Do you ever look at history and see both negative and positive in the same thing. This is like industrialization because at the time a lot was negative but later it became positive. Industrialization was more positive than negative though, This is because it brought things like new inventions, new work ideas, and a better standard of life for more people. Some of the most important things about industrialization are the new inventions people made to make life better and to advance to where we are today. “Prolific inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) has had a profound impact on modern life.” (Document 2). Edison is one of the main contributors to the industrialization era because he patented 1,093 inventions (Document 2). Many of these we …show more content…
One of these ideas is that workers who do a harder job should be paid more. This was shown with the miners who had a high chance of getting injured on the job versus the laborers who only loaded coal on the cars and assisted the miners. The miners were paid more than the laborers as said by Stephen Crane in this sentence from The Depths of a Coal Mine “ Meanwhile the miner gets three dollars per day, and his laborer one dollar and a quarter” (document 5). This was an important idea that we still use today. Then there was the idea of labor unions. These unions were made to get workers better working conditions and were successful on multiple occasions. on these occasions unions were positive but on the occasions that unions didn't work they were negative because of people that got killed, injured, or lost their jobs during the strikes. Through these negative effects were more positive because they helped to pass laws to make working better for workers. For example in 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act after the states did not ratify the admendment to prohibit child labor (http://www.scholastic.com/) . This act made child labor outlawed mostly because of how child labor kept growing from 0.7 million in 1870 to 1.63 million in 1910 (Document 1). This act would not have been passed if the unions did not bring up the problem of child labor to the government. Now …show more content…
one way life was better was because more people were educated. this is shown by the number of high school graduates rising from two percent in 1870 to nine percent in 1910 (Document 1). Lives were also better because there was a new middle class that could afford luxuries that used to only available to the rich like amusement parks. This brought a new standard of living that was better for most people. The newly made inventions like the phonograph kept more people together because of the way the could now communicate. This also helped raise the standard of living. Although the life for the poor was terrible, the new middle class out weighed the living conditions of the poor. there are many different ways to look at the living conditions of the time, but the easiest one to notice is the new middle class standard of
Industrialization is the process in which an economy is changed from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing approach and manual labor is replaced by machines in factories. Industrialization brought a more diverse amount of goods and more total goods and improved living for many but, for others it resulted in harsh working and living conditions for the poor and working class. Many positives and negative were present during the industrialization of the U.S. Positives such as more goods being distributed, easier way of doing things, and being able to mass produce. Negatives like children working long and difficult jobs and many workers having poor working conditions.
Industrialization is growing cities and population, and making factories to mass produce. Andrew Carnegie is a man who went from rags to riches on his own and become #1 in mass producing steel.
The organized labor movement from 1875 to 1900 is to blame for the problems unions face today as early labor unions crucified themselves politically, alienated themselves socially and failed to increase the socio-economic position of the worker, and in many cases only succeeded in worsening such positions. The political crucifixion of the early blue-collar industrial worker was directly caused by organized labor. Before such ‘organization, existed, workers flew under the political radar in the best of ways. They were allowed to live peaceful lives and given the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In fact, the commodore Andrew Carnegie had achieved the American dream in his rags to riches advancement and he offered the same opportunity to each of his workers.
The industrial revolution had mainly negative effects. The industrial revolution was a time in world history that has technically never ended. It is the time when society started to mass produce goods in order to provide enough goods for the booming population. People started to move from villages to cities where factories were looking for workers. New medical advances were made and people began to live longer. While some might argue that industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of the increased amount of new and cheaper products, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were the dangerous and sometimes lethal work areas, poor living conditions and cramped housing,
Great Britain lead the way for industrialization and made it spread through out Europe. Some consider this the best thing to have happened in the world. Others however see this as a bad thing. Of course, with such a big change came an effect over all people such as reformers and the government but the greatest effect was upon the workers. Since the 19th century, industrialization has had positive and negative effects on the lives of workers.
The effects of industrialization were key in determining the state of our country as it is today. Two important effects were the new government regulations and the increasing immigration. The new government regulations are being affected positively by creating laws achieving better hours, better wages, and better working conditions for the employees. The increasing immigration brought diversity of races and removed discrimination in factories but it also caused that cities became overcrowded, dirty and dangerous places due to the violence and the easy expansion of diseases. The basis that built the US was given by the people who worked really hard trying to be treated equally and have the same rights as the others.
