19th Century Industry

The movie, Newsies depicts the cause and effect pattern of the newly industrialized life of the late 19th century. Many job opportunities began to pop up in big cities, prompting people to move to the cities for what they thought would be a better life. With the high prices of housing, the lower class had to work extra hard to provide for their families. If the money was not enough, children would have to go out and look for jobs to help out, but they were often paid less for their labor. The bosses would use the workers need for money to the bosses advantage. The unfairness of child labor and differences in power between the bosses and workers, led to many strikes, such as the Newsboys Strike of 1899.

Right after the war of 1812, American Manufacturing took off. Many, states depended on themselves for natural resources in the area to produced and manufactured. Cotton was one of the world’s first luxury commodities, then slaves, followed by, wheat, sugar, and tobacco. The increased productivity give the rise to the Market Revolution, which lasted from about 1800 to 1840. At the same time, changes in the structure and framework of society began, the Age of Reform from 1820 to 1840 was going on at the same time. The marked at the time when under unprecedented growth in the United States. Not everyone sees this as a good thing, were once individuals grown their own food to abstain their families, now related to goods and services provided by

The industrial leaders, Robber Barons, of the 19th century are men who are very respected and admired. Andrew Carnegie was a boy from Scotland who came over to this country with nothing. He continued to save and work his way up in the industry until he had complete control over the steel industry. John D. Rockefeller was also one who came from an ordinary home. When he saw an opportunity, he took it, along with the risks. He came to control the oil industry. Another man that took many opportunities to expand and grow was Cornelius Vanderbilt. These men saw what they needed to do to become successful and they did it. These men's' lives reflected the

Department stores, Chain stores, and mail order's houses were how retail sales and distribution techniques of the late nineteenth century made goods and conveniences formerly enjoyed by city dwellers available to Americans in small towns and the countryside. Americans no longer had to make their own clothes but, now they had the leisure of picking and buying clothes from a department store. Due to chain stores buying in preparing food had changed. A new industry of packing and selling foods had been invented. The mass production and new development of tin can had inspired an industry of canned foods. Refrigerated railroad cars and iceboxes made it possible for perishable food items to be kept fresh. These developments brought a healthy improvement

As America was booming from government policies and new technology, population changes also took effect to contribute to the rise of industry. Population was steadily rising due to immigration, migration, and improved conditions of living. Millions of European and Asian immigrants came to America in search of a more promising and successful life. These immigrants created a growing work force that big industries took advantage of by using the minimally paid workers to help produce more for their companies. Along with westward migration in America, “In the post-civil war period, cities swelled in population as a twin migration of immigrants and rural Americans flocked to the glittering urban environment” (Riis 320). This urbanization solidified the transition of the nation from an agricultural economy to an industrial one. Also in the 19th century, population was at a high compared the past because of improvements in health care, a higher reproduction rate and a better standard of living. These population changes provided America with a large, growing consumer economy that allowed industry and business to thrive.

The new industrial America brought changes everyone’s lives in the United States. Lots of new inventions were being invented. The increase in natural resources, creative ideas, and growing markets are what fueled this monumental industrial boost along with technological advancements. The Industrial Revolution in the United States took place in the early 1800’s in the northeast, in the New England region. There are many historical figures to thank for their innovative and revolutionary ideas such as John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison.

“No place is free of the threat implied in such phrases as economic growth, job creation, natural resources, human capital, bringing in industry, even bringing in culture—as if every place is adequately identified as the environment and its people as readily replaceable parts of a machine. Devotion to any particular place now carries always the implication of heartbreak (Berry, 2007).” During the Civil War, government contracts were issued to factories in order to produce shoes, clothes, weapons, food, and other goods for the troops. Business owners wanted the money being offered by the government and knew how to get it. People were willing to give up life as they knew it in order to work in the factories and stores, despite the conditions

One component of the shift from agrarian to industrial in American society in the late 19th century was the advent of the railroad industry. Due to Manifest Destiny, Americans believed it was their God-given right to expand west, and the inexpensive development of steel that Henry Bessemer brought a need for an industrial economy in order to build railroad tracks that could span the continent. This is what allowed three companies in the 1860’s, Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Western Pacific, to build the first ever Transcontinental Railroad that reached from the Missouri River to the San Francisco Bay. This led to more and more people fulfilling the dream of moving west, adding to the already massive demand, and creating the need for more

