1850: The Rise Of Industrial Capitalism In America

The very famous Theodore Roosevelt once said, “A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy.” From 1900 to 1918 the progressive era took America by storm. This era progresses reform and try to change the social activist way of thinking. We see how this era main goal was to eliminate corruption to make society whole. However, the first closest related factors-industrial, imperialism, and nationalism were being combined for a change in American history. People party was being formed, Wealth became a major issue, and equality was trying to be achieved. These major choices from the progressive era affected the Second Industrial Revolution in more ways than one.

Many industries like the railroad, steel, and oil industries transformed American society in the early 20th century. The railroad industries was one of the most important since thanks to it, the costs of products decreased and the population increased because food was available in a large variety and quantity. Along with the increase of these industry, also came the rise of urbanization. This is called industrialized or the rize of many industries. Industrialization impacted urbanization by crating economic growth and job opportunities that drew people into cities included european immigrants. Although everything was not quite bright. Some of the consequences of urbanization were poor housing conditions, sanitation problems, disease, and overcrowding. Three issues that Americans addressed in the Progressive Era were women suffrage, public health reform, and child labor. Reformers attempted to solve these problems by forming organizations and raising government awareness.

During the Progressive Era, various groups responded to the political, social, and economic woes that resulted from the rapid industrialization and urbanization of America during the 19th Century. The mass immigration of foreigners and the northern migration of Africa-Americans led to urban overcrowding and competition for wage-paying jobs. Electric lighting allowed factories to expand the working hours and increase the output of manufactured goods. There was little regulation for employee welfare and many men, women, and children toiled long hours in unsafe factory conditions. Expanding communications through the widespread use of telephones, magazines, and newspapers brought the plight of the poor and oppressed to middle-class America. Improving personal economics allowed these reformers to think less about personal issues and more about society at large. These middle-class Americans led a social movement to cope with the problems associated with rapid industrialization in the 19th Century by bettering society through governmental, business, and social reform.

From the Gilded Age to the Progressive era industrialization modernized in every aspect. For example, constructing the transcontinental Railroads not only changed the economy, but also shifted the physical landscape. They required some towns to shift and some to move entirely to a different area. The railroads also helped America’s economy immensely. It helped with the industrial economy by requiring metal and steel to keep the railroads efficient and working. With the railroads there people also found jobs which helped with the increasing people’s social networks. According to Richard White just “the Pennsylvania railroad employed 110,000 men.”

The New Deal was created as a source of solutions to save society from its downwards spiral. President FDR created the New Deal as a result of the Great Depression. He wanted to save the people from the problems caused after the stock market crashed. He introduced the 3 R’s in order to save them. The New Deal was able to create relief and reform for the people after the Great Depression and was able to increase the government.

The New Deal is an economic policy Franklin D. Roosevelt launched to cease the Great Depression. Americans, battered by twenty-five percent joblessness, geographic region droughts, and 4 waves of bank collapse, the government help was welcomed. Roosevelt intentions with the New Deal was to invert the downward of the economy at that time. The purpose was relief, recovery, and reform, to help the neediest. He launched the New Deal little by little, divided into 3 waves throughout a period of six years starting in 1933 and ending in 1939. Congress passed forty-seven programs to support the U.S. financial set-up. All these programs gave welfare to farmers and jobs to the idle. Additionally, they additionally create private-public partnerships to

The early civilization brought significant changes in the nineteenth century with the emergence of big corporations to railroads, changed the landscape of America. This change also brought political instability, social and economic trends that Americans had not experienced before. By the late nineteenth century, many people were displeased and reformers from middle class citizens started the progressive movement. The progressives sought to reform, regulate taxes, and provide "equality of opportunity". The progressives made significant progress that caught the eye of many people and brought awareness to America.

