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Most factory owners and bosses were more concerned with profit than worker safety. During industrialization, the work accidents and terrible working conditions were countless To combat this, workers formed unions to fight for higher wages, better hours and safer conditions.
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Corruption in government. This was a time in which big businesses came to dominate the economy.
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More and more farmers lost their land and slipped down the agricultural ladder into tenant farming, sharecropping, and the crop-lien system. Tenant farmers rented the right to farm someone else is land for a cash payment.
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Millions poured into cities for jobs in factories during the industrial era. This rapid urbanization resulted in overpopulation, crowded tenements, strain on city service and health issues. Along with many other things
