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.
Slavery and population had a big affect on the next 100 years of the United States history. The US also changed diversely with new innovations like roads, waterways, railroads, steamboats, and refrigerated railroad cars. A few new innovations that changed or improved from 1776 to 1870 are the roadways, waterways, railroads, steamboats, and refrigerated railroad cars. Roadways were an innovation that created a way for easier, and faster transportation. Waterways were also a way for transportation, to cut out a lot of land, and cut out time.
Some businesses are completely closing their doors. It doesn't help that the effects of unemployment spill over into other areas of the economy. When people are can't find work, they have less disposable income causing a lower demand for nonessential goods and services. With drops in spending by consumers, businesses may be forced to look at ways to cut costs in order to keep their doors open. One way to reduce expenses is to lay off more workers, resulting in a seemingly endless cycle as even fewer families are able to spend money to regenerate the companies’ business levels.
Machinery took jobs of many people but it also gave jobs. There were two major changes that happened to poor labourers that the farmer’s hot new machines, this causes poor people to lose their jobs. Many changes happened in the textile industry. There were fewer jobs available because machines were used instead. This would lead to less jobs and people getting fired.
People deal with agriculture but “although they worked hard to ensure their subsistence, they had little desire to create a surplus” (121.KGO'B.vol II.Ch 21.Industrial Europe p: 674). So they made a big effort but they didn’t receive recompense for one’s work enough. However, after the industrial revolution thanks to machine people started to make little effort and create more surpluses so it leads to increasing surplus and more raw materials required. To my way of thinking political changes are affected by industrial revolution. For example, imperialism and quest for raw materials had a
Changes Brought By The Industrial Revolution By Richard Bledsoe (3131771) American Public University System January 18, 2012 HIST101: American History to 1877 Professor Grimm The Industrial Revolution was a period of major changes in the way products were made. It took place more than 200 years ago and greatly affected the way people lived as well as the way they worked. In earlier days, people made products by hand and worked mostly in their own homes or in small workshops. During the British Industrial Revolution, many factories were built and laborers began making large numbers of items using machinery-powered equipment. From 1760 to 1830 the Industrial Revolution was largely taking place in Britain.
However during industrialization it brought about a lot of change. The workforce changed resulting in family farming becoming factory working. Moreover, during industrialization machinery took over farming resulting in the farmers no longer needing extra help. This resulted in towns and cities expanding to hold the capacity and many people moving into the cities and towns for factory work. Parsons argues that industrialization led to the nuclear family being very isolated, as the family lost some functions, such as the relationship now between the extended family was down to choice and not duty.
Factories also increased the division of labor. They narrowed the number and scope of tasks and included children and women within a common production process. As Manchester mill owner Friedrich Engels decried, the family structure itself was "turned upside down" as women's wages undercut men's, forcing men to "sit at home" and care for children while the wife worked long hours. [19] Factories flourished over manual craftsmanship because they had more efficient production output per worker, keeping prices down for the public, and they had much more consistent quality of product. The work-discipline was forcefully instilled upon the workforce by the factory owners,and he found that the working conditions were below the national average, and poverty levels were at an unprecedented high.
Not to mention that more factories meant more employments. Working Conditions: Did working conditions improve or worsen? During Industrial Revolution, working conditions worsened. A key factor is that discipline was highly strict in factories. Working hours were exceedingly long, with people working for 16 hours, daily.
The Industrial Revolutions started for many reasons but some of the most important were science and technology, inventions and greed. When the factories were built and jobs were offered many people moved from the farm life the only life they had ever known into the city in hopes of finding a better life. Unfortunately, that is not what they found. They factories payed very little, they where dark, cramped, hot, and dangerous. Then to make things work