Henry Ford revolutionized the way factories worked with his system of an assembly line. The assembly line had workers working individually on one job and one job only all day to put together automobiles. Ford’s system was very effective as he could produce many reliable cars that an average family could afford. With new farming techniques, production was on the rise and many farmers left the agricultural industry to work in factories. Workers were starting to receive benefits such as pensions and longer work vacations. Most employers wanted to keep the production costs low even though the workers’ wages were increasing. In the early 20th century electricity was starting to be used in factories, majority of the factories using this electricity was Ford’s company. They were using the…
These new inventions lead to the creation of new jobs and the rapid growth of cities. The Southern cotton industry was booming due to the increased need for cotton thread in the northern textile mills. The increase in machinery and advanced technology also lowered the prices of food, lighting and fuel (Doc 1). Although the revolution brought about positive effect like more jobs and lowered prices on goods; it also brought about negative effects like overcrowding and poor conditions. Immigrants started to flood the cities in search for factory jobs resulting in areas with extremely high populations, overcrowded houses and poor sanitation. Not only did the middle class factory workers have poor home conditions, they also underwent extremely poor working conditions. Both men and women factory workers worked in dim, dangerous factories for long, grueling days spanning up to 12 hours to be paid the bare minimum. Factory workers were not looked at like human beings by the big corporate business men; their lives did not matter to them at all. The only positive to come out of the extremely dangerous condition was the rise of unions. Unions that formed during the Industrial Revolution were meant to unite the working men against the wrongdoings of the wealthy business owner. Unions demanded things like “...reduction of the hours of…
I believe working in the factories in the 1800’s were bad for your health. One reason, is in passage ‘A’ the doctor says that you can hardly breath if you stayed in the factory for more than 10 minutes. Another reason, is it says in passage ‘A’ that their are lots of diseases in them. It also says in passage ‘A’ that many children got caught in the machines and lost body parts. In passage ‘C’ it says that they were beaten with sticks and broke many bones.…
The Industrial Revolution had major effects that were negative because many people in the Industrial Revolution had no education.However, people were not able to go to school because all their time had went into work.Since people in the Industrial Revolution were unable to go to school their reading and writing skills were very weak.…
The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States can almost be traced back to a single invention, with this America transformed the manufacturing of goods forever. With this invention obviously came numerous advantages as well as disadvantages. The invention of the assembly line can be traced back to Ransom Olds in 19011. The obvious advantage to this invention being able to cut down production times dramatically helping to boost production of items across a gambit of materials. Being able to accomplish this of course increased the availability of items as well as lowering costs as companies were now able to mass produce items with fewer people. As this system was improved upon it lead our culture to want more and want quicker leading to a country that not only could have things when they wanted it but demanded the give me more mentality we have today. All of these aspects led lower wages since exact skills were no longer in demand as well as long monotonous routines2. Accumulation of resources became not only a plus due to this adaptation in manufacturing but had certain drawbacks as…
As a result, the power loom was created, and so on and so forth. This machinery allowed goods to be made cheaper, quicker, and more efficiently. Factories were built to house these new machines, and people were employed to use these machines.…
1. How might beer have influenced the transition from hunting and gathering (Paleolithic) to agricultural-based (Neolithic) societies? people settled down to make beer out of barley and such…
The more people working towards a goal the faster it is meet. If a lot of people are on the industrial and service sector that means that there is opportunity for them to move into industrialization easier.…
This act created more colleges and jobs in agriculture, giving workers more opportunity for higher education with more college options. Government actions made life for industrial workers better by creating laws and acts that helped to give workers equal and fair…
With the building of machines comes learning how to power them; people started finding new energy sources to power the machinery such as water, electricity, oil, and steam and they played a major role in advancing technology(Slide 4). The need to quicker manufacture goods was needed and many people during the Industrial Revolution was working to better improve these needs. The textile industry was a very important industry and because of this people worked to create machines to help finish the work that was needed to produce items manufactured in this industry quicker. 1733 was a year where an Englishman named John Kay invented the flying shuttle; the shuttle needed to be used with hands, but it was a machine that drastically sped up the time it took to weave(Slide 25). Thirty six years later in 1769 came the invention of another textile machine called the water frame and was created by an Englishman named Richard Arkwright(Slide 25). The water frame was a water powered spinning machine, not only was it an improvement to the speed of which weaving could be done, but it spurred new factories to be built because it was to big to fit inside a house(Slide 25). Slavery was a key way that many white men all over the world made their money and then some; one of the greatest impact on the slave industry was in 1793 when an American man named Eli Whitney created…
The desire to produce cotton transformed the system of labor in America. Before, workers were expected to work in all stages of production. However, this new system encouraged division of labor and specialization. The market revolution changed the factories. There was increased market for craftsmen products. Producers abandoned the old way of product manufacturing and adopted new methods which were more effective and efficient. There was also changes in gender roles as all people started working. Women and children worked to earn and support their male…
In the world there are an enormous numbers of industries which are classified along various sectors in the different parts of the worlds. In old times when the world was developing the first revolution that took place was of Industrial Revolution it started from Great Britain then the rest of the World since then the survival of human beings without industries are impossible till now. The growth of the industries led the world to change for once in for all.…
In the 18th century the populations of Great Britain, China, Western Europe, and Japan increased greatly. The increase in population caused a focus in specialization of specific tasks and caused the people to stray away from cultivation. During this time there were growing industries, and the most popular styles were factory systems. During this time, products were made faster and more efficiently than ever. There was a huge need for steel, iron, cotton, and coal (Bentley, Ziegler pg. 654). In the beginning, Great Britain was the only place that had developed industrialization. It wasn’t until the nineteenth century that industries had caught on in places like France, Belgium, Germany, and the United States.…
The development of the factory system and mass production was one of the main and most important results of the Industrial Revolution, creating a new economic system, new social classes, many inventions vital to the functioning of today’s society, etc. The factory system was developed in response to the dexterity of the steam engine that had been recently developed. In response to the steam engine, water frames,…
Industrialization changed the lives of many people in many ways. Two examples were the working conditions of workers, and the rise of the middle class. Industrialization changed the lives of worker as in Great Britain workers spent 14-day hours a day at the job and 6 days a week. Work remained the same moth after month and years after years. Factories also injured people because machines weren’t safe and people get sick because the factories weren’t clean. And there was no government program to provide aid in a case of injury. So over all working in a factory was full of risks.…