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• Subtopic: Labor Unions Labor unions are organizations of workers formed to protect their rights and improve working conditions. For example, factory workers joined labor unions to demand higher pay and safer workplaces. The historical circumstances that led to the creation of labor unions were poor working conditions. • Subtopic: Purpose of Amendments and Laws The purpose of the 15th Amendment was to give African American men the right to vote. • Subtopic: Immigration and Child Labor New immigrants entering the US arrived in places like New York. During the industrial revolution, immigrant children worked instead of attending school because their families were poor and needed money to survive. Factories hired children since they could be paid less and fit into small spaces. • Subtopic: Monopolies A monopoly is when big businesses buy up smaller competitors to control the market. • Subtopic: Freedman's Bureau The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to help freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War. It provided food, clothing, medical care, and education. • Subtopic: Nativism and the Chinese Exclusion Act Nativism is the belief that people born ...