4. 2nd Industrial Revolution - After the Civil War, in what some scholars have termed a "second Industrial Revolution," the growth was in heavy industry and the production of steel, petroleum, electric power, and the industrial machinery to produce other goods…
2. Industrialization began to emerge in America after the Civil War. What developments led to America’s move towards Industry. Also, what were the effects of…
During the years 1865-1900, American society was changed forever by industrialization. Industrialization negatively impacted the economic state of America, as seen by the lowered wages and monopolization of the market. Industrialization also negatively shaped society by creating sharp divisions among the different social classes. It impacted politics in a negative way as well, mainly through the political machines and corruption that occurred during the height of industrialization.…
During the time after the events civil war, the cities in the United States finally began to industrialize for the growing population; however, so did wealthy political influence and new problems revolving the economy. Eventually labor unions arose did the to destroyed the free market because it ended the corrupted wealthy people, it would bring better working conditions towards workers, and the end constant raids or strikes it brought by the U.S. workers.…
Although the Civil War itself was caused by a number of different factors, the divergent paths taken in the economic development of the North and the South contributed to the animosity between the regions, the development of the Confederacy and, ultimately, the victory of the Union. As a nation, the United States was primarily agricultural in the years before, during and immediately after the Civil War. About three-quarters of the population lived in rural areas, including farms and small towns. Nevertheless, the Industrial Revolution that had hit England decades before gradually established itself in northern states. While factories were built all over the North and South, the vast majority of industrial manufacturing was taking place in the North.…
Several factors led to the rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s. New technologies like steam engines, railroads, and telegraphs made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies. Workplace innovations, such as the assembly-line method of production, allowed these companies to produce goods on a mass scale.…
demand for mass production and goods distribution during the American Civil War advanced industrialization in the United States. -The United States, following its Civil War, experienced unmatched historic growth in industry. -By 1914, the United States was the leading industrial power in the world. -In the 1870’s, immigrants arrived at the US at a rate of almost 2000 per day. -Over 20 million people had migrated to the US from either Europe or Asia by 1914.…
Thesis: The Industrialization process after the Civil War propelled America’s society, economy and politics into accelerated growth.…
Following the Civil War corporations began to develop at a steady pace. The needed fast transportation and abundance of materials during the Civil War fueled the correct conditions to give rise to the large-scale enterprises and financial capitalism in the United States after the Civil War. Resources such as natural resources and a growing population, paired with large corporation and the government, were the conditions that gave rise to the large-scale enterprise and financial capitalism in the United States following the Civil War. Though there were many benefits from these conditions there were multiple problems that resulted.…
Many changes were happening all over the world and if the United States was to grow as a nation it had to keep up and compete with other countries. Three aspects that really changed how life was lived after the war were transportation, urbanization, and work conditions. Trains along with boats made it easier for people to buy and sell at a faster rate which led to supply and demand of goods or services. Businesses trying to keep up with the demand opened mills and factories then hired many workers that led to people moving away from agrarian society. Looking for work outside the home made it possible for business to have enough people to work machines that mass produced product for sale (Macionis, 2010). These significant changes from the Industrial Revolution affected how the Government worked, the original indigenous people lived, and how Reconstruction…
The growth of industry in the 19th century affected Americans in various ways, the destruction of the Civil War left the United States longing for change. Farmers felt the impact as rural living developed. Railroads were built to expand transportation. The devastation after the Civil War left Americans open to new ideas of a better and stronger United States. People from the 1865-900 witnessed a great about of growth. Industrialization was the main driving force for changes in the United States between 1865-1900.…
In the years following the Civil War the United States was transformed by the enormous growth of industry. Once, the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal, steel, and of engines and fast communications. Though living standards generally rose, millions of industrial workers lived in crowded, unsanitary slums.…
Many people have viewed the American Civil War a major turning point in history for the United States. As a result of the war, the industrial revolution had become the new economy assuming the primary role of finance profit. The predominance of the industrial development was rapidly spreading across the continent. The South primarily remained an agricultural region that depended on slave labor, while on the other hand, the “Industrial Development”, interests in the North grew further from those of Americans in the South.…
After the Civil War, the United States began to experience changes, ultimately as an effect of the Second Industrial Revolution. The United States, as a result of the Civil War, began to thrive and rise up, as well as grow stronger and stronger. As the years passed slowly by, the new idea of overseas expansion brought its way into the lives of many Americans, and it sure did have an effect as it began to spread. During the time periods between, the 19th and 20th centuries, this idea of overseas expansion lead to the creation of new rules and new policies.…
It is said that after the Civil War, America began to industrialize at a rapid rate.…