CLEP US History I

Answer: B - Strikes and other forms of organized protest were illegal and resulted in criminal charges in most states in the early 19th century. Working conditions were generally abysmal in the early factories, and the influx of immigrants that began in the 1830s and 1840s assured that factory owners in urban centers had an endless supply of labor. Therefore, most labor reform would emerge well after the Civil War when formal protest was decriminalized.