Prosperous businessmen had immense influence and control over the post-Civil War economy and business in the United States. Even though large corporations led to the decrease in food, fuel, and lighting prices as illustrated in Document A, there were many small businesses and laborers who were left without jobs due to the dishonesty and domination from these large business owners. Document C describes how the manufacturing system has taken away the individualism and uniqueness of the workers craftsmanship. The worker is stuck doing one particular task until it is exhausted and that is the only trade skill they are left with. The system offers the hard worker no freedom or opportunity for advancement keeping them stagnant and stuck in the same place. The new manufacturing system brought about homogeneity and essentially destroyed uniqueness. For example, Henry Ford, the automobile tycoon, used the assembly line technique effectively in order to produce more cars at a cheaper price, which made them more cost effective. But in retrospect, the assembly line destroyed the pride men took in their work. The hours were growing longer, and the workers were bored and worn out. The people resented the long hard hours for little pay. This is what brought about the formation of labor unions. The workers way of fighting back and trying to change the rights of the people was the creation of a new political party and labor unions.…
Agencies and groups should be memorializing an event or person in creating a monument. In doing this the existence of those who played a great role in history will forever be remember. Our society will also come together to see our history. Those who built these monuments worked hard trying to show history through their work.…
For the most part, the FDR administration's New Deal of the 1930s was a continuation of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Economic Policy, but in a few small instances, it was a departure from these policies.…
The Antebellum reform movement represented a turning point regarding the furthering of Democratic ideals. Between the times of 1825-1850, the Democratic ideals (liberty, equality and pursuit of happiness) spread amongst American. Reforms such as abolitionism, social, institutional, and religious (second great awakening) furthered this ideals.…
The Changes in agriculture were the tools were improved and a new system was developed. Heavy tools, such as the plow, were made to be lighter so the job would be easier. Farmers started to use animals to power some of the tools so it would be less work for the farmers to do. The new system that they came up with was the three-field system which allows farmers to use two-thirds of their…
Furthermore, new technology increases efficiency of farming. A new water recycling system invented by Ray Prock prevents run off, and recycles manure to the crops, and filters the water to provide a water supply for the cattle. One of the most recent agricultural technologies is a crop sensor. Basically what it does is detects…
Moore, S. (2008, August). Ten Agricultural Inventions that Changed the Face of Farming in America. Retrieved January 26, 2014, from Farm Collector: http://www.farmcollector.com/equipment/ten-agricultural-inventions-in-farming-history.aspx…
Next, we learn about how technology advances and mechanization has finally solved the labor problems, and about the policies and subsidies that ultimately led to America having the top spot in cotton production—from the Agricultural Adjustment Act of the 30’s to the subsidies of the Farm Bill of the early 2000’s.…
UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-J and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865–1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate farmers’ responses to these changes.…
During the agricultural age up to 80% of the population worked in agriculture. Work was done mostly by hand and the need for labor was high. The work was hard and the days were long. As people found better ways of doing the work necessary to produce agriculture, the technology increased, making the work easier and requiring fewer workers to get the same amount of work done. Technology that increased production on the farm include; the steel plow, tractor and irrigation and fertilization advances.…
Western movement increased with John Deere’s steel tip plow, cut labor to clear acres for tilling.…
Innovations in agriculture made labor easier for peasants like never before. Once such innovation was that of the water mills, which provided the major source of mechanical power. "The water mills were able to ground grain with extraordinary efficiency, and their technology spread rapidly across Europe. Harnessing all this power accomplished what technology in the ancient world had never achieved, it released human power for other uses." (Sherman and Salisbury 244-260). Another agricultural breakthrough was that of the padded horse collar. " The collar made it possible for people to use horses for heavy plowing and pulling." (Sherman and Salisbury 244-260). This improvement was more favored by the lords/landowners then the peasants because now the peasants had to work longer and harder. Due to these new innovations land under cultivation expanded dramatically.…
The Green Revolution spread technologies that had already existed before, but had not been widely used outside industrialized nations. These technologies included modern irrigation projects, pesticides, synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and improved crop varieties developed through the conventional, science-based methods available at the time.…
When the population began to rise sharply in the nineteenth century it required the farming methods to become more intensive, this is when the most food is produced from the available land for growing crops (arable farming) and animals (livestock farming)…
With the use of new inventions, peasants also grew more food. The heavy plow could turn the dense, moist soils of Northern Europe. The invention of the horseshoe and better horses could be used for plowing. The watermill and windmill provided new sources of energy for grinding grain. In Northen France and…