![]() Middle Class American Feared unchecked power and urban elites. undercut competition to drive them out of business & take controlġ881- known as: Standard Oil Trust & controlled 90% of oil refinery business Morgan's company ~ New Company = United States Steel 1850s - Henry Bessemer in England & William Kelly in the US discovered that blasting air through molten iron produced high-quality steelġ850s worked way up from poor Scottish immigrant to superintendent of Pennsylvania RRġ870s manufactured steel & used Vertical integration to control all of processĬarnegie wanted to retire and devote self to philanthropy. Central Pacific built Eastward from Sacramento, CA Union Pacific = to build Westward across Great Plains starting from Omaha, Nebraska promoted settlement beyond Mississippi river encouraged mass production, mass consumption, and economic specialization had greatest impact on American economic life US = Treasure house of natural resources (coal, iron ore, copper, lead, timber, & oil) Reasons for rapid growth of US economy (4% a year) If those owners break rules, they are given a warning or can not authorize the factories.Surpassed 3 largest rivals (Great Britain, France, & Germany) As a matter of fact, the government plays an important role in increasingly reducing turbulence, for instance, they had better establish new laws and regulations for the labor workers.In addition to that, not only does the government make laws for unionized workers, but they also need made rules for factory owners about the sufficient provision for labor workers because the dispute is incurred to the fact that, owners of factories take so many advantages at the expense of the workers. During the unionized strikes, the government intervened to decrease the tumult caused by the unionized workers by deploying soldiers to make social unrest to be a better one. For example, Once there is a change of amendment or something relating to societal norms, they are highly likely to make a protest along the roads. To my surprise, Americans have a propensity towards strike when something does not fulfill their purposes. ![]() We are lucky to have had "manageable" conflicts, as disastrous as they may seem by today's standards.įrom my point of view, the Pullman and Homestead strikes did have a big impact on American culture and society nowadays. Failure to achieve gradual improvements over time may have otherwise resulted in something like the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where the aristocracy of the time had lost touch with the people. I think conflicts were inevitable and necessary considering all factors. was the leading country in the world for manufacturing output. management history to learn from, yet the U.S. Remember that those in the late 1800's had relatively few years of organized labor vs. Of course, we haven't yet achieved perfection, but companies and workers are both a lot better off than they were in the late 1800's. Over many years, unions and companies have developed better "standards" for work so that there is a better balance of work vs. When demands for greater output required extra hours (overtime), perhaps the workers at that time didn't get paid 1.5 X their normal rate.? Or, if you've ever worked long, hard hours, you might relate to being so tired that you can't maintain the pace of work that is required. For that matter, any heavy industrial company often requires men to do hard work (i.e., lifting) in hot, dirty, noisy conditions. ![]() Perhaps we would be better able to understand if we actually worked in a steel mill at the time. Labor problems due to industrialisation are becoming big problems and it will take some time for strategies to be developed to resolve these disputes peacefully between industrialists, workers, and the government around them. And they will listen to your side of the story first. Also if you are a wealthy industrialist factory owner with powerful influence, you might have connections to officials in government that you can personally contact by telegraph. So when you don't know what to do, and you've got a lot of angry people, the military gets called. No really knows at this time what you do when a whole factory goes on strike and people start shooting. Companies are now employing so many people that a single decision can affect a large number of people who are used to making their own decisions. Working at a large industrial business for a wage is still a relatively new concept. Keeping in mind that it's 1892, most businesses were self-employed artisans or farms, when business was bad, you could make a decision as to what to do about it.
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