Disadvantages Of Industrialization In America
Tara Hickman
Mr. Sandstrom
U.S. History
2-1-15
Industrialization Modern America wouldn’t be where it is today without the age of industrialization, which lasted from 1870 to roughly 1910. America began to make improvements in their living and health standards, technology, and machines. While these improvements were made the difference between social classes grew. These are just a few advantages and disadvantages as a result of the industrialization age each with its own reasoning. Over the 40 year period of industrialization people machines, and society as a whole were affected by these advantages and disadvantages.
Throughout the period of industrialization in America many advances were made in many different fields. This led to a majority …show more content…
From 1870 to 1910, a forty year span, the GNP per capita leapt from $531 to $1299, so even the people that were considered lower class had a small rise in their wages. The more money that the rich earned the greater amount of money that the rich could give back to the poor. Andrew Carnegie was by far one the most generous in this regard donating almost 90% of his wealth by the time he died. This money went to fund concert halls and libraries that are still alive and well today. John D. Rockefeller donated money, roughly $500 million, to research about diseases and to educate people on basic sanitation. Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Eastman, and Leland Stanford all donated money to now very prestigious universities known today as Vanderbilt University, MIT, and Stanford University …show more content…
As time progresses the rich began to gain more wealth while the poor barely survived, and this created a wedge between the classes. Others said that this was simply human nature and separated the "fittest” people to become the heads of the business. Those people that weren’t deemed the fittest many of their children had to work in order to help their family survive. One job that young boys could do was to fill the position of a doffer boy; they took a full bobbin off the spinning frame and put an empty bobbin in its place. Over time you could begin to tell a family’s class by their children’s work status. Children with wealthy parents had the luxury to attend school to get an education, then would go on to work the higher paying jobs. Less fortunate children that had to work may have been promoted to higher paying position, but these instances were far and few between in reality. Another example of the wedge was the quality of washing machine you could afford or even the ability to afford one at all. That wedge between the classes seems to sum up the main disadvantages of the industrialization age of
Mr. Sandstrom
U.S. History
2-1-15
Industrialization Modern America wouldn’t be where it is today without the age of industrialization, which lasted from 1870 to roughly 1910. America began to make improvements in their living and health standards, technology, and machines. While these improvements were made the difference between social classes grew. These are just a few advantages and disadvantages as a result of the industrialization age each with its own reasoning. Over the 40 year period of industrialization people machines, and society as a whole were affected by these advantages and disadvantages.
Throughout the period of industrialization in America many advances were made in many different fields. This led to a majority …show more content…
From 1870 to 1910, a forty year span, the GNP per capita leapt from $531 to $1299, so even the people that were considered lower class had a small rise in their wages. The more money that the rich earned the greater amount of money that the rich could give back to the poor. Andrew Carnegie was by far one the most generous in this regard donating almost 90% of his wealth by the time he died. This money went to fund concert halls and libraries that are still alive and well today. John D. Rockefeller donated money, roughly $500 million, to research about diseases and to educate people on basic sanitation. Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Eastman, and Leland Stanford all donated money to now very prestigious universities known today as Vanderbilt University, MIT, and Stanford University …show more content…
As time progresses the rich began to gain more wealth while the poor barely survived, and this created a wedge between the classes. Others said that this was simply human nature and separated the "fittest” people to become the heads of the business. Those people that weren’t deemed the fittest many of their children had to work in order to help their family survive. One job that young boys could do was to fill the position of a doffer boy; they took a full bobbin off the spinning frame and put an empty bobbin in its place. Over time you could begin to tell a family’s class by their children’s work status. Children with wealthy parents had the luxury to attend school to get an education, then would go on to work the higher paying jobs. Less fortunate children that had to work may have been promoted to higher paying position, but these instances were far and few between in reality. Another example of the wedge was the quality of washing machine you could afford or even the ability to afford one at all. That wedge between the classes seems to sum up the main disadvantages of the industrialization age of