The costs of the industrial revolution outweighed the benefits for the women; they had to work long hours, were trapped in the factories, and had little to no personal time. First of all, Women in silk factories had to work long hours. In document B it states that normal working hours in Okaya was 13-14 hours. They would work from 4:30 am to 7:30 pm. They did not have work straight from 4:30 am to 7:30 pm.
Before the industrial revolution two there were two major classes: the nobles and the peasant. Nobles gained most of their wealth through inheritance while peasant worked the land given to them by the nobles. The peasants were forced to give up most of their harvest to the nobles in order to pay for their land. During the industrial revolution two new classes emerged the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie was the middle class and the proletariat was the working class.
Imagine working sixteen hours a day in an unsanitary, dangerous, place for a big business gaining two dollars. This is what laboring-class Americans had to go through during the Gilded age. Politically, the first largest American labor union was formed during the Gilded age and many other organizations formed as well as violent strikes. Socially, different ethnics joined together to share their thoughts and realize the evils of big business and of the federal government. Mentally, most we 're losing their personal life while some were financially stable and glad.
Imagine you were a factory worker, waking up at 4am to get ready for a 17+ hour day. The working environment was unsafe and the only concern of those running the factory was the productivity of the facility. There was absolutely no concern for the wellbeing of the workers. Hard work was rewarded each week with very low pay, which only allowed an individual to afford a small, crowded home with little furnishings. This was the typical life of a factory worker during the Industrial Revolution.
As you can see about 90% of the men’s work involved some hard physical labor. Now let’s take a look at the women during the Industrial Revolution: gauze examiner, assistant overseer, twisters, wasters, weavers, winders, etc. The women had an abundant amount of job opportunities but many did not capitalize on their chances to get a job. About 75% of their jobs did not require hard labor. All in all citizens had an ample amount of chances at getting a
The factories poor workers like Joe worked long hours in were extremely dangerous. Many workers at the time where mutilated or even killed in these factories. Those who didn't die from the injuries were more likely to get laid off then get compensation. The factory owners didn't care there were tons of people who were willing to take the job to try to support their family. That's way the business owners of the late 1800s and early 1900s were robber barons and because they also got rich by using poor cheap labors, they used shady business tactics to cheat investors out of money, and they thought they were superior to their fellow man.
The United States of American workforce in the late 1800s and early 1900s was very unfair. Due to the unfairness, workers banded together to form Unions. Owners and bosses hated Unions and would fight against them, which would start strikes against the Unions. Unions only wanted fairness and the major problems they faced when they first formed were, fighting for equal wages, fighting for safe work conditions, and the fight for better working hours. Better wages was one of the key things all Unions wanted.
In the mid 1800’s there were many things made by machines, such as clothing,shoes,watches,and guns. Conditions in the factory were very harsh the average work day was 11.4 hours the workers became very tired and they were more likely to have accidents. Children were more often hurt by the machines. Children worked in the factories six days a week and 12 hours long. They worked underground in coal mines, and they also operated machines.
In the early 1800s working for wages started to become a problem in America. Many people thought that working for wages kept people dependent. If people did not own their own business then they were ultimately under the rule of a boss or master. Thomas Jefferson mentions that freedom is destroyed by dependence when it comes to people working for someone else and they do not produce or own their own property. There was also a social stigma for those who worked for wages.
In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s the U.S economy underwent an enormous increase in its industrial and production growth of its services. Copious resources and an expanding labor force from immigrant labor, government policy, and entrepreneurs facilitated a large shift in production of manufactured goods and services. The First industrial revolution shifted production from artisans to factories, and the second revolution gave way to the expansion in the organization, coordination, which helped push the large scale of the new industry. One of the first major factors was the immigration and the technological and transportation evolution across the U.S. As stated, “...more than 25 million immigrants came to the United States between
Men would go out to their jobs at factories and women would stay to take care of the house. As stated by Tocqueville, “...nor are they, on the other hand, ever compelled to perform the rough labor of the fields, or to make any of those laborious exertions, which demand the exertion of physical strength.” It was after the Market Revolution, that women started to voluntarily acquire jobs at textile mills. The pay they received was half of that of a man’s pay, but they were given a couple benefits, which included economic independence. According to a letter by a Lowell mill worker, Huldah B. Currier to Abram and Susan Guptill, some women were satisfied with working at the mills and receiving their earnings, “...
Farmers and Industrial Workers in the Gilded Age In a time when industrialization was booming, immigrants were racing towards the “American Dream”, and cities were growing towards the sky, the United States was thriving. As a country, the United States went from rural, to mostly urban, which made America “the world’s largest industrial power” as stated by John Green. Since the U.S. had become mostly urban, this left the very few rural workers (farmers), and even some of the industrial workers unhappy. This period of industrialization is called the Gilded Age than spans from 1865 to 1900.The farmers and industrial workers responded to the Gilded Age in significantly negative ways including unions against their authority, strikes and political
During the late 1800s the differences between the wealthy industrialists and the average American worker were enormous. While successful businessman like Andrew Carnegie made millions, some factory workers made as little as six dollars a week. Poor families were living in filthy, overcrowded tenements and struggled to make a living because of unfair wages. This was a major problem in the late 1800’s and it is illustrated well by the political cartoon “The Protectors of Our Industries” by Bernhard Gillam.
In a time after the civil war, America improved their financing by switching to the gold standard, improved communication by boosting the telegraph, improved transportation by building railroads, and improved wealth by giving contracts for clothes to multiple companies. The economy was also improving massively also due to natural resources, demography, and law. Railroads allowed people as well as supplies to be transported quicker, safer, and cheaper. Companies bought each other out and formed monopolies which made the price go up and the owners very wealthy. Aside from all of these positives, there are also various problems that took place during the Gilded Age (1865-1900).
The eruption of industrialization in the Northeast in the decades following the end of Reconstruction created massive amounts of wealth for a privileged few. The cost of this unprecedented growth was paid for on the backs of the working-class labor. Men and women were forced to work unthinkable hours, children were forced into jobs at very young ages, and working conditions were nearly and workable which led to many avoidable injuries. All these atrocities were committed to maximize the profits of their employers, whose exorbitant wealth led to the era being referred too ironically as the Gilded Age. Labor leaders such as Samuel Gompers combated the powerful upper class that controlled the profits of production by attempting to organize labor
