The Industrialization Revolution was an exciting time of invention and economic development in the United States. During this time, jobs that were done by skilled labors were replaced by more cost-effective machines. While this was a tremendous benefit for a company’s efficiency and profitability, it negatively impacted the people that made up the labor force in America. Skilled craftsmen who were previously respected and paid according to skill were now just another employee on the assembly line. Employers took advantage of the influx of potential employees and paid them as little as possible. In order to keep up with high costs of living women and children also entered the workforce, earning a fraction of a man’s wages. The combination
