During the Industrialization workers in U.S cities were strongly effected. Times were changing and instead of getting better, conditions only got worse. While manufacturing was at the greatest, living conditions were horrible. Major company's such as Pullman had their company's run on the outskirts of town. They owned what they call company towns. The employees lived in company owned neigrabroadorhooRAB, and shopped at company owned stores. They worked for Pullman, Paid rent to Pullman, and shopped at the Pullman stores. Many families were so desperate for money that they had no choice but to send there children to work. Many factories were badly light, poorly ventilated and hazardous. Young men would be hunched over for so long, that they stopped growing, causing them to look extremely young, 17 years old boys would look 12. Owners were very greedy, they refused to pay for people safety for the mere fact that it would cut into their profits. They also gave very low wages for very long hours. Some had 12 hour days for 6 days a week only earning 10 cents an hour, $5.50 a week. Children would only earn half that.
This was also a time of Immigration. They came because they wanted to get away from war, famine and religious persecution. They wanted to come to America, The land of the Free, a place for equality. This was all true in America, if you had money, or where the white man. These immigrants surely weren't. They were crammed on to the U.S Permland, which was expensive, just hoping they will be accepted into America. Because of the expense, most families only sent one person. They planned to send the rest later, hoping they could get in, because of the relative already in the country. If you were lucky enough to get into America, you were there for cheap labor, to do the jobs other people didn't want to do. Immigrants often times got cheated out of money, because they didn't know the currency. There was 2 migrations, 1st on the East Coast was the Northern Europeans and the Western Europeans, 2nd was the Southern Europeans. Then on the West coast was the Chinese. The Immigrants would settle with people like them. Such as all the Italians in one neigrabroadorhood in New York, or the Chinese at Angel Island. This would set them at ease. When they first arrived in N.Y City, they arrived at a grand place, they thought the best. They had no idea what was in store for them. After awhile, all they wanted was to go home. Many soon found that America wasn't the land of the free, a place for equality, independence. Not when you were poor immigrants. Yet some stayed, did well, and made a fortune, that was only a few.
The Industrialization, you could say, also brought our nation together. The east had the factories and manufacturing, they were on the coast line near the countries that we traded with. The west had the natural resources, raw materials and the liraber. With the expansion of railroaRAB, the west could transport the materials to the east, then the east could put them to use in the factories, then trade the products with the other countries. The Chinese worked in the west for the obvious reason that China is closest to the west. They were also very hard workers willing to take on the jobs that Americans would not. In the west, the women also began to go to work, they took on as much responsiblility has the men. The Europeans worked in the east The east had the factories such as steel mills, textiles and clothing. They had the jobs that required more skills, not just hard labor.
The Industrialization has definitely effected our lives today. It had many good, and many bad aspects. Yet with out them all, America would not be where it is today. Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing, well, that is your opinion.
This was also a time of Immigration. They came because they wanted to get away from war, famine and religious persecution. They wanted to come to America, The land of the Free, a place for equality. This was all true in America, if you had money, or where the white man. These immigrants surely weren't. They were crammed on to the U.S Permland, which was expensive, just hoping they will be accepted into America. Because of the expense, most families only sent one person. They planned to send the rest later, hoping they could get in, because of the relative already in the country. If you were lucky enough to get into America, you were there for cheap labor, to do the jobs other people didn't want to do. Immigrants often times got cheated out of money, because they didn't know the currency. There was 2 migrations, 1st on the East Coast was the Northern Europeans and the Western Europeans, 2nd was the Southern Europeans. Then on the West coast was the Chinese. The Immigrants would settle with people like them. Such as all the Italians in one neigrabroadorhood in New York, or the Chinese at Angel Island. This would set them at ease. When they first arrived in N.Y City, they arrived at a grand place, they thought the best. They had no idea what was in store for them. After awhile, all they wanted was to go home. Many soon found that America wasn't the land of the free, a place for equality, independence. Not when you were poor immigrants. Yet some stayed, did well, and made a fortune, that was only a few.
The Industrialization, you could say, also brought our nation together. The east had the factories and manufacturing, they were on the coast line near the countries that we traded with. The west had the natural resources, raw materials and the liraber. With the expansion of railroaRAB, the west could transport the materials to the east, then the east could put them to use in the factories, then trade the products with the other countries. The Chinese worked in the west for the obvious reason that China is closest to the west. They were also very hard workers willing to take on the jobs that Americans would not. In the west, the women also began to go to work, they took on as much responsiblility has the men. The Europeans worked in the east The east had the factories such as steel mills, textiles and clothing. They had the jobs that required more skills, not just hard labor.
The Industrialization has definitely effected our lives today. It had many good, and many bad aspects. Yet with out them all, America would not be where it is today. Whether you think that is a good thing or a bad thing, well, that is your opinion.