The Cheesecake Factory

process of manufacturing and transporting goods became more efficient as technology developed. Some examples being the textile mill, cotton gin, railroads, and steamboats. These technologies changed how people worked, mainly with the increase of factories in the North and the heavy focus on cotton in the South. As industrialization progressed in the North, slavery increased in the South. The North wanted to produce its own goods, and the South wanted to import goods. Consequently, the…

The working conditions were harsh for the Forever 21 workers. They often worked twelve-hour shifts for limited pay. Bathrooms were locked so workers could not go without asking for permission, which was often denied. Garment workers would only make about $200 dollars or less a week and were forced to take work home to finish it. Companies would randomly fire workers and refuse to pay them. Garment workers had to work Sundays as well for only $3.25 per hour making only $25 dollars for an…

After the first mechanized cotton mill was open in 1780, Manchester, England became the biggest textile manufacturer. Industrialization had many benefits for the city, but also had many consequences. Manchester's population in 1750 was 18,000, and by 1851, the population had risen to over 300,000. Most of the population were immigrants and the working class. With the big population, people needed jobs and homes, but the working and living conditions were not healthy or suitable. Even though…

The most important factor in a person's survival in labor camps was where they worked and how much of. This is because the more you worked the better chance you had of surviving due to the amount of food you would get. The type of work you did was decided by what type of sentence the prisoners had been given, and in part by the camp administration. There was an unlimited amount of jobs in the labor camps. This is because the jobs given were basically anything that needed fixing in the camps or…

was the push to invert in industry as great as in New England. In 1793, a british immigrant named Samuel Slater her established in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the first successful mechanized textile factory in America. Northeasterners, prompted by changing economic conditions, invested their capital in factories and manufacturing operations. The North had not eliminated…

“Radium City” is a documentary about a once prestigious clock making factory in Ottawa, Illinois. This documentary tells the real life story about the women who fell victim to the over exposure of radium by painting the numbers on clock faces. In the 1920’s, Radium Dial advertised a good paying job for painting luminous numbers on the faces of clocks to teenage girls that were straight out of high school that paid a better wage than what their parents were making every week. To these girls…

In Hard Times, the factory system does not reveal any importance and respect for the workers. They are treated like heartless and emotionless objects by heartless and emotionless exploiters. Children at Gradgrind‟s school are treated like „calculating machines‟, programmed for a specific attitude. The two scenes of school and factory lives, under which the society is, reflect the mechanization of humans at the time of the industrial…

in European history is very complex, but it is possible for some conclusions to be drawn. During the Industrial Revolution, there was a strengthened divide between classes of society, terrible health among citizens, and poor working conditions in factories. Societal classes had existed in Europe long before the Industrial Revolution. However, these classes began to function differently with the growth of industry. In Document 4, Edward Goodall’s Cottonopolis, we see an almost complete…

States became urban and industrial from the 18th to 19th century. This period was also known as the Progressive Era as well as the Gilded Age. Industrialization determined a shift from farms and agriculture to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. Industrialization lead to an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living for some, it also resulted in poor working and living conditions for the poor and working classes. The…

in industry. These spinning frames became very useful in industry when mass producing clothing. But on the other side of of the revolution wasn’t as great. Labouring was a massive factor in this period of time, many factories had children as young as six working in industry. The factory owners were able to employ children as young as six because children could fit into the machines. When a machine malfunctioned children were sent into the…