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19th Century America
Title: 19th Century America
Category: History
Details: Words: 601 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
19th Century America
In colonial America, most manufacturing was done by hand in the home. Some was done in workshops attached to the home. As towns grew into cities, the demand for manufactured goods increased. Some workshop owners began hiring helpers to increase production. Relations between the employer and helper were generally harmonious. They worked side by side, had the same interests and similar political views. The factory system that began around 1800 brought great changes. The employer no …showed first 75 words of 601 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 601 total…A number of skilled trades organized national unions to try to improve their wages and working conditions. The efforts brought about many strikes and protests. It was a fact; things were changing in America. Some people liked it and others felt they were going to be “thrown out” and de-skilled. Unions and protests proved to be successful in many cases but nothing could change the fact that this nation was involving to “one large factory.”
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