Industrial Revolution Effects On American Society
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The industrial revolution reshaped America’s cities, society and way of life in the 1800’s. America is what it is today because of this shift from farmers, craftsmen, and merchants to factory workers, working middle class, and the wealthy class. News ways of transporting goods by using canals, steamboats and trains helped jump start the revolution. The invention of the cotton gin reshaped American slavery, shifting it to the Deep South. The rise of factories led to a new working class of semi-skilled and unskilled workers. All three of these things are responsible for the industrial revolution and bring America in the modern world of today. The industrial revolution first began in the late 1700’s in Great Britain then after a year decades …show more content…
Cities grew simply because that’s where the jobs were. Poor immigrates settled into cites looking for work and often took low end factory jobs to get by. Between 1840 and 1860 4.2 million immigrates moved to the United States, mostly Irish and Germans (Lecture 11). The Irish, who were fleeing the great famine, came to America looking for a new start (Lecture 11). Arriving with little money and no skills, outside of agriculture skills, had to take low paying factory jobs and live in the slums (Lecture 11). The Irish took jobs native American didn’t want like building the railroad and canals, common laborers, servants, longshoremen and factory operators (Give Me Liberty 335). While the Germans who were fleeing political upheaval, arrived with a little more money in their pockets were able to buy land and start their own business (Lecture 11). They established themselves as craftsmen, shop keepers, and farmers and lived in tight knit communities in eastern cities (Give Me Liberty …show more content…
A class system began to appear with a well-defined wealthy class, middle class, and working class. The wealthy class replaced gentry’s, and now you could rise to wealth instead of being born into it. In 1850 the wealthy class, which was 10% of the population, controlled 70% of the wealth. (Lecture 11). A distant middle class made up of lawyers, doctors, teachers, clerks, accountants, and other office employees, appeared during this time (Give Me Liberty 348). The middle class had women who stayed at home and manage the household and men were expected to work (Lecture 11). The middle class was often drawn to evangelical religions and were the driving force of the temperance movement (Lecture 11). The working class made up the rest of the class systems, these were the low wage, unskilled workers, mostly made up of immigrates and blacks (Lecture
In this essay, the author
- Explains how the industrial revolution reshaped america's cities, society, and way of life in the 1800s.
- Explains that the industrial revolution began in the late 1700’s in great britain then after a year decades jumped across the atlantic to the united states.
- Explains that the cotton gin, the steel plow, and the telegraph revolutionized the manufacturing industry.
- Explains how the industrial revolution reshaped america's cities, society, and way of life in the 1800s.
- Explains that the industrial revolution began in the late 1700’s in great britain then after a year decades jumped across the atlantic to the united states.
- Explains that the cotton gin, the steel plow, and the telegraph revolutionized the manufacturing industry.
- Explains how the rise of factories made large scale production possible and reshaped how americans lived and worked.
- Explains the impact of the industrial revolution on american society and the structure of society itself. 4.2 million immigrates moved to the united states between 1840 and 1860.
- Explains how the cotton gin saved the dying slave system, shifted the slave population from the southern east coast states to the deep south, and slave coffies on forced marches became common sight.
- Explains that social changes took place during the 1800’s as a side effect of industrialization. the wealthy class replaced gentry, and now you could rise to wealth instead of being born into it.
- Explains how industrialization affected many groups, like artisans and immigrates. the decline of artisans was started as technology replaced skill. low pay led to slums and nativism.
- Explains how the industrial revolution reshaped america's cities, society, and way of life during the 1800s. it started with the transportation revolution and still influences the way businesses work today.
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- Explains that the industrial revolution began in 1750-1850 and spread around europe, north america, and the globe. many important inventions and large factories were built to allow people to get things faster and have jobs.
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- Explains that the industrial revolution started around 1750 in britain and spread through the world. it took about ten years for the industrial revolution to spread to other places.
- Explains that the factory system was the key to the industrial revolution. the invention of the steam engine was credited to james watt.
- Explains that the industrial revolution brought more jobs to north america because the factories needed workers. farmers didn't want to move into a big city because they liked it.
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- Explains that the working conditions during the industrial revolution, especially in factories, were terrible. exhaustion would lead to an increased risk of danger.
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- Explains that in the us, the traditional woman stayed home and took on responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning, and nursing children. the role of women changed because instead of remaining a housewife, they entered the work force.
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- Explains how the steam engine was first used for power in the 1600s. thomas savery invented a hand-powered pump utilizing the vacuum created by condensing steam.
- Explains that the steam engine used in both boats and trains allowed for the connection of geographic areas.
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