Industrialization Impact On American Politics: A Historical Analysis

In America, the industrialization period consisted of many changes in the country. Most of the changes happened on a wide scale, but urban areas were the most impacted by the events between the end of the Civil War and the end of WW1. The people who worked in the industries wanted solutions to the problems they faced and were tired of the way things were, but they pushed through for themselves and their families. The industrialization had an impact on American politics from an economic standing point, to integration and, currency issues. One of industrialization impact on American politics was from an economic standing point. The demand for jobs was big compared to the amount of people there was in need of a job to survive. Many people, including immigrants moving to the United States, moved to urban areas for jobs and what they thought was going to bring a better way of

Many immigrants moved in to the country, blacks were no longer slaves and minorities were trying to survive just like the rest. No one was willing to hire minorities because of what they represented in society at the time. Things like the “The Gospel of Wealth” of Andrew Carnegie that opened doors for them. Andrew emphasized about how the wealth should use their resources to help those in society in need and it’s a shame for the wealthy to die rich when they can distribute their wealth to help. The Knights of Labor raised and they accepted everyone, such as, minorities, and women to unify against discrimination in industries. With the struggle to unionize the National Labor Union initiated, but did not last like the Knights of Labor. The people lost hope of something concrete happening to solve their problems, so they began to have strike. Sadly, the Homestead Strikes and the Pullman strike did not give the people what they wanted, but brought awareness to the bad situation going