The Second Industrial Revolution In The 1890's

However, people began to grow tired of the way businesses had overstepped its boundaries and riots and mass protests, such as the Great Railroad Strike by migrants who were forcefully doing long hours at low wages, began to show the beginning of a new sense of liberty. As the riots grew in strength across the nation, many businesses began to treat workers better. Under the Erdman Act, interstate railroads were forbidden to discriminate against union members and even in Congress, legislation began to take steps to defining work-related hazards such child labor laws and health precautions making employers liable for accidents than before when it was easy for them to evade suits and not care for their workers. Despite the Industrial Revolution initially taking a toll on the immigrants by putting them in destitute conditions, the establishment of unions and the morals of strikes, showing what the workers had hated and revolted on, called for more general attention to the problems at hand and a continuation of the principle of working liberties that the people were entitled to against an oppressive

During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the American Industrial Revolution sprung up. The steel industry began America’s climb to a global leader in industry. More people were drawn to the booming economy rather than to politics. The American industrial revolution was in full gear, and most men had a hunger for wealth rather than for Congress or presidency. During this time, the railroad became a massive industry, not just for transportation, but also for production building of the railroads.

However, the economic crises in 1837 collapsed the labor unions because of economic hard times, and with immigrants coming in surplus willing to work for cheap, regular people could not compete and thus had to work at the beckon of the factories. Labor unions worked when the economy was resilient, but when the economy was shocked, everyone was too afraid of demanding more when there were those willing to work for

During this time period, rapid expansion westward, centered around railroads (the total length of which doubled between 1865 and 1873) helped to expand markets and transport materials. Furthermore, there was no shortage of materials to transport and process. For example, the United States was producing four times as much crude iron as Britain by the year 1900. Due to this

Factory owners had majority control over them, so workers believed that if they formed organizations, they could increase their power to get what they wished

This machine can sew faster than people and requires less skill to operate, and therefore will look good to a money-seeking employer. The sewing machine reinforced the trend of guiding away from household production and to the factory system. The decrease in pay, rise in work hours, and the women losing their jobs led to the series of strikes against the employers known as the Great Shoemakers Strike of 1860. The strikers believed that they should gain fair compensation. In response, the manufacturers raised wages but would not sign the bill of wages that the strikers

During the period of 1870 to 1900 large corporations, such as the railway company, grew significantly in size, number, and influence. The cause of this was the need for a new way of transportation, the demand was great so the railways expanded all over the United States so that they could meet these demands. These large corporations affected the economy by making it easier to pay for everyday chores, politics in the way that it gave politicians too much power but in doing so gave normal limited power. The corporations had great power and influence which made them a huge impact to society.

The factors that led the three groups for the strike were different in every situation. The miners went on strike because their pay roll were not that good or not that high for live life perfectly. Their working condition not that good, and they wanted their union recognized. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company also monopolizing them by having to buy good sold at stores run by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. In turn the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company also paid the teacher and doctors assigned to the camps.

Changing the way economy is setup can drastically affects the lives of its citizens. The changing in economy has hurt many of it’s working class people. Some people can 't find any jobs and they are struggling. The lack of job opportunities in the country is hurting those who are americans and immigrants that are homeless. The creation of political machines are taking over the jobs that the people need.

First, the Knights of Labor started a system of boycotts that influenced many future unions. For instance, the Haymarket Square riot of 1886 began as a strike for an eight hour work day. While the riot brought attention to the workers’ desire for more rights, it ultimately delayed the acceptance of shorter work hours. Second, the American Federation of Labor was more successful than the Knights because it preferred to stay away from violent tactics. This let them communicate peacefully with their suppressers and eventually create laws raising minimum wage, bettering working conditions, and shortening their maximum work hours.

I feel like the Industrial Revolution had a greater impact on the course of Western Civilization. The Industrial revolution was when machinery replaced the jobs of men. Edwin Chadwick especially didn’t like what was going on at this time because he felt like it was really hurting the poor. Many people, though at this time did like what was going on during the Industrial Revolution because these people felt like this is what is needed in order to help Britain’s economy. During the Industrial Revolution people were working crazy long hours, and on top of this they had children working, and doing jobs that no child should ever be doing.

The American Industrial Age was a period of time which was actually a good era, many great advantages happened that are now here to help us today. When the economy grew and so did the country. There were inventions that would eventually help the country 's economy, not only that but also help expansion. Many benefits for America happened such as, the inventions of the light bulb, cars and railroads as well. Steel making , and electrical power railroads expanded significantly, bringing every single part of the country into a national market.

Great Britain was the first country to experience industrialization, due to its abundant natural resources such as coal and iron, immense expansion throughout the world and subsequent economic growth from trade, and its governmental and financial strength. The industrial revolution was rapid and maintained strength in Great Britain, whereas other Western countries experienced industrialization gradually and with difficulty, due to political, social, and economic instability. A major factor in Great Britain’s early industrialization was its natural resources. The abundance of coal and iron is an example of these resource.

Many new immigrants from places in southern and eastern Europe such as Italy, Greece and Russia settled in Northern cities and became the backbone of industrial labor. Due to a lack of space in cities and the tendency of poverty among these immigrants, many of them had to live in tenements and slums. Since these immigrants were willing to settle for lower wages and worse conditions, they occupied many industrial jobs, frustrating the working class of whites and old immigrants. Along with the frustration that the immigrants were taking jobs away from natives, there was a widespread sentiment that these new immigrants were inferior. Furthermore, these new immigrants were religious but tended to be Catholic or Jewish as opposed to Protestant as was the majority, providing another basis of resentment.

Sometimes guards would be hired by the owners to shoot into the crowd of protesters, or the workers wouldn’t gain anything after. Despites this many unions still went on strikes, it became a preferred method among labor unions. The German government was the first to take steps to avoid revolutionaries from overthrowing them by introducing accident insurance and elderly insurance. Soon after, many European leaders followed lead by making laws to help improve worker’s lives; they hoped this would satisfy the people. Nevertheless, employees still continued to join these unions because for them this wasn’t