In 19th century America there were many changes in industrialization and capitalism which impacted the working class. One such change was the rise of unskilled labor; before the industrial revolution most people if not employed in agriculture relied on skilled trade. Meaning people had to have training and skill in order to create merchandise of a higher quality. However, with the rise of industrialization large factories began to take over the production of goods. These big businesses also began to turn to unskilled labor due to the fact that it was easier than hiring skilled laborers. Factories employed unskilled laborers because they were cheap and easily replaceable. This allowed factories to significantly grow in size and dominate the market. Such domination of the market forced the majority of smaller business to close their doors due to the fact that the factories could produce a higher quantity of goods for a smaller price. This affected the working class because their options for employment quickly decreased to the extent that their only option was to work for these big businesses. Due to the fact that unskilled laborers were easily disposable, large factories began to take advantage of their employees. Big businesses would take advantage of their workers by forcing them to work in unsanitary, unhealthy, and even dangerous conditions for very little pay. The life of a working class citizen was a difficult one, and the lives of these workers are reflected in the

Everyday millions of people drive or walk to work in the morning and then return to their home in 8-10 hours or come home every week or two with a good sized paycheck. Usually this luxury is taken for granted, because the money that is earned is always enough to supply our everyday need and the work day is finished before the next night. Working conditions were not always this good. These good working routines gradually came into action growing from the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution brought about many factories and along with the factories came more workers who had few safety regulations to protect them.

During the 19th century in England and other areas of Europe and era of industrialization occurred, which led to the construction of numerous factories equipped with new machines. Significant strides in both communication and transportation occurred during this time period. These factories altered the way that products were manufactured. They took assembly out of people’s homes and into a mass production setting. Although products became cheaper and improved the standard of living for some individuals, industrialization did have its detriments. Poor working conditions were rampant in the factory setting and many employees were hurt on the job. Urbanization occurred without cities having the capacity for such a large number of individuals. As a result of this mass migration into cities, unsanitary conditions and diseases erupted. Industrialization during the 19th century in Europe made mass production possible, however, there were several adverse effects to it as well.

Since the agricultural revolution, ninety-nine percent of humanity had worked the fields of agriculture in order to survive. Almost nobody had been able to move away from the fields to cities, and people in the cities had almost never wanted to stop being a craftsman to begin a new life as a farmer. Although the latter point remains true to this day, the former has been dramatically altered. With innovations in agriculture as simple as hardened iron plows and better irrigation, slightly more people could make their homes in cities. With the innovation of steam power and the reaper in the late 18th and early 19th century, many more people had to leave farming as farm production increased to join in the steam powered industry in the cites. With

“All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end” (Sharma). Change is what helps improve the world we live in. During the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the way people live was drastically changing. In the beginning, living conditions in cities were terrible, but as regulations were put into effect and as time passed, these living conditions greatly improved. Life in industrialized cities was an improvement over life in the country as a result of the Industrial Revolution because of improvements in transportation, working conditions, and the creation of job opportunities.

The economic status of Wales was generally strong during the entirety of the early modern period. Throughout the 16th century, Wales was slowly growing richer. Mining, especially of coal, had become a primary economic occupation of Wales during the 17th century and one of the leading causes of employment. The largest coalfields are in the southeast and today produce about 10 percent of Great Britain's total coal production. Iron, steel, limestone, and slate production are also important industries. Although agriculture was highly practiced and important to the economy, mining was able to support the economy in a different way. During the late 18th and early 19th century coal mining and iron working industries in Wales grew. Other metal industries

With the drastic increase of population, many rural workers were in desperate need of employment, while capitalists from urban settings were looking for workers willing to work for at lower wages, than those set by the urban work laws. As a result of this “relationship”, the rural industry became extremely popular throughout the eighteenth century. This new system became known as the “putting out system”, as the merchant would lend specific materials to rural workers, who would build and return the ultimate product back to the merchant. Although it was popular, it did not spread across Europe at the same time or pace. In addition, the textile industry, the most employed industry, adopted this system as a way to help the management of materials