People began flocking to California when they started hearing stories about the gold rush, dreams of making it rich, gold lying around just waiting for you to grab it. The gold rush began when james w. marshall found some at sutter mill in Coloma californai. He probably shouldn’t have told anybody because after he did about 300,000 people showed up looking for gold, good for making cities out west but bad for james. The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852.
Post Civil War industrialized America was full of new inventions and systems of business. Unfortunately many of these corporations that were started had corrupt leaders. Starting with the credit mobilier in the railroad industry to Jay Cooke in the finance industry and Carnegie in the steel industry. Most of these corporations created many jobs for Americans and the immigrants entering the US but they also gave them bad working conditions and low wages so that they could make as much profit as possible. Many historians call these leaders of the corporations the “robber barons”.
The Gilded Age • “Gilded Age” by Mark Twain • New technology • Breaker boys: sat in coal refineries and picked out impurities in the coal • Corruption of every political office • Boss Tweed: one of the most corrupt figures of this time • Income disparity – extremely wealthy and extremely poor people • People are getting into debt • Government only cares about their own agendas • Social issues: immigration, international interventions, and new technology • Rise of industries leads to urbanization: the transition from rural to urban living to take advantage of new technology 80% in farms to 80% in cities • Rush of people to cities fills jobs but creates social problem: living conditions near all time low for most • Immigration to
There are three very good recent examples that answer this question. 1.A very popular tourist mine that has seen thousands of visitors pass through was forced to close because an increase in mining activity made that area dangerous. This is a great example of the opinions of different groups. For the mining industry this was a sign that things were looking good. For the tourist industry, the closure of a famous attraction to BH has detrimental
Explain why the TUC called a general strike in 1926? Between 1918 and 1923 there were many economic problems facing Britain, which led to the miners not being happy with working pay and conditions. The miners formed a triple alliance with the transport workers and railway men. This means if the miners went on strike, the other 2 would also strike, causing a mass disruption to Britain. The first signs of disruption that led to the general strike was the fact that other countries such as Poland were becoming a more predominant exporter of coal, and the only way to stop Britain’s coal industry was to higher the price of coal, extend miners working hours and reduce pay.
They started the smelting process at the bottom of the mountain as well as other things that had to be down to prepare the silver for economic use. One down side to doing all these processes on site increased risks that the slaves could be hurt and killed by. As expected the number of deaths increased over the next three centuries and mercury had a large role in that. For one process of the smelting mercury would be used to help contain the silver and limit it to expanding. With this process could only come injury and death since mercury is a toxic element to the human
Economics: Salida is the service, supply, and tourism center for the Upper Arkansas Valley. Being a gold mine town, The city developed quickly, and became the hub of a prosperous mining and agricultural region within a decade of its founding. Salida endured devastating fires in its business areas in 1886 and 1888, but rebounded to build a substantial commercial area consisting principally of two-story brick buildings. The burned buildings deprived many jobs - which drove the unemployment rate up to 15-30 percent in the late 1980’s - though the citizens of salida slowly recovered. Transportation: The Denver and Rio Grande
ibid [ 26 ]. Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, and Frank M Turner, The Western Heritage Tenth Edition (Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, 2010), 756. [ 27 ]. ibid [ 28 ]. ibid [ 29 ].
General Motor's decision to close 11 factories allowed the corporation to gain more money but put thousands out of work, devastating the workers and the towns they lived in. The corporations should think of how their decisions affect people. Although this move may provide Americans with cheaper jobs, it has added thousands more to the already high unemployment. After watching the movie "Roger and Me," directed by Michael More, one would notice the changes in the town of Flint after the closing of the factory. While senior management is getting raises and expanding their corporation, people are living in misery because of the lay-offs; this could change if the corporations gave those unemployed some compensation.
Making, transporting, and delivering alcohol required manpower. Because each step needed to be carefully coordinated with the next, gangs of criminals formed in highly organized businesses. Their success encouraged competition, and organized crime flourished (Benson, “Organized Crime”). Gang leaders did not want to keep relying on random people to help them with their illegal business so they had set guys to do their work but it also caused for other people to want "in" on there business which caused conflicts between gangs and sometimes resulted in death. As organized crime gangs competed for more business, violent encounters became common.