the act of doing away with something

In his speeches, he called for the abolition of slavery.

a person who works to bring about change in society, usually by speaking up, protesting, or taking action for a cause they believe in

the activist organized a march to raise awareness about protecting the environment

the way a society organizes the production, distribution, and consumption of its goods and services

The United States in the 1850s had an economic system that included both wage-labor factories and slave labor plantations.

The social and cultural roles, behaviors, and identities that societies assign to people based on their perceived sex

The hiring guidelines are designed to reduce discrimination based on gender.

the working class, especially those that lack wealth and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive

The revolutionaries declared that factories and other means of production should be handed over to the proletariat.

the improvement of wrong or bad conditions

People with a wide variety of occupations demanded labor reforms.

the right to vote in a political election

Some states imposed obstacles to restrict the suffrage of African Americans.

when workers are paid money by business owners for their labor, rather than owning it themselves

Even children became wage laborers in the mines and factories of the early industrial world.