HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Women moved to the cities to work in the mills and make decent wages.
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African-Americans were freed from slavery as new machines did more work.
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The limited success of the industry forced factory owners to look for other resources
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The number of skilled workers in society increased dramatically.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other problems associated with industrialization were those related to health and safety. Factories were notoriously dangerous and unhealthy places, and there were no regulations to prevent workplace injuries and deaths. Child labor was another phenomenon that was problematic during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialization, along with great strides in transportation, drove the growth of U.S. cities and a rapidly expanding market economy. It also shaped the development of a large working class in U.S. society, leading eventually to labor struggles and strikes led by working men and women.
Detailed explanation-3: -The industrial revolution in the North, during the first few decades of the 19th century, brought about a machine age economy that relied on wage laborers, not slaves. At the same time, the warmer Southern states continued to rely on slaves for their farming economy and cotton production.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mechanized farming transformed the American economy. Production was made more efficient as machines reduced the amount of human labor needed on farms. New technologies such as the mechanized assembly line and electric motors made factory production more efficient and allowed for larger industrial plants.