USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Working-class and immigrant families often needed to have many family members, including women and children, work in factories to survive. The working conditions in factories were often harsh. Hours were long, typically ten to twelve hours a day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Also, because no particular strength or skill was required to operate many of the new factory machines the workers were considered unskilled. This meant they were easily replaced. The owners of the early factories often were most interested in hiring a worker cheaply.

Detailed explanation-3: -For skilled workers, their quality of life decreased in early Industrial Revolution. Machines replaced the skills that weavers were previously paid well for. However, eventually the middle class would grow as factories expanded and allowed for managers and higher wages for workers.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Industrial Revolution, family-based cottage-industries were displaced by the factory system, a method of manufacturing using machinery and the division of labor. The factory system was first adopted in Great Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700’s.