Social Problems

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Social Problems

• Child Labor
• Urban Slums
• Crime
• Political Corruption
• Inequality of Wealth

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Child Labor
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Florence Kelley
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Reasons why child labor reform was largely
unsuccessful
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Reasons why child labor reform was largely
unsuccessful

• Business pressure

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Reasons why child labor reform was largely
unsuccessful

• Business pressure
• Legal system reluctant to get involved

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Reasons why child labor reform was largely
unsuccessful

• Business pressure
• Legal system reluctant to get involved
• Parental oposition

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The Lower East Side
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Tenement Alley
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Abe Ruef
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Poverty
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Poverty

• 1 of American families owned 7/8 of the nations
  wealth

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Poverty

• 1 of American families owned 7/8 of the nations
  wealth
• 80 of all Americans lived at or below the
  subsistence level

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Poverty

• 1 of American families owned 7/8 of the nations
  wealth
• 80 of all Americans lived at or below the
  subsistence level
• Average working man earned 500/ year

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Poverty

• 1 of American families owned 7/8 of the nations
  wealth
• 80 of all Americans lived at or below the
  subsistence level
• Average working man earned 500/ year
• Women earned 6.00/ wk, or less than 400/ year
  for 70 hour weeks