WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Middle Class Those who benefited most from the Industrial Revolution were the entrepreneurs who set it in motion. The Industrial Revolution created this new middle class, or bourgeoisie, whose members came from a variety of backgrounds. Some were merchants who invested their growing profits in factories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reforms through Laws. In 1819, laws were passed prohibiting the employment of children under the age of nine in factories. Working hours of those between the ages nine and sixteen was limited to 12 hours a day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged. Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy. Industrial growth transformed American society.

Detailed explanation-4: -Big business grew in the late nineteenth century when new sources of power such as the steam engine, coal, and electricity drove the machines in larger factories that organized production under one roof. Companies could now mass produce standardized goods faster and more efficiently.