| 2010 | | | [Triangle Factory Fire] | Our nation has grown to what it is today because we have continued to learn from past mistakes in an effort to grow and be better than ever. Disasters are no exception. In 1911, a disastrous fire in New York City took the lives of 146 people, and could have been prevented had we known then how important building safety codes really are. The 146 lives lost were the ultimate martyrs for worker safety, and today, even though it’s not perfect, our country has some of the best working conditions in the world. | Throughout our nation’s history, great disasters have prompted major changes in society—turning points with an undeniable impact on American civilization.
Working conditions were harsh for the American industrial worker in the 1800s. With the boom of the Second Industrial Revolution and the need to expand business to meet consumer demands, employment opportunities opened at a rapid rate. In order to maximize profits, however, workers were given very few luxuries. Most factories had deplorable working conditions and were unsafe. Many workers lost hearing from loud machinery, lost limbs in hazardous equipment, and even lost their life due to the apathy of factory owners.
Ryon Douglas Mrs. Steacker Per.3 Eng. 10 10 May, 2012 Draft Why Did Theodore D. Roosevelt has such an impact on the Great Depression? Roosevelt’s plan was The New Deal was simply a group of federal programs in which the unemployed were returned to work via government funded jobs. Some of his achievements were National Parks and building up Naval Power. Roosevelt had a great impact on America by changing the relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically.
The substantial increase in population due to immigration that occurs during this time goes on to affect the nation in positive and negative ways. Some of the adverse affects of such a rapid growth in population were overcrowding in cities, lack of jobs, and occasional food shortages. But the hard working spirit and work ethic that the immigrants brought, along with a determined will to succeed, were an overarching positive were crucial to the country becoming what it is today. In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and emigrate to the United States. Immigrants entered into the United States through several
Coney Island was an escape and a business opportunity for a multitude of people. John F. Kasson’s Amusing the Millions, proves that Coney Island reflected the emerging urban industrial society, the social structure was an extreme opposite to that of the city, and the dramatic change in culture that Coney Island enhanced. The drastic comparison of Central Park to Coney Island shows how much the two have affected America, one way more extremely than the other. The civil war left millions with nothing which lead to millions working harder than ever to get the economic conditions back to normal. The creators of Coney Island worked very hard to give the perfect experience to all of their customers.
Following the WWII the economy boomed in several ways. Due to the high demand of supplies for the military it created jobs and decreased the number of unemployed citizens. The production and expansion of military products did not seize even after the war was over. It opened up factories to create more powerful and sophisticated weapons to defeat our enemies. As we see today we are still seeing changes in our military and defense system.
The Industrial Revolution was a period in time that many people think changed the world only for the better. Even though the Industrial Revolution brought about many great inventions that have helped us become a great nation, no one recognizes how many lives it damaged in the process. Agricultural workers and especially factory workers had their health destroyed, and sometimes died, from the horrible working conditions that they were placed in. Many workers wrote about and testified in court about the terrible work environments they were put in, hoping to bring about some change and spread solutions to their problems. These people also managed to fit into the ideological and political frameworks of two of the greatest thinkers during this time period, Karl Marx and Alexis de Tocqueville.
Explain Topic#2- Urban Immigrant Life Introduction: Written in 1906, Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle “provided a voice to the great masses of immigrants who came to America yearning to be free and comfortable and who found instead the wage slavery and misery of mill, factory, sweatshop, and slum. Sinclair highlighted the factory workers’ conditions- “physical danger, insecurity, fear, exploitation, corruption and faith.” The Jungle gives us a glimpse into immigrant life in US cities between 1880 and 1920. Directions: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Go to the following website: http://www.online-literature.com/upton_sinclair/jungle/1/ Read the first chapter and answer the following 1) What country are the main characters in “The Jungle”
Muckrakers Journalist who alerted the public to wrongdoings in politics and business Teddy Roosevelt makes up the term Included writers who sensationalized the situations and others who were respected authors Upton Sinclair and The Jungle Jacob Riis: photographer who exposes the horrors of tenement life in How the Other Half Lives Ida Tarbell fights against Standard Oil * 5. Problem-Poverty Progressive Solution- Social Gospel Movement Based on the belief that salvation came from service to the poor Settlement houses-community centers in slum neighborhoods which provided
The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) was a radical organization in the United States that was most active between the turn of the century and the 1930s. The Wobblies, as they were known, believed there must be radical changes in American capitalism to improve the oppressive conditions that workers faced. Many I.W.W. members believed in socialist or communist ideology and some advocated whatever means necessary to effect change, including sabotage and violence.