Mary Ann Cotton

The transitions from an agricultural based economy to an industrial economy did not just happen in the span of a few years. The first stages of the Industrial Revolution began in the 1800s and by the 1900s the United States was en route to becoming one of the world’s leading industrial powers. The American Civil War ended in 1865 and had left everything north of the Mason-Dixon line in a really good place (economically, politically, socially, and industrially), the North was building up their…

The 18th hundred kicked of the start of the Industrial Revolution with the introduction of the spinning Jenny. The spinning Jenny was a machine used to spin cotton into threads that were then weaved together in order to make some kind of fabric which in turn would be used to make clothes. Once the Spinning Jenny was invented, people started to innovate and look for ways to improve this machine so it could be more productive than the previous model. These ideas then lead to the innovation of the…

The idea of industrialization was brought into the West by Great Britain. Industrialization is the introduction of manufacturing, advanced technology, and economic activity into an area. The Industrial Revolution occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Work was mostly done in the homes by hand because there were no machines to do the work. If often took much longer to manufacture one thing because a person could only work during the day, and they did not have the means to…

The textile industry is a popular subject that comes to mind when thinking about the industrial revolution.The sales of the spinning jenny and other textile advancements were massively popular and therefore helped improve the economy. The textile industry became so big, it had a revolutionary effect on Britain's economy. The ever improving textile inventions helped to continue Britain’s economic growth. The spinning jenny and the water frame were eventually used to create more profitable…

In England, the Agricultural Revolution set into motion an insurgence of innovation and a booming population and economy. This is called the Industrial Revolution, or the increased output of machine made goods. But was the Industrial Revolution more harmful than beneficial? There are many benefits, but the Industrial Revolution was more harmful than beneficial to England in the 19th century because children were forced to work in dangerous conditions, the working class could not rise out of…

During the 19th century, Americans were facing the new industrial age that came with the rapid growth of business manufacturing. The rapid economic growth of the United States railroads, helped create new technology in the workplace. Therefore, companies were adapting to new technology and replacing skilled workers with new machinery. Skilled workers, were not being paid enough or losing their jobs to unskilled immigrants, women, and children; who were willing to take even lower wages to work.…

Wilson uses the ghetto of Chicago as his “laboratory” to describe the decline in the African American race. With it being less barriers to a higher education, higher career opportunities, and allied groups in the American society. When you grow up in the ghetto, sometimes committing a crime is a part of an economic opportunity because much income isn’t coming into a person’s household. Males took it upon themselves to drop out of school to sell drugs. With the major decline being unexpected in…

A major change in America’s society during this time period was the second Industrial Revolution, in which Leuchtenburg discusses in his tenth chapter, “The Second Industrial Revolution.” The first and second revolution differ immensely due to the fact the first focused primarily on the establishment of steam powered machines while the second replaced steam with electricity as the power source. This revolution altered the daily lives of every American by changing the way of transportation,…

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…