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GILDED AGE: FACTORIES
GILDED AGE: FACTORIES
What were the Pros of factories?
- goods and items made quicker efficiently.
- basic jobs opened for any kind of person.
- economic boom.
- simplified
What was being manufactured?
- Steel, railroad supplies.
- Canned goods, food.
- Textiles, accessories.
ACCIDENTS
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, NYC, 3/11/1911
-workers were locked inside floor all day
-fire broke out above workers before the end of the workday
-workers were stuck to face either death through flames or jumping from windows
What were the cons of factories?
- employees commonly overworked, abused.
- child labor began.
- no safety in the workplace.
- unfair wages.
- work conditions dangerous to ones self/health.
- employees treated as animals, no mutual respect.