The backbone of the United States since its inception has been its workers. This became especially clear with the Industrial Revolution in the United States in the years following the American Civil War. All of this build-up would lead to the first thirty years of the 20th century where the nation would see expansive growth in not only the diversity and complexity of its labor movement, but also passed some of the most influential and long-lasting laws concerning labor. And so the question must be asked in an era of landmark labor laws being repealed nationwide, what happened to labor and laborers? How did we go from rural laborers voting for anti-corporate and pro-government subsidization to pro-corporate tax cuts and anti-government interference?
