The industrial growth began in the United States in the early 1800’s and continued through the Civil War. Most American industries were small. Many businesses served small markets as they were hand laborers which could not produce quantity and they lacked the capital needed to expand their businesses. However, after the Civil War, the American industry changed considerably, a transformation where machines replaced hand laborers through the means of manufacturing -- increasing the production volume greatly; the railways distributed goods all over; inventors developed new products that the businesses produced in large quantities; and the bankers/investors supplied the money needed to expand the companies. These processes gave rise to extensive increases that would affect all basic human needs.
I. Three major aspects of industrialization between 1865 and 1920 that influenced US society, economy, and politics are:
A. The industrial Age brought urbanization and immigration to the north because of the development of machinery. This development created a need for workers to …show more content…
Industrialization raised the standard of life for many average Americans through the mass-production of clothing, household goods and processed foods to revolutionizing the way people traveled and communicated.
However, the availability of jobs caused the lives of the people to contrast severely. The wealthy enjoyed lives of luxury. They had many opportunities for financial gain. The middle class lived comfortably, such as small business owners, office managers, etc. The underprivileged did not share in the benefits of the economic growth. They usually worked long hours for low pay with no fringe benefits. The poor lived crowded together in slums in crime generated neighborhoods with poor sanitation because they had to work to contribute to their families’ welfare.
I. Three major aspects of industrialization between 1865 and 1920 that influenced US society, economy, and politics are:
A. The industrial Age brought urbanization and immigration to the north because of the development of machinery. This development created a need for workers to …show more content…
Industrialization raised the standard of life for many average Americans through the mass-production of clothing, household goods and processed foods to revolutionizing the way people traveled and communicated.
However, the availability of jobs caused the lives of the people to contrast severely. The wealthy enjoyed lives of luxury. They had many opportunities for financial gain. The middle class lived comfortably, such as small business owners, office managers, etc. The underprivileged did not share in the benefits of the economic growth. They usually worked long hours for low pay with no fringe benefits. The poor lived crowded together in slums in crime generated neighborhoods with poor sanitation because they had to work to contribute to their families’ welfare.