Malden Mills

Following the end of the Civil War led to the Second Industrial revolution which brought many new innovative ideas and inventions attracting people from all over the world. Individuals who owned Businesses were thriving off the success that the second industrial revolution had brought. Few people grew to become unbelievably wealthy, but two massive people in that time period were Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller the two wealthiest people during the Industrial Revolution. Attracting…

Jackson Fickert-Rowland Period 1 11/17/16 Working Conditions at the Turn of the 19th Century: The conditions of workplaces throughout the Industrial revolution were awful as time went on. Many businesses initially needed employees to work for them, and many applied, willing to work for low pay in exchange for unskilled labor. Because of the vast amount of workers, the companies set wages as low as they could so they could afford operating their business. People worked around…

No free time like a regular child would get today, just going to the mines ready to have permanent scar on your body. Let’s say you are a 9 year old boy in the 1880’s. If you habited in the right side of the country, you were considered a hard-working factory worker.The majority of these kids were unhealthy, monotonous, and not incapable to continue on. In 1900’s, over 1.7 million children under the age of 16 works outside their homes. For many years, children had been suffering until the…

industrial city. Manchester was a great place to show the negative and positive aspect of industrialization. It had rapid unplanned growth which made it an unhealthy place for poor people. But, wealth flowed from its factories. It went first to the mill owners and the new middle class. The workers in Manchester took pride in their work, they worked for many hours which made them get rewarded with high profits. A famous French writer named Alexis de Tocqueville, visited Manchester and wrote,…

What is the Industrial Revolution? What kind of changes did it make? When did it happen? Many wonder how it happened all I could say is that it was one of the most topics everyone talked about. These Revolution was transformations combined between social and economics that happen in some places around Europe. The Industrial Revolution made an enormous change in the 17th century. It took place in England Between the 17th and 18th century. The strong and brave Richard J Boyd once claimed “The…

Many children at a tender age are forced to work long hours in factories that contain many hazardous conditions that make their lives difficult. Although child labor benefits many businesses, the children suffer terribly from beatings, deleterious factory conditions, and many health issues. Children not only work excessive work hours that tire them mentally and physically, they also receive brutal beatings for simple little errors. Elizabeth Bentley was interviewed discussing her experience…

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 1760’s where machines were built to create products from the vast resources. Due to Great Britain having an agricultural empire, they had access to more crops. Effects were labor, wealth, and pollution. Although the Industrial Revolution led to progression in global technology, it also caused a demand of labor and money, leading to abusive working conditions meaning that ultimately, it was a period of depression and struggle.…

Before the 1800’s, most Americans were farmers and most goods were produced by hand, but when the Industrial Revolution came into play everything slowly changed. Machines replaced almost everything. There were a lot of new power sources. For example; sewing machines, made our clothes quicker that it would if we would of hand sewn it like always. While most Americans continued to farm for a living, the economy began to shift toward manufacturing. There are a couple positive and negative effects…

An interview with former flax mill worker shows “[I began work at the factory] When I was six years old” (Document 7). Children as young as five and six were introduced into the world of factory work. During this time the children should have been in school, learning the basic skills…

return. However, some people only think of dogs as a way to make profit, in a place called a puppy mill. A puppy mill is a commercial dog breeding facility where profit is placed above the well being of the dogs. Puppy mills should be illegal in the United States because of the horrendous conditions, illnesses and behavioral issues it causes, and negative environmental conditions they create. Puppy mills are notorious for overbreeding, which leads to overcrowding in these facilities and well…