Before the industrial time period American society was based off of agrarian aspects of life and everybody lived off their land and America's economy grew from trading goods and gaining wealth from other countries. The standard of living during the time of Agrarianism was based off of a person's farm and how hard the man worked to make a buck, unless he used slaves.Because of the invention of motors and the need for mass production due to wars, the industrial revolution changed American society and its politics. The shift from agrarianism to industrialization impacted American society and politics immensely because of the new changes it brought to the country.
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The clash between traditional culture and modern progress in the United States was demonstrated in 1861 at the beginning over the Civil War. The war was a conflict between agrarian society which used slaves to get work done for farming and an industrial society which paid all employees and fueled a consumer economy. Due to the up roar in new factories during the industrial revolution, America's economy began to grow immensely through the new jobs that were created and all of the new cash being put into the consumer based economy that had formed. By creating new factories and new companies to build those factories, millions of new jobs were created, causing for the the creation of labor unions and laws such as the National Labor Union which was created in 1866. These paid employees began to face adversity such as low wages and gruesome treatment in the workplace. Because of this, unions were formed such as the the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which was formed in 1881 to protect factory workers from the dangers of working in an 1800’s factory and give the workers rights in case of
The shift from agrarianism to industrialization impacted the American society because …show more content…
The clash between traditional culture and modern progress in the United States was demonstrated in 1861 at the beginning over the Civil War. The war was a conflict between agrarian society which used slaves to get work done for farming and an industrial society which paid all employees and fueled a consumer economy. Due to the up roar in new factories during the industrial revolution, America's economy began to grow immensely through the new jobs that were created and all of the new cash being put into the consumer based economy that had formed. By creating new factories and new companies to build those factories, millions of new jobs were created, causing for the the creation of labor unions and laws such as the National Labor Union which was created in 1866. These paid employees began to face adversity such as low wages and gruesome treatment in the workplace. Because of this, unions were formed such as the the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which was formed in 1881 to protect factory workers from the dangers of working in an 1800’s factory and give the workers rights in case of