Imperialism and Industrialism #3

Industrialization was the development of industry. In this period industries started implementing new inventions and made workers less important. The new inventions often times lightened the work that the workers had to do. This era had more people living in the cities and working in factories. The income for the workers increased because the overall economy was rising. Industrialization made many immigrants come over to America because they were hoping to find jobs which led to urbanization. New technologies and new big business helped the economy. Laissez-Faire started to come into play and change the game with industrialization.

Source 1 - "labor -saving inventions would lighten the toil and improve the conditions of the laborer." These inventions started making workers worth less because the machines could do the same work without having to pay them.

Source 2 - David A. Wells was one of the first people to realize that machines were taking the jobs of workers. Wells believes that technology has begun to change society. Before these inventions were made only certain people had the special characteristics to complete the job. Those people were valued back then but got replaced by machinery. "The result has been that the individualism or independence of the producer in manufacturing has been in a great degree destroyed."

Source 3 - Industrialism has changed the productivity of a person. The new inventions sped up work so they can get more things done in a certain amount of time. Railroads help connect people so they aren't isolated like they were before in their living area. The markets for products increase because of transportation through railroads.

Thoughts as an industrial worker - Industrial workers have it rough at this time. Before machines they were very valued because of the skills they had. Now that machines are here its like the whole staff has those characteristics and they aren't special anymore. This doesn't really make a need for workers anymore because the machines can do the same thing without getting paid. If I was an industrial worker I would feel very sad because I would most likely lose my job because of these machines. Feeling unworthy in a job that I once felt praised. Workers should be treated with great respect. If i was an owner of a factory I would see why they would only want machines because they have more of an income. The workers shouldn't be taken out of the equation because all of the work before the machines wouldn't have been done without them.