Industrialization And Andrew Carnegie: Economic And Social Contributions To Society

The industrial revolution brought America many new technological advances that were economically and socially beneficial. During industrialization Henry Ford brought the auto mobile to America which allowed people to live farther from their jobs and allowed farmers to become less isolated. Henry Ford also invented the moving assembly line which was a huge step in the future of industrialization. This assembly line made it possible to produce items faster, and this mass production process helped companies collect more profit. But industrialization also caused many problems that outweighed the gains of the machine age. While industrialization helped the rich "fat cats" get fatter, it also put financial and social stress on the working class as …show more content…
Andrew Carnegie was a steel baron who 's duty was to serve society in humane ways in what he called "the Gospel of Wealth". Throughout his lifetime Carnegie donated more than three hundred and fifty million dollars to libraries, schools, peace initiatives, and to the arts. He and other benefactors believed that their contribution gave them the right to decide what was good and necessary for society. But even though Carnegie and other benefactors donated mass amounts of money and tried to do what they thought was best for society, they did not consider raising workers wages, which was the main cause of the poverty they tried to rid America …show more content…
She created a huge break through to American citizens to show them the horrors of industrialization and the lack of regulations for both work places and food factories. She did this by writing and publishing her book, "The Jungle", which narrates the lives of a family that moves to America from Lithuania for a better life. She uses this book to reveal the harsh realities of industrial life to America. She reveals the brutal work factories put their employees through, and what little rights they have to protect themselves in their workplace. The characters in her book experienced unfair wage cuts, long work days, and employer hostility. All of these are things actual people would experience, Upton Sinclair also includes a character in her book that is harrassed, raped, and threatened by her employer. To our shock and horror Sinclair includes a character in her book that is attacked and killed by rats while sleeping in the factory he works at. She also shows readers how hard it was to keep a stable job, and that in most cases families had to lie about their childrens ages so that they could work and bring in more income to survive. Sinclair shows us as readers in depth that unjustices and troubles of working during the industrial