In the 1800s, britain and the united states had laws against unionizing mainly because they believed unions would cause a lot of violence. would be bad for the economy. would brainwash their workers. would reduce the work hours.

You have previously chosen a side to an issue, stated a claim, and you have written ideas about your claim in your argument organizer. now you will use your ideas from the organizer (and tips from this lesson) to write the introduction to your argument. in your introduction, remember to include: basic information on your topic a reason to care about the issue your specific claim that is clearly focused on your issue (exclude all personal feelings and the pronoun “i”) write three or more complete sentences write in formal style using the third person point of view. use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.