Factory farming

A dude named Samuel Slater came to the United States and copied the European factory system. Then a dude named Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and the manufacturing technique of interchangeable parts. Manufacturing with interchangeable parts made the whole system much smoother, quicker, and more efficient. Additionally, the cotton…

independent and extremely wealthy. For instance, between 1878 and 1900, the gross national product more than doubled, from 7.4 to 18.7 billion (Hatheway 36). The North, an industrial powerhouse, encouraged many people to become employed in several factories and industries. By 1800, five million Americans were industrial employees, especially immigrants, women, and children (Lutz, "Labor Conditions"). Between 1880 and 1900, the numbers of employed women soared from 2.6 million to 8.6 million…

petroleum refining, steel manufacturing and electrical power came into being. Expansions of the railroad made possible the shift of people, raw materials, and crops to the national market. Invention of steel plows, windmills and barbed wire helped in farming and ranching. Americans experienced a great change in their life times as the result of technological revolution. The source of light changed from candles to kerosene lamps and finally into electrical bulbs which made the cities brighter and…

was the Transcontinental Railroad. The railroad was built in 1867, it traveled across the United stated and made traveling a lot faster and cheaper. What would normally take 6-8 month journey can now be done in only 4-6 days. Factories could ship products to other factories to allow their companies and cities to grow across the East and West. Settlement of the West increased…

There are many factors that can be credited for the growth of the American economy between 1790 and 1860. Some of these factors include change in communication, change in agricultural production, and change in transportation. But there are two factors that played a huge role in that growth, they are: changes in transportation and changes in agricultural production. Changes in Transportation According to Meyer (n.d.), in the 1820s through the1830s government and private sources invested a lot of…

Factories would appear in the larger cities and it was rumored that living near a factory would mean a better future. As Dr. Gayle said in his article, “all such industrial production had two things in common: they took advantage of the cheap and abundant natural resources; and they used simple…

The Melting Pot Theory is to make a group of different people, such as immigrants adapting to the American culture. In a cool way to say it, it is dependent on the image of people from different backgrounds and cultures mixing and melting together into one big cultural pot. The Melting Pot Theory is basically a mixture of cultures, ethnic origins, ideas, religions and traditions. The concept has a conclusion of everyone who stays in the United States, soon becomes a part of a larger culture…

Industrialization is a crucial theme in the story “The Lorax,” without a factory to manufacture his goods, Mr. Oncler’s company would collapse due to the unbalance of supply and demand. Urbanization is the growth of cities or metropolitan areas, this theme is especially prevalent is the book “The Lorax.” The citizens of Thneedville were completely confuzzled that the outskirts of the city were being modernized. Factory and processing plants were being constructed all throughout…

Describe how gendered division of labor arose after the industrial revolution. How was this change tied to kinship network? The preindustrial revolution era was very much different what it proved to be after the industrial revolution. The set up of families was made around kinship network as each member of the family was involved in the process of earning the basic needs of life such as food, shelter & clothes etc. The kinship network was consisted between the people having blood…

increased economic growth, and with Britain having a lot of money they could buy new machines and factories. These are just some of the factors played a big role in the industrial revolution that made Britain the first in the country to start the industrial revolution growth that had spread throughout the rest of the world. With technology, the invention of the steam engine made it possible for factories to be built away from rivers instead of needing to be by rivers because the steam engines…