Compare And Contrast The Economic Policies Of Farmers And Industrial Workers In The Gilded Age

Both farmers and industrial workers have similar positive responses in the Gilded Age from their profits increasing and better conditions. However, in the Gilded Age, farmers were the victims of the government policy and the industrial workers were in poorly conditions than before. Therefore, both farmers and industrial workers have different negative viewpoints in the Gilded Age, yet similar towards how were they treated and get the outcome. The Gilded Age affected the farmers economic profits and a dramatic shift where they are the victims of their own government policies. After the end of the Civil War and the Reconstruction period, Americans changed over time from rural agriculture farmers and into the urban industrial workers. Growing

And the expansion network of railroads expanded over the midwestern areas to transport the farmers crops to the eastern areas. But this cycle caused an overproduction. Agriculture production increased when farmers increased to the western plains and the new farming technology help produce more crops than needed. More crops were handed to the Americans markets, and it despondency the prices that farmers were needed for their crops production. Farmers were making less profit from growing more crops and the dropping pricing of crops as well. Which the farmers were not making any expense, so they grew more crops than before, and that made things worse. In which it led farmers into a big debt and problems. One of them was the tariff policies during the Gilded Age. Farmers were the victims and were forced to buy manufactured goods to be protected by tariff legislation. But what they produce was not protective and more competitive markets soon to rise of over supplies and foreign competition. The aim of the protective tariffs was that the American market obtaining manufacture products were profitable. This was encourage of an industrial revolution after the Civil War and by putting import tax on manufacture goods that were imported in the United States

American work used to be done in farms, until by the time the Gilded Age started, United States main focus of economy changed towards the industrial factories. Many Americans in the Gilded Age barley survive off of what they were working in or living. Most workers worked about around twelve hours and six days a week. While children in child labor worked when there about eight years old and work for twelve hours to get paid for twenty-seven cents a day. Which the children did not or could not go to school, since education did not munch matter. Workers worked until their bodies could not take the condition and released with no benefits. They did not get any vacations, days off, or sick leaves, or else they will be soon be replaced by another suitable worker. Which they did not get coverage or retirement benefits, or kick out workers if they are pregnant or they go on strike. Labors need to demand change when they lack the money, political power, or education. Unions did not legally exist and industrial worker bosses try to prevent unions from taking place. But it did not completely stop from the unions forming into a national organization. Workers complained and argue in not the common goal, such as, wanted to be paid more, racial disagreements, or how were immigrants were treated. But most of the Unions of workers have a similar goal of how much less work they needed. But most workers will go beyond