Factories of the North and South During the mid-1800s people started building things with machines more and more. Thing from guns, shoes, clothing, and farming were being made from machine. Even machines were starting to be made from other machines. Because of this uprising of machines in factories the conditions for workers were getting worse and worse. By 1840, most every worker had to work at least 11.4 hours a day. This constant work condition made the workers tired, which made their chance of having accidents way higher. The machines being used at the factory were not simple, they had many fast rapidly moving parts. Workers, mostly children were, were usually hurt by the massive and dangerous machines. Today we have air condition which makes where you are cooler or hotter. In the factories they had no cooling or heating systems at all. During the summer the work place was very hot, almost unbearable. Also during the winter it was very cold inside. …show more content…
Nope at least not at the time, no laws were passed to control the working conditions to protect workers. Most of the time the factory owners cared more about making money than about there own employees’ comfort and safety. This led to the continuation of these horrible working conditions for a long time. Children had to work in factories at very young ages to. During their job they had to work six days a week usually, and had to work 12 hours or even more in one day. The working conditions were the same for kids long, hard, and dangerous work. Operating and working on the machines wasn’t the only thing children had to work on. Some had to work in underground coal mines. Many people like reformers wanted to make laws that could make factories and workplaces have shorter hours in the day and better work conditions. It was not accepted or taken series until many years later