

"This cartoon signifies the cruel treatment by the wealthy industrialists toward their workers."

"The workers were overworked and underpaid."

 "The worker's wages went down, the prices for living remained the same and the laborers were inevitably bound to their company through debt."

-I chose these quotes from the article because the first one summarizes how the wealthy monopolists treated the workers cruelly. The second tells us about how laborers were forced to work long hours a day in unsafe working conditions and were underpaid. And lastly, the quote shows how the industrialists can control the worker's wages.

Were labor unions necessary? Why?

-Labor unions were necessary to help the workers gain better working conditions, higher wages and shorter work days.

Did the government help make the monopolies? How?

-Yes, because by accepting the monopolies' bribes and their influence on making the laws, the laws became weaker against monopolies and made them richer and more powerful.