The Many Benefits Of The Industrial Revolution

As Stephen Gardiner once said, “The industrial revolution was another one of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” The Industrial Revolution was in fact an extraordinary jump in the development of the U.S. It created a foundation for what the U.S is today socially, economically, and politically. The Industrial Revolution played a major role in the industrialization and modernization and still has effects to this day. These effects lead to more trade, better transportation, and modernization. It also had had many negative effects on America and England as well. These effects mainly focus on the social side of the Industrial Revolution. These effects include child labor, unfair wage, poor living conditions and poverty. When both the positive and negative effects are put together as a whole, the positive effects outweigh the negative. Mainly because they had a bigger effect on America and the world as a whole, and still affect us today. Because of the Industrial Revolution wages are more fair, living conditions are better, Manufacturing has drastically improved and children are no longer allowed to work in factories.

Changes began in the late of the 1700’s when power-driven machines began to replace the work people did. It took off in Great Britain. It began to influence other countries such as Europe and the United States. The Industrial Revolution could have only meant several things were coming to change human kid. Not only that, but it was going to leave the people in these countries affected in a negative and positive way. Britain enjoyed a significant economic and technological advantages during the early years of the Industrial Revolution. Not to mention, that there were several major modern political traditions untimely emerging out of the Industrial Revolution.

The Industrial Revolution was of great importance to the economic development of the United States. The new era of mass production kindled in the United States because of technological innovations, a patent system, new forms of factory corporations, a huge supply of natural resources, and foreign investment. The growth of large-scale industry in America had countless positive results, but also negative results as well. Industrialization after the Civil War affected the United States in several ways including poverty, poor labor laws, and the condition of the people.

Nearly each advancement we made contributed to the continuous rising of our economy. The extreme increase among jobs contributed to America’s wealth and money, there was a significant drop in homelessness, and families were allowed to live comfortably. “The image in document three shows that factories will begin showing up in small towns and villages” (Document 3). Now that there are more facilities to work, there are more jobs available for the common man. Previously there was only farming, but companies began moving into villages, meaning there are more jobs. “The image in document four tells people that there are more positions to fill. With the brand new assembly line, companies need five people to complete the task, as opposed to one” (Document 4). The automobile conceived a whole new job route with the assembly line. People now only needed to know how to piece together one thing and that opened up five or more times more jobs as there were in the past. “Railroad travel was fast. Going to San Francisco from New York City took only six days” (Document 5). To move this fast a train would need a team to operate it. The new engines required many workers; this showed that there would be work opportunities on the rail road too.

The North had five times as many factories as the south leading to the North with the ability to produce more goods such as, cotton, yarn, steel, and iron (Document III). Although the South had more textile factories, a large amount of this cotton was sent to the North (Document III). This shows that the Industrial Revolution affected the North because, due to these many goods produced, the North was able to sell the goods to make a profit and build new factories and new transportation techniques. Due to the North’s many farms and factories the North was able to produce more goods than the South.

The industrial revolution changed America dramatically. Machines were introduced during this era. For example, the cotton gin was introduced, a machine where cotton was separated from the seed, for we could make cotton products faster. Trains and steamboats were introduced too, making it easier to transport people and goods around America. The industrial revolution brought negative and positive changes to the United States’ economy, society, and politics between 1800-1860.

The Industrial Age was an era of great change for the United States. It had both positive and negative affects on many Americans, depending on their economical status. Overall, the rise of industry was good for the United States. For instance, inventions such as steel from Henry Bessemer “became important in the formation of our nation”. It gave rise to railroads for transportation and also helped expand trade between the East and the West. It brought goods from the farmers to the markets. Steel also gave rise to better farming machinery, skyscrapers and structures such as the Brooklyn Bridge. Other new inventions arose from this Industrial Era such as the sewing machine and the typewriter. This gave rise to many new jobs for women and children,

Because of the inventions of railroads, “going to San Francisco from New York City took only six days”, when before “the trip took months” (Document 5). The invention of the railroad allowed for people to visit relatives, work farther away, and even travel for fun. It allowed for a deep change in how society made it from one place to another, and once again stressed the improvement in efficiency Industrialization brought. Industrialization also brought improvement in living conditions, as because of technological advancements, “houses [were] better built” (Document 9). Living conditions were bettered through technological advances such as the introduction of steel reinforcement and fire escapes. Living became easier and safer, and people no longer had to fear for their safety when just trying to live. Because of these technological advances, people now had “an infinite number of domestic utensils” (Document 9). Living not only became easier, but fun as well as those who would stay at home and work now had easier ways to cook, clean, and function. This would forever shape the world, as these domestic utensils would be forever used in daily life. Industrialization greatly impacted the world through technology, and it can be agreed that it had a greatly positive impact on

The Industrial Revolution was a key factor in the change of the US for the better. There were many people that invented many useful inventions such as the cotton, the steam engine and many others. The revolution had a huge impact on the thinking power of people to invent things or to reinvent other people's inventions that could be changed for the better by making it faster and do more things at once. This Revolution sparked many people in the north and the south to advance their technologies and work hard to better their lives. Inventions such as cotton Gin, Steam engine and various other innovative creations during the late 1700’s and early 1800’ transformed American life in the South and North.

industrializing helped the northern states create a great extent of wealth , they developed a exceptional infrastructure of roads, canals, and railroad that moved goods and people east and west. Each consecutive influx of immigrants would tend to find work and move to settle the west, leaving a job for the next immigrant. The west demanded goods and the services of modern society as they were settling in which lead to increased demands for manufactured

The industrial revolution started in Britain. Inventions of machines started to arise to complete tasks more efficiently and easier. The British industrial revolution led America to its own revolution. America’s transportation revolution greatly changed the future. Steamboats were invented and canals were created for the steamboats to decrease the time spent on travel. Railroads were also extremely important because they were even faster than the newly invented steamboat and twice as fast as a stagecoach. Urban growth also sparked as a result from the transportation revolution. Mass production took America by storm. Wood clocks, farm machinery and sewing machines all had many different parts and with the mass production of interchangeable parts

Industrialization was very beneficial to American business owners. Following the civil war, industries transformed into modern powerhouses. Big business owners who seized power in these industries became even bigger. New inventions led to new thriving industries. Iron, for example, was replaced with ultra-strong steel. Andrew Carnegie built the biggest steal business in the world. One main reason why steel was in such

The Industrial Revolution brought about an overwhelming amount of economic change to the United States. The first Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain and in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century and, it then spread to the United States and Germany. The Industrial Revolution itself refers to a change from hand and home production to machine and factory (Kelly). During this time period, America was growing in knowledge. The industrialization of America involved three great developments. Transportation was expanded, electricity was effectively harnessed and many improvements were made to several industrial processes (Kelly). Although this change greatly helped the United States economy, it had both a positive and negative impact on the lives of the American people.

The Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative impacts on society. The positive include cheaper clothes, more job opportunities, and improvement in transportation. And the negative would include exploitation of women and children, workers work long hours and environmental damages. These are just a few that I believe had an impact on the Industrial Revolution.

Without the Industrial Revolution, America would still have a sluggish life with heavy labor. The American Industrial revolution was a blessing to the American progression because it created the road to a massive economy, more jobs with a better work ethic, and made life easier with new inventions.