Captains Of Industry: The Rise Of The Industrial Revolution

Throughout the course of the early 1700s and 1900s the world started to become introduced to the production of machinery. Starting in Europe and expanding into the Americas we today classify this era as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial revolution put the use of hand tools downward while bringing up the use of factory machines. Factory machines by the late 1800s would soon replace farming with manufacturing at a large scale in the nation. This was seen to be a malificent time, for people from all around the world would be drawn to the Americas. Many came in hopes for a new and better life, but with every opportunity you must be ready to endure the burden. America’s revolution would go as far as impacting the aspects of civilization

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, during the climax of the American Industrial Revolution, there was a small group of men who owned the major businesses and were leaders of their industries. They owned factories, railroads, banks, and even created company towns for the sole purpose of housing their workers. Due to the efforts of these few men, the U.S. economy became the envy of the world, and America became a leading world power. They provided the public with products that were in high demand for reasonable prices, and opened their markets to countries overseas. Although many people believe the early industrialists were Robber Barons who exploited the poor, these great men were truly Captains of Industry who created new ways of doing

In the 19th century, America saw major expansions and technological advances that paved way for the grand expansion of agriculture that boosted the nation’s economy. Regardless of the fact that Great Britain had tried to keep secrets regarding machinery and inventions, most of America’s advances were propelled by inventions such as the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, steel plow by John Deere, railway, steamboats, telegraph, and canals. In addition, technology’s profound effect on agriculture also led to the rise of the textile industry whereby factories produced materials such as cotton thread and cloth. Many of these initial factories are recognized in historical texts, but the Lowell factory system is one that is famous – precisely the

The Industrial Revolution in America began to develop in the mid-eighteen hundreds after the Civil War. Prior to this industrial growth the work force was mainly based in agriculture, especially in the South (“Industrial Revolution”). The advancement in machinery and manufacturing on a large scale changed the structure of the work force. Families began to leave the farm and relocate to larger settings to work in the ever-growing industries. One area that saw a major change in the work force was textile manufacturing. Towns in the early nineteen hundreds were established around mills, and workers were subjected to strenuous working conditions. It would take decades before these issues were

The Industrial revolution was a time that shaped and created a breakthrough in the American economy. However this success of the business titans at the time like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Dukes, Vanderbilt and others hurt America more than it helped it. Just like a machine cannot foundation without all of the pieces, so to the American economy cannot last without its averages workers. These business titan who that owned the majority of the country’s income, and forced their workers to work in harsh conditions, and long hours for extremely low wages created an unbalanced system that will continue to grow the gap between the rich and the poor will cause the American economic system to crash and will eventually lead to the downfall of the American Empire they all worked so hard to create.

The United States attracted many immigrants as it gave opportunity to farm or work in urban areas, which was appealing for people like the Irish, who experienced famine and depression in their home, many Irishmen moved to America, and population wise

In 1789 a young man came to America from England with a plan in his head. The plan was a detailed layout for a water-powered spinning machine and the man was Samuel Slater. The introduction of this technology sparked the start of the, eventually, massive textile industry. The textile industry in America was slow moving at first, with failures along the way. However, President Jefferson’s embargo in 1807 allowed the industry to pick up; during the War of 1812 textiles exploded onto the scene. However, these textiles often had poor working conditions, workers led difficult lives, and the technology was still developing. Textile mills would continue to change and grow from their boom in the early 1800s and throughout the 1900s.

As the economy began to shift to larger-scale manufacturing, Britain began to fear that their technology would be replicated in America. Therefore Britain set laws in place to prohibit the exportation of any textile machinery and to prohibit textile factory workers from leaving the country. Nevertheless, technology escaped from Britain to America due to the cash bonuses offered by Americans for information about these machines (Reef 3). One such invention was Samuel Slater’s power loom which was introduced for the first time in America in 1789. Slater traveled to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he was able to recreate the loom from memory of his apprenticeship with Richard Arkwright, a British inventor. Slater went on to launch the country’s mechanized cotton-spinning factory. His “Slater mills” were built along New England Rivers and they were wildly successful due to the inexpensiveness and speed of the production of cotton they made. The mills were very efficient and required many employees which gave jobs to thousands of Americans which fueled the American economy and introduced an entirely new social class. Samuel Slater was named the “founder of the American Industrial Revolution” and went on to introduce the first large-scale textile mills, which would transform the nation’s economy from agriculture to industry (“Slater, Samuel” 1).