Beginning in the late 1700’s and growing rapidly even today, labor unions form the backbone for the American workforce and continue to fight for the common interests of workers around the country. As we look at the history of these unions, we see powerful individuals such as Terrence Powderly, Samuel Gompers, and Eugene Debs rise up as leaders in a newfound movement that protected the rights of the common worker and ensured better wages, more reasonable hours, and safer working conditions for those people (History). The rise of these labor unions also warranted new legislation that would protect against child labor in factories and give health benefits to workers who were either retired or injured, but everyone was not on board with the idea of foundations working to protect the interests of the common worker. Conflict with their industries lead to many strikes across the country in the coal, steel, and railroad industries, and several of these would ultimately end up leading to bloodshed. However, the existence of labor unions in the United States and their influence on their respective industries still resonates today, and many of our modern ideals that we have today carry over from what these labor unions fought for during through the Industrial Revolution.
The United States’s industrialization lead to a great boom in both economic and population growth, allowing businesses to flourish. With more money and workers at their disposal, employers often would often mistreat workers, suddenly cutting their wages or firing them. With only profit in mind, industries eventually became monopolized and the conditions of workers only worsened. Defenseless and barely able to survive, laborers soon found power in uniting with each other, leading to the establishment of American labor unions during the Gilded Age. They provided workers with necessary protection from their employers’ capricious decisions, and while their presence elicited fear in business owners, unions eventually bettered the standard of living for the American proletarian through compromise.
The environment industrial workers faced during the years 1875 to 1900, was extremely harsh. While the United States just finished a war, it was also trying to compete against other countries in the industrial world. Workers were not even given the option for retirement pensions, benefits, or vacation time. They endured excessive hour shifts, trifle amounts of pay, and dangerous conditions while working in the factories. Labor movements could not handle this anymore; therefore, they took action. The main points they argued for were safer atmospheres, honest pay, and easier working shifts.
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, economics, business, and industry began to change in America and all around the world. Many would credit the Industrial Revolution as a whole to describe the changes that were made in so many different industries in America; however, these changes can be largely credited to only a few different individuals. Many different people made impacts on American economics and society, although much of this change can be credited to three individuals who stood out among the many. John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan can be credited with financially supporting many different industries, as he was the top banker of his time. Thomas Edison is given credit for many electrical inventions that changed the way people live their everyday lives. Henry Ford was a great industrial innovator who
+++====In short, American life was altered by the Industrial Revolution, not just in terms of materials, and increased production, but in American standards of living, but of how people in America lived and worked together. The American public began to praise advancements of technology as signifying advancements in society. However, we must remember there were other social, cultural, and political consequences of the Industiral Revolution’s influence on American society; ones which lead to things such as unions, as well as concerns with the rights of the
The industrialization of Great Britain led the planet with modern technology because of their ample amount of natural resources and their political stability. With multiple entrepreneurs looking for innovative machines and capital to invest in those machines, they continued to demonstrate to the world they were the leaders in urbanization at that time. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of modernized machines, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were child labor, separated families, and bad quality of life.
Labor Unions in America have had a history of being messy and relatively unsuccessful. One of their biggest problems were the wages and hours that the workers had worked, this continued from 1875-1900 when they only saw slight changes in the average daily wages, and average daily hours (Document A). Workers found themselves facing a negative general consensus from the American public due to perceived anarchist and socialist relations. Conflict among different labor unions, violence of some labor strikes, and the availability of scrub workers led to unsuccessful strikes and weaker unions. These weak unions, caused foor many many problems for the time being.
Industrialization was a period of rapid expansion in the 19th and 20th century for the United States and had a profound effect on the country. Although there was much success across the country, such as massive population growth and manual labor becoming easier, the negative effects of industrialization outweigh the positives.
This inclination creates the rigid dichotomy between whether industrialisation was detrimental or beneficial. In fact, industrial Britain had elements of both, but ultimately was just a massive change, catalyzing change across Europe and shaping the future. Industrialisation created benefits and detriments, but it is impossible to objectively compare them. The changes were so vast and varied and affecting many different levels of society that to come to a conclusion, one aspect must be favoured. Major bias exists in discussion of the Industrial Revolution even among its contemporaries. Thus, it is quite impossible to determine empirically whether industrialisation is best described as detrimental or beneficial. Indeed, industrialisation radically changed the way of life in Britain and all of Europe, but the varying changes are intertwined and not able to be separated and compared fairly. Complex change such as this cannot be dissected and scrutinised for good versus bad; the industrial revolution is both and it is neither. It cannot be