Assignment 1.2: Industrialization After The Civil War

1170 Words5 Pages
Assignment 1.2: Industrialization After The Civil War Final Paper Christie Stone History 105 (Contemporary U.S. History) Dr. Robert Foster As with any change that war or a government imposes among any nation, there will always be suffrage and negative events, yet without change, there can be no prosperity of any kind among any nation. After the Civil War, The Industrial Revolution that took place during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century brought forth a rapid development of industrialization such as improved transportation, improved refining processes, as well as an acceleration in production for people in the United States, however, it also brought forth much suffrage and negative events such as discrimination, starvation, child labor and massacres to the many poor American families, immigrants, minorities and newly freed slaves that were in search of prosperity. Many events as well as the outcome of the Civil War, undoubtedly played a major role in how the Industrial Revolution came about. The Civil War, was…show more content…
The many groups that were affected, were not always affected with positive outcomes, for example, the newly freed African American slaves. Although emancipated, blacks were still subjected to discrimination such as segregation, heinous crimes and violent acts such as lynching. Lynching among African Americans became so high in numbers, black activist Ida B. Wells created what is known as The Red Record. Wells dedicated herself to investigating and researching every known lynching that had taken place. Politics was also largely affected by the Industrial Revolution. Although our government
Open Document