Outcomes of the Second Industrial Revolution: DBQ

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The Second Industrial Revolution had a wide range outcomes, depending on different kinds of people. For the upper-class, including Captains of Industry and the newly developed leisure class, the majority of the outcomes were positive. The working class, for whom the Industrial revolution ruined many of the things that they once held valuable, and the New Immigrants ultimately were affected with many negative outcomes. the rise of the Second Industrial Revolution was directly proportional to the rise of the Leisure class in Europe. The Second Industrial Revolution made many parts of daily life easier. Things were cheaper, better, faster, and more efficient. As a result, a new class was formed - the leisure class. Many members of the leisure class had inherited money early on from past relatives, and therefore had no incentives to work for a living. Ones time could then be spent on more frivolous matters, such as fretting over what watch to wear or what cane to carry. People’s outward appearance became a major priority. Thorstein Veblen, interested in the arrival of the leisure cla...

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