Industrialization 2
During the Industrialization workers in U.S cities were strongly effected. Times were changing and instead of getting better, conditions only got worse. While manufacturing was at the greatest, living conditions were horrible. Major company's such as Pullman had their company's run on the outskirts of town. They owned what they call company towns. The employees lived in company owned neighborhoods, and shopped at company owned stores. They worked for Pullman, Paid rent to Pullman, and shopped at the Pullman stores. Many families were so desperate for money that they had no choice but to send there children to work. Many factories were badly light, poorly ventilated and hazardous. Young men would be hunched over for so long, that they stopped growing, causing them to look extremely young, 17 years old boys would look 12. Owners were very greedy, they refused to pay for people safety for the mere fact that it would cut into their profits. They also gave very low wages for very long hours. Some
The Industrialization, you could say, also brought our nation together. The east had the factories and manufacturing, they were on the coast line near the countries that we traded with. The west had the natural resources, raw materials and the limber. With the expansion of railroads, the west could transport the materials to the east, then the east could put them to use in the factories, then trade the products with the other countries. The Chinese worked in the west for the obvious reason that China is closest to the west. They were also very hard workers willing to take on the jobs that Americans would not. In the west, the women also began to go to work, they took on as much responsiblility has the men. The Europeans worked in the east The east had the factories such as steel mills, textiles and clothing. They had the jobs that required more skills, not just hard labor. had 12 hour days for 6 days a week only earning 10 cents an hour, $5.50 a week. Children would only earn half that. The I
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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