One major example of a change in politics through industrialization was the Gilded Age, which occurred from 1865-1900. Just like today, the major parties during the Gilded Age were the Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans were mainly in the north and they believed in the theory that we should shield domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing on all imports. The Democrats were Catholic-based, included poorer farmers, and people who favored earning money from hard work. Politics were very corrupt because once either party would win the election, they gave government jobs to their supporters as a reward. One important principle in the Gilded Age was the idea of Laissez Faire, which basically said that the government needed to leave the new business of industry alone and not become involved politically. Laissez Faire capitalism provides the opportunity for superior individuals to work their way up to the top in the business ladder. Laissez Faire capitalism states that the government’s regulation of industry and business is holding back America’s chance at economic growth and production. Finally, throughout the transition from agrarianism to industrialization, the theory of Social Darwinism came into effect. This theory describes the close competition between men in economic society and how those who are superior skill workers in industry and

The progressive era in the United States is associated with political reforms and social change. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the United States’ power was experienced across the globe. Business firms experienced immense growth making some owners excessively rich. On the other hand, the American people experienced unhappiness owing to some problems at home. Workers in the huge corporations did not experience considerable changes in their lives. Employees were subjected to severe working conditions, which were exposed by muckrakers among other people. Railroad charges for shipping crops were very high, which gave farmers immense problems. Increased immigration rates also caused numerous concerns with the need to reform the foreign

Roosevelt was the president at the time of the New Deal, and he is mostly associated with championing it, everything in the New Deal was not Roosevelt’s ideas. The New Deal included many different domestic programs put forth by both Congress and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Even though they were all put forward by different members of the government, all of the programs revolved around one main idea which “is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.”[1]. These ideas are a reflection of the larger problems with the New Deal, which was the majority view of how to handle recovering from the Great Depression. The liberal view of the New Deal, which was also the most popular perspective at the time, was that too recover from this depression, the government needed to reinvest in getting people back into work, while taxing the rich and taking away benefits from business owners and large business in the United

The new deal is Roosevelt’s idea to end the Great Depression. Roosevelt won the election because of it. It showed promise over what Hoover was doing for ending the Great Depression. Once Roosevelt was president he created many relief programs. He helped people get jobs, banks be open without running out of money, relaxed them with fireside chats, and created social security for when we are older and can’t work.

The New Deal was a plan that Franklin D. Roosevelt put into place. This Plan came with a set bunch of programs that were supposed to end the depression and prevent future ones. Although the programs did prove to help the United States come out of the depression, many view the plan as controversial. Some viewed it as a new reform that was meant to protect America, while others saw it as a new Reform that was meant to take away the freedoms of fellow Americans and turn the United States into a socialist party.

After the stock market crash, which caused the beginning of the most difficult time in American history, the Great Depression. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt just began his first term in the office and on his first day he decided to take actions and create programs in order to help the American people that were suffering. He created the New Deal, which consisted of programs that would try and help the American people to recover from this difficult time. The New Deal really helped the American people to recovery from the Great Depression by creating jobs, providing loans, and helped the farmers and older people in so many ways.

There were many economic and social problems created by the industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th century. Some of the more prominent problems that evolved during the industrialization included a much larger amount of immigrants coming into the United States. A few problems arose when they arrived, they did not have a place to live, and they did not speak the native language. They were not sure how to get a job, or obtain items to fill their basic needs. The Americans who were already living here were either very rich and they did not know what to do with all of their money, or they were vey poor.

The Industrial Revolution is known as a time-period of great significance in America. Between the late 1700s and the early 1800s, this period not only changed America; it changed the world. This revolution began when people started to burn fossil fuels to use as sources of energy for their farming and daily tasks. Although in modern times fossil fuels seem to be decreasing quickly due to excessive use, society has become extremely dependent on them for gasoline and transportation, machine fuel, and the generation of electricity. The Industrial Revolution increased living standards immensely. The Progressive Era of 1900-1916, which is covered in chapter 18 of the text, Give Me Liberty, also marked a turning point for America regarding social change, political reform, and urban growth. It was during this period that Americans began to question their freedom. Overall, the Progressive Era showed expansion of political and economic freedom. Examples of this are as follows; “Americans demanded immigrants abandon their traditional cultures and become fully “Americanized”; political power was used to expand workers’ rights; the women’s suffrage movement was revived; efforts were made to improve democratic government by weakening authoritative powers and giving ordinary citizens more influence on legislation” (Give Me Liberty, page 683).