The Cheesecake Factory

In the Second Industrial Revolution, working class citizens were able to live comfortable lives with stability in the workplace without having to be in the middle class. Factories provided the working class with wages, housing, and work, allowing for pleasant lives. They were also given some degree of respectability and responsibility by being able to revolt or strike. Throughout the Second Industrial Revolution, although there were cycles of booms and busts, the economy was growing and…

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Europe? The Industrial Revolution began in Europe for a variety of reasons. The main reason being that Great Britain had natural resources such as coal, oil, and gas. Also another important factor was the success of the Agricultural Revolution, with crops being able to grow and flourish Europe was able to provide its people with food allowing the population to grow which contributed to the success of the Industrial Revolution. How did the Industrial…

With industrialization, factories had a clear line of authority between the workers and the managers. Above the managers were the owners who reaped all the money produced by the factory at the cost of meager wages for the workers. Disparity in incomes led to a development of an upper, middle, and lower class. In the pre-industrial agricultural society, the…

Imagine working from the age of six in a factory for twelve hours a day. That’s what you would be doing if you lived in the seventeenth century Britain or United States if you were a child. In today’s society we benefit from the Industrial Revolution, but forget about the people that made it possible. While some might argue that industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of higher productivity, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s…

Factory life during the Industrial Revolution was unhealthy and an utterly disgusting environment unsuitable for children, not only for the dangerous equipment, but also for the insufficient ability to tend to and take care of the children, even forcing and expecting them to lie in some circumstances. For example, one interview stated, ¨When I was a surgeon in the infirmary, accidents were very often admitted to the infirmary, through the children's hands and arms having being caught in the…

Sure there are many benefits that came from the industrial revolutions . The industrial revolution changed how we lived. The thing about this it said before this over 80 percent of the population had to leave on a farm without electricity in order to survive. Where if you was to tell somebody you live on a farm without any electricity now. People will ask you why? Yes, it changed education, electricity,transportation, medicine,clothing, and mass production was made possible. This also was…

went from agriculture to industrialization. Next was new technologies, national transportation, and new businesses. Technology helped transform the factory work and increased the scale of production. The two technologies that changed people daily life was steam and electricity. Electricity helped manufacturers to stop relying on water so factories were not located by the rivers anymore due to the new innovations. Technology also enabled managers to substitute machines for workers, skewing the…

author describes his experience working during his summer vacations as a factory worker. Setting the tone, he describes how he is more than happy to hit the books after laboring 12-hour days and earning meagre wages. As a result of his experience, the alternative is straightforward. "Factory life has shown me what my future might have been like had I never gone to college in the first place." "Sweating away my summers as a factory worker makes me more than happy to hit the books." He is…

Additionally, owners were constantly accused of committing exploitation against factory workers both young and old. The term exploitation is simply defined as the action of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work, which is precisely what happened in assembly lines in industrial revolution factories. Workers made very insignificant wages in dangerous conditions and worked brutal hours, and some were reportedly scarcely treated…

Europe, and quite possibly the world, because of the profit earned from colonization and the slave trade. It had a stable monarchy dating up to ages ago, and there was not much dissatisfaction amongst the people who profited from Britain’s success (“Factory and Marketplace Revolution”) (Condition #4). It also had the strongest navy in the world, the Royal Navy, with unparalled shipbuilding…