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The gilded era was full of changes. All aspects of the American society were developing as technology improved. Innovations like the light bulb and telephone drastically improved ordinary things like communication and extended the time in the day. In addition, the newly built railroad system and invention of cars made transportation much easier throughout the country. Transportations biggest impact was on agriculture. Now that crops could be shipped across the country, small local farmers were…

The Industrial Revolution started in the late 18th century, it brought many changes to societies that experienced the making of the industrialized world. Throughout the 19th century cities in Europe and America became industrial and urban through the creation of machinery. As a result of the industrialized cities it created two new classes, which were the working class and the middle class. With the influence of the industrial revolution, capitalism was founded. Capitalism has been defined as…

The Industrial revolution was a period of new advances and new technologies being introduced, it first started in England. It began in England because they had a huge number of resources like iron and coal and this industry was reliable and that is when the population started to grow. When England’s population started growing that is when the market started growing and large labor started to accumulate, and England’s economy started to boom. In the industrial revolution there were three major…

The industrial revolution had a great impact on the job market; there had suddenly become an abundance of job openings in cities all around the country. The Encarta’s artist rendition of this industrial plant portrays a factory centered at the heart of the city. Factories began sprouting up in cities all over. (Document #3) Factories that produced consumer goods such as clothing or other cloth items became very popular after James Hargreaves invention of the spinning jenny in 1764. James…

Consequences of Industrialization After the Civil War, the American economy was growing more and more and industrialized. The three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War were new inventions, transportations, and capitalism. One of the most significant consequences of the industrialization were new inventions. New inventions allowed people to do things more efficiently than before (class lecture). Materials such as steel was stronger…

Since 1938, federal labor laws have left out child farm workers from labor protections given to other working children. Unlike most other jobs, children over the age of 12 can legally work in agriculture if they have their parent’s permission and are working on the same farm as their parents. Children are allowed to work in the fields at very young ages, for many hours a day. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of U.S. children work in agriculture. Many of the workers haven’t been allowed…

These excerpts tell us that the people of England during the Industrial Revolution valued honest labor. They worked long hours (10-12 hours a day) in order to feed their families. Idlers and vagabonds were executed by the state. Work at this period of time was by hand and an introduction of machinery received massive rejection as it meant that people were going to lose their jobs. Formal education of kids was for the privileged few whereas the majority learned as they worked. Child labor was…

The advent of the industrial revolution affected the average worker in many negative ways, and yet many people either did not realize the horrendous treatment that the workers, mainly child laborers, endured, or chose to turn their nose to the vile treatment in the name of profit and luxury. Factory workers had to endure harsh treatment in their jobs, were forced to live in terrible housing, and many people turned their noses to it all for their own selfish needs. Child laborers in factories…

Children were often treated and used as if their sole purpose was to serve the world around them, and to accommodate the ever-thriving economy. Several philosophers such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Charles Webb, all rationalized that, “children worked under deplorable conditions and were being exploited by the industrialists.” These children worked in what they described as “dark satanic mill(s)”, where they were subjected to long hours, rare to no breaks, extremely low wages, and stuffy…

Introduction: Technology has negative effect on people because the workers were not protected at all in the factories. Also with the population rapidly growing people needed somewhere to stay and the rent was so high they had a bunch of people in a small bedroom. Now that people are stressing about work they are beginning to go to the pubs more and alcoholism began . The industrial revolution has mostly negative effects because of the bad working conditions, low wages for working long hours,…