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The Industrial Revolution
The Indusrial Revoluton began in the mid to late 18th century. Factories such as the Triangle ShirtWaist Factory and other companies popped up to create mass production but soon started causing thing like child labor. -
Child labor
Child labor and safety laws plus minimum wage was a big problem because children would get caught in the machine and even get killed. People were also very pooor which caused them to get very very unsanitary conditions. -
Child-Labor Continued
earned 60 cents a day, worked only 12 hours a day and 6 days a week, their were many accidents because the workers did not wear the most safe clothing, and was very dangerous yes not as many hours as sweatshop workers or as many hours as factory workers. -
Child-Labor Continued
Many children had to work to help survive in America. For example kids worked in factories, sweatshops, mines, and their agriculture. In a factory a kid worked from 12-14 hours a day, was paid lowest wages, many accidents because they didn't have safe enough work clothing, and large heavy machines. In a sweatshop there is ONE cramped room, they worked for 12-18 hours a day, the factories were very crowded, the workers had to rent out their own machines in able to work. In mines the workers -
Imagration And Potato Famine
So the Irish Great Potato Famine began which caused lots of fights and starvation and death. This happened because potatos were eaten almost every day. And also German political upheaval began. -
Ending of Potato Famine
The graeat potato famine finally ended but ove 2000,000 people died at the end of the famine. The potatos had been turning black slimy and decayish due to the the thought of static electrycity. Disease had spread around such as typhus lice and dynsentery -
Immigration
Immigration began In the lates 1870's. Immigration was both legal and illegal. Being an illegal immigrant meant that your boss was able to pay how much he weated to pay and could make you work how ever long he wanted you to work. Being a legal immigrant meant that your boss had to pay you minimum wage and could only work you for a certain amount of hours. He couldn't just work you for this many hours the worker could only work from this many hours to this many hours. -
Andrew Carnegie-The Face of Steel
Andrew Carnegie replaced steel as iron as an industrial material in 1870. He was the leading figure in the steel revolution. He soon became the world's largest manufacturer because of other steel companies and new facilities that were being built. -
Chinese exclusion act
The Chinese exclusion act began when the chinease were forced away from the united states and were not able to immagrate to the u.s.
