How did each of the following have an effect on the American worker during the second Industrial revolution (1865-early 1900s)? (I put my own answers following the topic, and so please feel free to correct or improve me on any point; thank you! I appreciate any info or suggestion, really, I do :)
1. Technological changes:
-advanced technogoly/ machinery means less of a need for workers.
2. immigration:
-an in crease in immigrants reduced worker's pay and took jobs away.
3. Labor Unions:
-labor unions contributed to the rise against trusts and the demand/ acknowledgment of the need for skilled workers.
4. Government Action:
- the federal government made and passed laws affecting the work force in America mainly through immigration laws. (?)
Once again, any criticism/suggestion helps. Thanks!
2007-03-13 17:21:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_industrial_revolution
2007-03-13 17:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by scrabblemaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Technology-birth of computer age, increase of information availablity, and transmission leds to more rapid transactions and movement of goods and services.
2. Immigration was needed to off set the decreasing population of industrized nations.
3. Labor unions decreased in power and influence as a result of fewer members joining.
4. Government action worked to restrict corporate trading actions, broke up the telephone monopoly, increased paperwork regarding government regulations, which in turn worked to a disadvantage to small business, increase in size of military-industrial complex and the birth of the prison-industrial complex.
2007-03-14 00:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by mcdomnhal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