Throughout America’s history, there are few dates that are as influential as May 25, 1911. On this day, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire and took the lives of 146 workers. Before the “Triangle Shirtwaist Fire,” the factory was a successful garment industry that thrived off of political corruption, and extremely horrible working conditions. Not only was the disaster responsible for the death of 146 workers, it helped shape many changes dealing with business and politics. During the early 1900’s, countless immigrants were settling in America.
The newly arrived immigrants were also taken advantage of by people who promised jobs, housing, etc. in exchange for money. They had to deal with the high crime rates in the cities and were often left without jobs because of economic changes such as depressions and panics that led to high unemployment. Another problem faced by the Irish was that their expectations and norms were different than those of white, middle class Americans. Most Americans were Protestant and the Irish were Catholic.
Despite being a neighbour to many Dockland developments, Canning Town remains among the 5 per cent most deprived areas in the UK with local people suffering from poor health, low education and poverty. Most housing there is social housing, but all of the decaying, high rise tower blocks were demolished in the 1990’s – and most homes now have gardens. Renovation has also dramatically improved the condition of many of the other buildings. Canning town residents face a number of problems, one of which is that of expensive housing, although the housing in the East of London is less expensive than that of most other areas of the capital, it’s still unaffordable to those on low incomes. As well as this large family homes are in short supply in Canning town.
Even though there was a low birth rate in the and plentiful jobs in America many of the Irish found that the fast paced economy they heard about was not as fast as they believed. Many of the Irish worked as domestic servants particularly the women that came over, and the men mostly worked as day laborers [4]. Even though the Irish aided in our expansion and economic well being, they created unrest for the "natives" of the United States of America as "native's" were angered that the immigrants were
However, due to the Industrial Revolution, America began to stray from the vision the founding fathers had for the nation in the late 1700’s and 1800’s. Though social mobility was promised to immigrants and common Americans, these same people were often exploited and left in poverty. Founding fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson, valued farming above all else, but as industrialism took hold of America, farming became much necessary, and farmers more scarce. Finally, though America’s politicians promised to hear what the common people had to say, during and after the Industrial Revolution it seemed that only the very wealthy could make any sort of impact, and there was nothing to stop them from crushing the working class underfoot. The United States of America was built on the ideal that every man should be able to make his way in the world regardless of his family or class.
Sarah David Period 5 U.S. History October 15, 2012 Industrialization Essay In 1860 to 1915, industrialization had a great impact on American society. Natural Resources helped the growth, thick forests were cut down for lumber, and they also drilled the first oil well in 1859. There were coal mines along the east coast. During 1881 750,000 immigrants came to America year, and by the 1900s over a million were coming a year. According to document 8, living conditions for immigrant workers in the United States was poor; they stayed in small rooms, with little resources.
The Industrial Revolution’s factory system was an inadequate experience for laborers thanks to long, taxing working days and the lack of concern towards the personal hygiene of factory workers. The average workday for factory laborers was approximately ten hours, starting at six A.M. and ending at half past five P.M (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 155). This was very demanding to factory workers when compared to today’s 9-to-5 workday, which is still considered tedious. Also, the punishments for not meeting the requirements for the workday were very harsh. For the act of being even momentarily late to work, workers were charged twopence, and some factories would even close the gates of the factory, which disallowed workers from going to their job if tardy (A Working Day in a Manchester Cotton Mill 154).
During the period of 1830-1930, vast changes were made to our political system that brought about a working class party and eventually positioned them into power. However, it is hard to quantify the significance of the duration of time taken for these developments to occur; can this be considered as an extensive or even short phase of time? In 1830 the electoral system was tremendously obsolete and corrupt with only 5% of the population being able to vote. Parliament was dominated by the House of Lords making it hard for changes to occur in a short period of time. There were also very few organisations that represented the working class, and any early trade unions that were affiliated with workers did not often concern themselves in politics.
Mexico City has a population of 19.5 million, with an expectation of it reaching 21.6 million in 2015. Challenges occurring in mega cities due to a surplus population include discrepancies in the distribution of income and employment, inadequate water, sanity, infrastructure and housing. In mega cities which are generally situated in a developing country, individuals usually commute to a city in hope of employment, education and a better future. These individuals arrive with no skills and no wealth, generally coming from rural areas. Therefore they have limited rights when it comes to employment and their desperate nature to support themselves or their families leads them to hazardous working conditions and wages much lower then the minimum wage.
Industrialization After the Civil War Thesis Professor Peralta History 105 10/25/14 Industrialization after the Civil War had a profound effect in the U.S. that is still felt to this day. While there were many positives that came out of it, like the U.S. becoming the largest and wealthiest nation in the world, there were many negative aspects to society, economy and politics that harmed more people than it helped. Many different groups of people would not have their voices heard during this time and would be swept away out of sight for some time, all in the name of progress. Three major aspects that influenced the U.S were the rise of monopolies and industry giants, the expansion into the west and the building of railroads, and finally the rise of factories and the working conditions of those employed there. Five groups that were affected by industrialization were Native Americans, immigrants to the U.S., women, children and farmers.