Discuss The Changes That Occurred After The Industrial Revolution
After the American Revolution ended, labor went through many changes as technology developed and shaped multiple forms of labor. The main three changed labor sectors were artisan, slave and industrial labor. Artisan labor was labor that needed specific skills and was done at home; it was important and profitable before the American Revolution. Slave labor was labor that was done by slaves and was used mostly in the South. Industrial labor was labor focused on industrial work. Changes to labor, mainly technology, affected artisan, slave, and industrial labor by changing the way people in these sectors worked and lived; the changes in labor also affect politics as the free labor discussion made an appearance and influenced people’s attitude
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In a world view, a worker benefited from the industrial revolution as comparably American workers enjoyed 40 percent higher wages than their counterparts in England (Schaller et al. Pg.353). Their wages were higher than others but there were still negative effects. Working conditions were poor and dangerous to the workers and the people hired were not only adults but also children who were expected to work just the same as an adult worker. While workers were affected both positively and negatively, industries grew and increased the need for industrial labor. For example, the cotton industry grew and the creation of mill girls appeared, who worked in mills weaving cotton (Schaller et al. Pg.382). Industrial labor was also interconnected with slave labor as both participated in the cotton and tobacco industry. For example, there would be no mill girls in the cotton industry if there was no slave labor available to pick cotton in the South. The growth of industrial labor caused American cities to grow as a result because people followed to work in factories. The result of the growing American cities allowed rich city dwellers to be able to hire someone to do things that they would normally do or would still be done in a more rural setting (Schaller et al. Pg.382).Women filled these role as they became “cooks, cleaners, launderers, seamstress, and all-purpose domestic” work (Schaller et al. Pg.382). Industrial labor was also practiced in the South but it was much more prominent in the North. The North’s industrial labor allowed the North to be able to win the Civil War as their industrial sector was larger than the South. During, the Civil War, the North had a boom of industrial labor(Schaller et al Pg.499). Companies produced things like meat, oil extractions, and all type of military supplies from uniforms to weapons and ships (Schaller et al. Pg.499). The growth of these
In a world view, a worker benefited from the industrial revolution as comparably American workers enjoyed 40 percent higher wages than their counterparts in England (Schaller et al. Pg.353). Their wages were higher than others but there were still negative effects. Working conditions were poor and dangerous to the workers and the people hired were not only adults but also children who were expected to work just the same as an adult worker. While workers were affected both positively and negatively, industries grew and increased the need for industrial labor. For example, the cotton industry grew and the creation of mill girls appeared, who worked in mills weaving cotton (Schaller et al. Pg.382). Industrial labor was also interconnected with slave labor as both participated in the cotton and tobacco industry. For example, there would be no mill girls in the cotton industry if there was no slave labor available to pick cotton in the South. The growth of industrial labor caused American cities to grow as a result because people followed to work in factories. The result of the growing American cities allowed rich city dwellers to be able to hire someone to do things that they would normally do or would still be done in a more rural setting (Schaller et al. Pg.382).Women filled these role as they became “cooks, cleaners, launderers, seamstress, and all-purpose domestic” work (Schaller et al. Pg.382). Industrial labor was also practiced in the South but it was much more prominent in the North. The North’s industrial labor allowed the North to be able to win the Civil War as their industrial sector was larger than the South. During, the Civil War, the North had a boom of industrial labor(Schaller et al Pg.499). Companies produced things like meat, oil extractions, and all type of military supplies from uniforms to weapons and ships (Schaller et al. Pg.499). The growth of these