How various industries impacted workers and families in America from mid 19th century to early 20th century (MG)

By MattGue

  • First Transcontinental Railroad completed quickly, but at a cost.-Citation

    1. History.com Staff. "TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD." History.com. 2010. http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/transcontinental- railroad
    2. "Railway Timeline - Important Moments in Railway History." Railroad Timeline - Important Moments in Railroad History. http://www.trainhistory.net/railway-history/railroad-timeline/.

  • First Transcontinental Railroad completed quickly, but at a cost.

    First Transcontinental Railroad completed quickly, but at a cost.
    With the civil war having been over for a few years, the US was beginning to pick itself up during the reconstruction era. Numerous railroad companies were able to resume progress on branching throughout the US. As a result, the first transcontinental railroad, reaching from the west coast to central US, was built. Many workers, notably Chinese immigrants, were injured or died as a result of the construction of railroads as the industry was fast-paced to make up for lost time during the war.

  • Textile industries give hope in the south after the war.

    Textile industries give hope in the south after the war.
    After the war, southern states had difficulty being economically stable up until the 1880's when the railroad industry was booming. before then, the south really only had the agricultural and textile industries. When the north found interest in the Textile industry, women and young girls were beginning to work at the mills to provide for their families. As railroads were introduced, the demand for workers was high yet wages remained low as a large population of southerners worked at the mills.

  • Textile industries give hope in the south after the war.-Citation

    1. Wiliams, Arden. "Textile Industry." New Georgia Encyclopedia. October 05, 2007. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business- economy/textile-industry.
    2. "GSU Library Research Guides: Southern Labor Archives: Work n' Progress - Lessons and Stories: Part III: The Southern Textile Industry." Part III: The Southern Textile Industry - GSU Library Research Guides at Georgia State University. http://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=115684&p=751981.

  • Pullman Strike's effects.

    Pullman Strike's effects.
    As a result of the Pullman Strike, the company tightened its grasp on those who lived in the model town in Illinois, both current & former employees along with their families, resulting in starvation. The treatment of the people demonstrated one of the few examples companies directly had control through adjusting prices so citizens could not buy food and move out. While families in other places also struggled to buy food, it was not nearly impossible unlike for those working for Pullman.

  • Pullman Strike's effects.-Citation

    1. F.E. Pollans, L.J. Newell, and Theo Rodhe to John Peter Altgeld. August 17, 1894. Kensington, Illinois.
    2. Ladd, Keith, and Greg Rickman. "THE PULLMAN STRIKE CHICAGO, 1894." Kansasheritage.org. March 3, 1988.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire- The spark that led to workers rights.

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire- The spark that led to workers rights.
    At this point in america's history, most, if not all family members had to work due to how low wages were and how expensive rent can be in the city. Industrialists were able to manipulate many workers as there was a high demand for work and not for workers. In addition, many cut corners, causing tragedies such as the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York that killed 145 workers, mostly young women. Causing outrage, the fire prompted many people like Frances Perkins to advocate for worker's safety

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire- The spark that led to workers rights.-Citation

    1. History.com Staff. "TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE."History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/topics/triangle- shirtwaist-fire.
    2. Lemlich, Clara. "Life in the Shop." November 26, 1909.https://elearn.uta.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5880728-dt-content- rid-54836197_2/courses/2175-U.S.-HISTORY-SINCE-1865- 55171-001/Triangle%20Factory%20Fire%20documents.pdf.
    3. Brooks, David. "How the First Woman in the U.S. Cabinet Found Her Vocation." The Atlantic. April 14, 2015

  • Invention of the assembly line and how production would be changed.-Citation

    1. Goss, Jennifer L. "Henry Ford and the Assembly Line." ThoughtCo. April 13, 2017. https://www.thoughtco.com/henry-ford- and-the-assembly-line-1779201.

  • Invention of the assembly line and how production would be changed.

    Invention of the assembly line and how production would be changed.
    With the introduction of the assembly lines, the time it took to produce a car was reduced from 12 hours to just 2 and a half. The assembly line made it so workers could produce more cars as a whole, but also caused for them to focus on one part or task, meaning they were able to be replaced easily due to little training needed. The increase in production did allow more families to purchase cars, allowing the productivity of the nation to increase. it also created an economic boom in Michigan.

  • Jazz and the rise of entertainment at home.

    Jazz and the rise of entertainment at home.
    In New York, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded the Livery Stable Blues (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xZgFjuT-uk), considered to be the first Jazz album to be sold. Many musicians followed with many selling millions of vinyl records. The sales of vinyls can be considered an indicator of how the US began to transfer from an industrial nation to a consumerist one as the entertainment industry began to boom outside of big cities to across the nation, especially when Radios & TVs came in.

  • Jazz and the rise of a consumerist nation.-Citation

    1.Hasse, John Edward. "The First Jazz Recording Was Made by a
    Group of White Guys?" Smithsonian.com. February 24, 2017.
    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/was-
    first-

    jazz-recording-made-group-white-guys-180962246/.
    2.Sbarbaro, Tony, Edwin Edwards, Dominick James LaRocca,
    Larry Shields, and Henry Ragas, performers. Livery Stable
    Blues. Original Dixieland Jass Band. Recorded February 26,
    1917. Victor Talking Machine Company, 1917, Vinyl recording.

  • Roaring 20's: expansion and creation of many industries and social lives.

    Roaring 20's: expansion and creation of many industries and social lives.
    With a booming economy and legislature being passed to aid many Americans, the 1920s showed how much the nation had progressed as a result. Families in cities such as New York and Chicago shifted from a focus of industrial work to a wild social life, which would have been an insane thing to do in the 1910's as not working meant starvation. Numerous technologies were being invented such as the radio, band aids, & street lights. At this point in history, most Americans and companies were thriving.

  • Roaring 20's: expansion and creation of many industries and social lives.-Citation

    1. History.com Staff. " THE ROARING TWENTIES." History.com.
      1. http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties