The American Bourgeoisie

They could support their families without any monetary issues. Since they were leading prosperous lives this brought about great influences among their elite circles. The working class, on the other hand, did not prosper as well as the middle class. They worked extremely hard within the factories. This meant that they would work from six to seven days and up to more than eight hours.

In Rockefeller’s mind, however, he was not being unfair he; was rather just using effective business techniques. After a woman named Ida Tarbell accused Rockefeller of such things by saying: “He has manipulated railroad rates to allow him into the market, but then raised them to keep his competitors out. His company also lowered his prices to run the competition out of business and raised them when his company had no competition in order to create a monopoly. I am by no means against your success, Mr Rockefeller; but I am against your greed and unfair methods”(“Interview”). Rockefeller then responded to these accusations by saying: “I see nothing wrong with what I’ve done, these are just highly effective tactics, not unfair tactics; she is just a misguided woman”(“Interview”).

He believes that the government should control all the businesses because in order for the real growth to happen it needs to be guided or shaped by politics rather than rely on unlimited resources. He thought “Irresistible energy and efficiency of harmony and cooperation” could help the society move forward and create benefits for the work force, but the government will still regulate and guide them to public interest (Clements 9). Even though there could still be some people who still try to take advantage for their own personal gain. Capitalists try to maximize as much of their profit without taking into account the

Since laws were published to force factory owners to pay out the minimum wage to the workers, the working class began to make more money. On the other hand, middle class has emerged out of the wealthy upper class, this leads to a better life for everyone. Besides all those positive impacts about the Industrial Revolution, there are also some negative impacts on working conditions. First of all, factories are mostly dirty and dangerous. There were no legal minimum wage or safety issues.

Dangerous and Daring Have you ever thought of who made your clothes? Unfortunately, during the Industrial Revolution child labor was typical throughout the world. Adults were forcing young children to work in deadly conditions with very little pay. Parents of the children needed the money but hated seeing their children suffer through the physical pain. Children’s bosses were greedy and paid them under what they should’ve gotten.

In “Let at America be America Again”, also by Langston Hughes, there are the poor white, and the slave blacks, and the immigrants as well. They were taken advantage of simply because they were not famous nor white, therefor they had no access to the American dream. The citizens without high social status must work hard in order to survive and live a decent life. They must work long hours at a job that may not have been their dream. They must service the rich in order to keep those same jobs that they have because their American dream never came true.

Social Group: Fathers During this time period, fathers were the “breadwinners” and expected to work and provide for their families. However, black fathers in the 1950’s particular had to work long hours because the only jobs available to them were often low paying. This directly correlates with African-American’s low place on the social ladder during this pre-Civil Rights era. It was also extremely difficult for African-American women to find work during this time, placing the financial buren solely on the father. They took great pride in their earnings, and sometimes abused their power as head of the household.

By the 1960s, however, criticism began to grow that these programs had created a "culture of dependency," which discouraged people from leaving the welfare rolls and finding employment. Defenders of public welfare benefits acknowledged that the system was imperfect, noting the financial disincentives associated with taking a low-paying job and losing the array of benefits, especially medical care. They also pointed out that millions of children are the prime beneficiaries of welfare assistance, and that removing adults from welfare affects these children. During the 1980s and 1990s, criticism of public welfare escalated dramatically. Some states began to experiment with programs that required welfare recipients to find work within a specified period of time, after which welfare benefits would cease.

The average life a person lives in this time period comes easy. Though we may carry certain struggles, they don’t compare to the daily troubles of lower class throughout the Victorian Era. Of course, there were countless successful people during this time, poverty became a huge predicament for the common family. Shortage issues influenced adults as well as the children. All ages got the enjoyment of life stolen from them in this rigid era.

Many of the children cannot play due to the long and strenuous 12 to 16 hour work days. From now on, Americans should be more aware of the products that they are buying, and if the product was made in a child laboring country, the consumer should buy an alternative that is not made in a child laboring country, in order for child labor to be abolished once and for

As well as their parents resulted in criminalization of young individuals and families. Solomon, 2007) has also criticise this and argued that the majority of these family are from lower socio-economic background. The imposition of the ASBO on young people were also criticise because many younger offender had to wear tagging in school or in the community. Whereby they often becomes victims of violence themselves as well as been stigmatised. Some 40% of ASBO have been imposed on younger children ten to seventeen which many received breached, while Youth justice (2004) also highlighted that the Parenting Orders have been successful in influence parents and their children whereby parenting programs have brought about respect reference have also discuss that parent Orders have disrupts the life of many young people and their families and not allowed normal protection.

Child Labor Child labor has been an issue in many countries for many years. Even though countries such as America has banned child labor, other poorer countries still struggle with child labor law. According to International Labor Organization child labor is defined as, “Children or adolescent participating in work that affects their health and personal development or interfere with their school” (International). Child labor can also be defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. Child labor can be considered whenever a work is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful to a child.

This problem affects not only the health of employees, but also the wellness of customers, and both, should be the most important elements in this kind of business. Finally, workers do not receive a fair compensation for the hard work they do. After having dedicated hours and hours of their time to deliver a good service, many times they only receive a minimum wage salary. Words Cited Gentile, Dan. "Things You Have to Explain to People Who 've Never Worked in Kitchens."