Negative Impact Of The Westward Expansion And Industrialization On The United States

The Westward Expansion and industrialization have negatively impacted the United States (U.S.) politically, economically, socially and culturally. The Westward Expansion was a push to move America West in the 1800s (Westward Expansion) and it created the Indian Removal Act. The Industrial Revolution created machinery to make and provide goods on the shelf, started in the 1700s (Cooper). America took the Native Americans during the move West and assimilated them and completely changed everything. The Robber Barons had affected the Industrial Revolution, by cutting competition to make all the decisions for the businesses and starting monopolies. The Westward Expansion had a negative effect on the U.S. by moving people from their homes and starting

It brought in railroads and ways of transportation by the Trans Continental Railroad, steamboats, and the start of cars. The working machinery stopped the work and also caused many workers to be fired because it became easier and less time consuming to make products using the machines. The Industrialists were rich ,old men who didn't need to lift a finger. The workers were hard laborers who worked over 16 hour days to support themselves and their families (Cooper). The photo of Protectors of Our Industry presents an illustration of scrawny men holding up the industries like steel, cloth, and linen and they show the amounts for a week. The most money made was by linen workers at $11 a week (Anti-corporate). The old fat men at the top represent greed because they're holding up money bags as their stomachs and they are dressed rich and fancy without lifting a finger. During the Industrial Revolution, people strike due to work conditions, pay, and many other reasons that are voted by the workers. Workers wouldn't show up to jobs or would become advocates to get what is believed to be right. People had their lives changed by needing to learn how to work with technology and some had to find other jobs due to being laid off. The Industrial Revolution created to change that ruined people's lives. They worried about financing, getting rid of jobs, and overworking the workers, those are all certain ways people were affected by the industry