Industrial Revolution: Monopolies In The United States

While following the industrial revolution, our country had a higher standard of living compared to other undeveloped countries. It also created monopolies when an individual has sufficient control over a particular market. For instance, the monopolies create an image that cars are necessary for every American and is essential to the growth of the city. This revolution would be absolutely beneficial for people from the higher ends. However, this challenges people in the lower class and their ability to travel the city. It drives the poor away from the mainstream culture and move into the margin. It slows the flow of the transportation, those who work for public transportation are losing jobs, creates inequality, less services for public, and force them to buy vehicles. When the government chooses to build more roads, a large amount resource is required and results in an insufficient amount of money to spend on public expenditure. Governors use their power to take over private lands. Minorities have less power to fight what has been done to their homeland (Betancur, 2010: 5-16). They were forced to leave their homeland and were less flexible and lack of valuable resources to adapt to a new environment. Nowadays, poor …show more content…
Men get paid more than women in a ratio of one dollar to seventy-eight cents. Men are given more hours while women were having to pay motherhood tax, less room for advancement, and seen as less capable (Royce, 2009: 249-252). Female-headed families are struggling to manage child care, taking care of their poor families, and obtaining a job. They have a harder time even when relying on their limited connections they have. They cannot afford preschools for their children, and cannot always depend heavily on their relatives. Poor people are more stressful in every aspect of life, and encounter sickness caused by hopelessness such as diabetes, heart-problem, high blood pressure. (Royce, 2009: