The problem centered around factories that used a new based technoloy.
Andrew carniege installed a lot of new inventions in order to increase the efficiency of his production. This ended up making a lot of skilled workers to lose their jobs/position in the industry and replaced with low skilled worker to operate the machinary.
They were passing through on their way to the West Coast.
They had to face racism from many white Americans. They also were treated unfairly by being segregated from whites.
Three reform issues Dorr took up were:
-A new Constitution for Rhode Island, which hadn't been changed since it was written in the 1600s
-Universal suffrage for white male voters, as opposed to only landowners
- a change in how representatives were elected, because at the time rural interests had a disproportionate say due to their high land area.
The new deals included new constraint and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply.
