Museum Exhibit
Transcript: Approximately a century ago, industrial development just exploited. People were moving to cities at an extraordinary and rapid way because there were plenty of opportunities for jobs. The industrial revolution, strongly affects how we live in this days. The Industrial Revolution in the United States made a vast difference to the way Americans live now. Before the industrial development, there were no machines that mass produced products, and the working conditions and living conditions were deplorable. Although during the Industrial Revolution workers and others were angry with the change that was occurring, they discovered then that scientific and technological developments would make their lives much easier. Scientific and technological discoveries are made every day, however, only some of those discoveries are practical enough to use in our everyday lives. Now it seems completely normal to have machines and robots to mass produce the products we use, but in the industrial revolution era it was a whole new world for people. The scientific innovations were not easily accepted, especially when it was for replacing workers. A relevant change that the industrial revolution made was the types of jobs that were developed so people could not also find a replace for their works that were been made by machines, but to help and contribute in the whole process of this explosion in industry. Before the boom in manufacturing, factory jobs were physically demanding, mainly hard jobs. These jobs were no longer to be seen after the industrial revolution. Rather than doing the job of the machine, employees would soon be required to do different skilled work, such as maintenance for the new machines. One of the major changes that were seen during and after the industrial revolution was that there were more women in the workplace, as there were high demands of labor. Unfortunately these jobs that were considered “women’s work” were severely underpaid and had poor safety regulations. Museum Exhibit In conclusion, and to finalize, it can be clearly stated that the Industrial Revolution in the United States it is strongly connected to the Statement of Inquiry which states that; Science and innovation can create a revolution within communities. Industrial Revolution in the US has proven to be a pivotal event for the humanity. This so-called, the second revolution, because it happened after the British one, changed for ever the course of the American nation. The US, now one of the most, if not the most important nations in the world in terms of economy, politics, society, is now what it is because what happened in their revolution. Before this huge change in society, it was normal to see people living mainly outside cities, making their own clothes, and living maximum up to 50 years. With this change in terms of science and innovations, people started to go to the cities in seek of a decent job that could increase their life quality, and because evolutions in medicine, the life expectancy increased. Science and innovation had a crucial role during this period of time, and it created a whole revolution in the American community because of the fact that it represented a whole new change in that time, and still it have an important role on our lives. The industrial revolution began from a transitional phase which was based on heavily machine base economy in England. This led to the growth of factories and the mass of production of goods. This chain of events made the price of goods drop significantly as machines made production much more efficient, therefore, cheaper. In this museum exhibit, it is going to be explained The Industrial Revolution in the United States which began in the years and decades following the end of the Civil War. Americans with power were building on the advancements made in Britain. In the coming years, new things were implemented in United States such as innovations in industry, which were a key part so they could become into the nation the U.K. had in an earlier era. Introduction Gabriel Parada 8-4 Effects in the present Conclusion Effects in the past One of the most significant results of the Industrial Revolution was the emergence of the middle class. As goods became cheaper because of the cheaper and more efficient production of goods, people could buy more of the good. They could buy everything they needed, and would have some money left over. As mentioned previously, production increased exponentially. More factories were built as efficient machines were invented. With machines that could mass-produce and a plethora of workers, factories could now produce much more than they could have before. Transportation and communication were drastically changed as well. Transporting goods, which used to take weeks, even months, now took days with steamboats, roads, canals, and railroads. Communication, which also took a long time to pass, could now be sent back and forth almost instantly. There was no time-lag