The Greatest Impacts Of The Industrial Revolution

It's 1867, just two years ago the civil war ended and we are now in a new stage of time. Cities are popping up all over the United States, replacing farmlands and times are changing. New inventions and factories are now coming up, new jobs have risen up and now men are going to work in the factories. This was the industrial revolution. “Low-cost, high-grade coal, oil and natural gas- the backbone of the industrial revolution- will be a distant memory by 2050,”(Jeremy Grantham) this quote shows how the industrial revolution was such a big part of American history. The greatest impacts of the revolution were the making of factories, the making of transportation and the middle class finally getting livable wages leading to a new way of life.
One of the greatest impacts of the revolution was the making of factories, which led to good and bad things. Factories were a good impact because they helped to create jobs for people; they no longer were struggling farmers in a sea of other struggling farmers. There were two major bad thing that factories created. They were very dangerous, the gears and levers were not covered and one wrong move could kill or severely injure you. Also, because of the parts of the machines being so small, they would send children to
The invention of the railroad was such a big impact because it connected America all the way across the country in ways it never had before. The railroad created so many more jobs for men. The transportation was so important because it helped to ship people and goods all the way across the country. Now they could ship oil from Texas to Washington. Also, transportation later in times came from a man named Ford, who created a car for the common man to buy. People didn't have to travel by trains or carriages anymore, they could get around on their own. The car being affordable for the common man came about because of new livable