What Was The Impact Of The Industrial Era In The 1860 And 1900's?

Industrial Era Between the 1860’s and 1900’s the United States became the significant industrial nation. This was the turning point in American history. There was a major impact on the industrialization after the Civil War. Economic growth and businesses began to boom. The Industrial Era was significant because of who was involved, impacted, and most of all how it happened and why. In 1869, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah. This transcontinental railroad made traveling easier and more efficient. By having this railroad, western travelers now could take less dangerous routes and it wouldn’t take as long. After a year into the Civil War, congress finally passed the Pacific Railroad Act which grants
Eventually, violence had occurred, resulting in a gun battle which killed and injured numerous strikers and Pinkerton’s men. Andrew Carnegie had built one of the most booming steel companies in America. Throughout time, several mills were broken and these workers were represented so they couldn’t be laid off. Many of these workers were eastern and southern European immigrants along with their sons. Soon after, there was a campaign to cut workers’ wages and Carnegie pushed for it. Workers were furious with this campaign
The biggest impact on this era was the making of railroads. Railroads were the gateway of all the industries made and growth in the working class. Without the industrial era, today we would not have better working conditions for children, women would not have been able to get an education or be able to work outside the home, many industries such as Rockefellers Oil Trust, Carnegie’s Steel Industry, and Sears. Although a lot of these accomplishments lead to strikes and riots, it made the difference in the way we live in the twenty-first century.

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