The Industrial Revolution, which began in England in the late 18th century, finally took effect in the United States in the years following the end of the Civil War. Industrialization had begun earlier but it was in the years known as the Gilded Age (1870-1910) that the process began in earnest in the United States (The Genesiss of Industrial America, 2007). It was during these years that individuals such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt made their fortunes. During this period the ground work was established that would allow the United States to eventually emerge as the world's greatest industrialized power in the years following the Second World War but this process of industrialization came at a heavy price. Labor in the United States was plentiful and competition for jobs was stiff. The result was the industrialization took place in a United States where wages and working conditions were unregulated. Millions of workers, including women and children, were forced to work long hours for low wages in dangerous factories and mines. The government's involvement in business and workplace regulation was still decades away as the industrial revolution began in earnest and there were very few work-safety regulations, no worker compensation laws, virtually no employee benefit programs, no government social security. The industrialists of the era were allowed to operate their businesses unfettered and the result was the largest expansion of business

Child labor during the Industrial Revolution was horrid. The Industrial Revolution started in the late 18th century and ended around the mid 19th century. Although we did benefit from this industrial age, many people suffered, most notably children, because of this advancement. In today's standards, what these children went through was repulsive. It is worse to think that this kind of treatment lasted for over 100 years in some places and that it, not only just happened in one part of the world but in multiple parts of the world. One of the worst places that children had to work in were the mines. The kind of work the children in the coal mines had to do was not only dangerous but unsanitary and unhealthy as well.

This had large machines by water sources to get energy from the water loom. These brought workers wages down a lot due to less time being put into the the materials, clothing, etc. being made. The workers could produce more with the machines than by hand. The workers had to work 10-14 hours a day. The Factories were soon brought to America by a man by the name of Samuel Slater. (Samuel Slater was a machinist in Britain who worked for a man by the name of Sir Richard Arkwright, Sir Richard Arkwright taught Slater everything he knew about machines that includes building and fixing them. Slater learned all the aspects of the cotton manufacturing industry, he soon worked his way up to supervisor of Strutt Mill but slater soon realized that he was too good of a machinist just to be a supervisor, so he quit his job and moved to New York as a machinist in 1789. Slater met a man by the name of Moses Brown who was a quaker in Rhode Island and with Brown providing the capital and Slater memorizing the information about machines they made a business that was successful in making and selling machines.) -

Captains of industry in that their individual wealth positively contribute to the United States. A positive look at John Rockefeller with the oil refinery, he borrowed, invested and controlled cost to build his business, he even go as far as put what was considered waste from refinery was help to build better road, help with the medical industry and also to candle makers. These contribution lead to more jobs.

The Industrial Revolution, a 'Revolution' that began in Britain in the nineteenth century, saw people move from working in the farming industry to working in factories. This transition from an agrarian society meant that many people moved to cities in search of jobs. New methods of manufacturing allowed goods to be produced far more cheaply and quickly than before. However, the Revolution came with its own negative consequences. The lives of children during the Industrial Revolution were torturous and many injustices resulted. Children were used to serve the demands of the growing society but their needs were disregarded. Despite some reforms during the 1800s, the atrocious working and living conditions in towns ensured that children were definitely victims not beneficiaries of the Industrial Revolution.

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution is often attributed to Samuel Slater when he opened the first industrial mill in 1790 which was based on the British model for factories. Samuel Slater, a former apprentice at an English textile factory, emigrated to America secretly in 1789 in order to take advantage of America’s need for textiles by emulating what he had seen in English factories. The introduction of the first industrial mill not only increased the speed that cotton could be transformed to yarn, but also introduced new Organizational strategies that were employed by factories. For example, the “Factory System” which was utilized by Samuel Slater involved large scale work being done in a single location, while the “Outwork System” involved a large production being done in individual homes. This new system of work also provided new opportunities to the people of America.

One would think industrialization would bring better paying jobs and more employment opportunities, but the stories of the people who lived through the Industrial Revolution say otherwise. Workers faced long days, if not even longer days than those who worked in preindustrial times. Even though work hours were somewhat the same as preindustrial labor, the way those hours were carried out differed greatly. Laborers no longer had the comfort of working alongside and socializing with their families nor the power to control their pace of work. Workers would now be punished and penalized for doing such things. Companies would enforce punctuality and pace usually by correlating it with a worker’s pay. The less punctual and lazier you were, the more fines and the more pay decreases you would suffer. The nature of this new labor emphasized more on the importance of the company rather than the individual. Companies often had little concern when their workers suffered. If someone was incapable of performing their duties, there was always somebody else to take their place. It was unfortunate because many of these workers who were unable to perform well at their job often suffered from