Without the Industrial Revolution, the United States would not be such a powerful nation. The Industrial Resolution was a metamorphosis in the way the U.S.A. manufactured goods and how people made their income. The revolution took the people of that day from the horse and buggy to the engine powered automobile we know today. It helped grow this nation and make it strong, but most importantly, it changed this world completely and permanently. Some argue that the industrial revolution was a bad thing for this world, but it can be said without a doubt that it was a great thing. The Industrial Revolution provided jobs, made traveling faster and easier, and caused the economy to explode. The Industrial Revolution employed men, women and children everywhere. “As countries industrialized, they also urbanized. This was a result of people moving to cities in large numbers in order to gain factory jobs.” (Document 6). Factory’s helped keep thousands of family’s feed by providing them a job in which to buy grocery. Living in the city center was convenient for factory workers because they could easily walk to work in a short time. During this time it was documented that a young factory worker felt that “The factory [was] the best place for [people], and if any girl wants employment, [she] advised them to come to Lowell.” (Document 1). There were a select few companies which were well known for treating their workers much better that others. This still didn’t mean that working conditions in these mills were good, but people still kept these factory’s full for hospitality extra incentive. “[Most children were given employment opportunity’s did so to support their family’s]” (Document 7). Before child labor was put into effect, many families had a hard time keeping themselves fed, but with their chilldren's income many family’s started to do better. Since more children meant more income many families had an increased number of children to help them out, therefore helping increase the U.S population. As the Industrial Revolution created many jobs it
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“[The automobile was invented to help people travel better and faster]” (Document 4). Better faster travel meant that company’s could transport more of their heavy goods in bulk at a high speed anywhere they wanted. Because of this, the countries people saw a large growth in their economy. Trains were the main vehicle used for this good transport “During the 1800s the amount of railroad track increased dramatically in Britain, the Continental Europe, and the United States” (Document 5). Railroads were the first form of transport that could carry large payloads anywhere at a long distance, fast. Railroad systems became like arteries f riches that flowed through the land, feeding the nation's great economic growth. Trains meant that “[People could] travel cheaply from place to place, and not only travel at less expense, but travel ten times quicker than two hundred years ago” (Document 9). People could go to far away places faster, more reliably, and safely because of the new innovation. This helped more people to spread across the United States much faster than before because their travel options were so much better. Now, getting around better was very nice and all but, so was the huge spurt in economic
“[The automobile was invented to help people travel better and faster]” (Document 4). Better faster travel meant that company’s could transport more of their heavy goods in bulk at a high speed anywhere they wanted. Because of this, the countries people saw a large growth in their economy. Trains were the main vehicle used for this good transport “During the 1800s the amount of railroad track increased dramatically in Britain, the Continental Europe, and the United States” (Document 5). Railroads were the first form of transport that could carry large payloads anywhere at a long distance, fast. Railroad systems became like arteries f riches that flowed through the land, feeding the nation's great economic growth. Trains meant that “[People could] travel cheaply from place to place, and not only travel at less expense, but travel ten times quicker than two hundred years ago” (Document 9). People could go to far away places faster, more reliably, and safely because of the new innovation. This helped more people to spread across the United States much faster than before because their travel options were so much better. Now, getting around better was very nice and all but, so was the huge spurt in economic