Factory Acts

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…

industries. Meat-packing factories being the worst of all. In chapter 8, Schlosser uses rhetorical strategies to unveil the dark side of meat-packing factories. Schlosser…

the National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act (after the sponsoring senator, Robert F. Wagner of New York) (Wagner Act, 2016). This act delineated the rights of workers to organize or join a labor union and bargain with their employer for better pay and working conditions; additionally, this law made it illegal for employers to discriminate against unionized workers, prevent employees from unionizing, or to refuse to bargain with a certified union (Adler, 2006). This act also formed the…

People were killed by gas and explosions. Factories had a negative impact on the cities. The worst period of unhealthy urbanisation was between 1815­ and 1850. However, the problems worsened as the cities became overpopulated. Another public health problem that people faced during the Industrial…

2. Briefly discuss the political culture and technological advances that ultimately worked to pave the way for the “new imperialism” during this period. The technological improvements in communications and transportation and advances in education helped the Age of New Imperialism. Having new devices such as the telegraph and the telephone, people had new chances to communicate with others that lived far way from them, even though “the telegrams often brought bad news to offices and residences”…

unrest. In comparison with other absolute monarchies, such as France, Britain's Parliament placed few restraints on the country's economy. Britain had an economy that was much less regulated than the economies of other countries. This allowed for factories and other entrepreneurs to invest and grow, as they could not elsewhere. It helped to promote innovation of the sort that led to the technology used in the Industrial…

economy. One of the most important additions to the labor world came in 1866, the National Labor Union. In the early days of work in America there were no labor unions. People worked in unfair and unsafe conditions. Children worked in dangerous factories, minimum wage was nonexistent, and work conditions were appalling. If a person became sick, there was no healthcare and there were no sick days, if you couldn’t make it into work it usually turned into the loss of the job. The eight hour work…

Enclosure Act for instance had led to a stronger property rights among the people in the U.K. With excess labour available in the market and higher wages that were gained by the farmers, barriers to entry were successfully lowered and thus investors started to enter…

increase income of middle class. c. Wage Earners. ( 1900, 2/3 of all workers’ wages 10hrs a day, 6days a week, which was not enough for family so used women and kids. - Wages determined by laws of supply & demand, since immigrants compete fir factory jobs, wages were barely above lvl needed. - Low wages were justified by David Ricardo (1772-1823) by “iron law of wages” argued raising wages would only increase working population & availability of workers which would cause wages to fall,…

The Industrial Revolution was a lifechanging time that transformed work production from handmade to machine made across America. The new production method introduced factories where workers would complete long hours to earn their pay. This industrial boom allowed urbanization flourish in cities throughout the United States. These urban and industrial changes impacted men, women, and children of all social classes and standing. The Industrial Revolution drastically impacted relationships inside…