Effects of Industrialization in the Nineteenth Century
During the first half of the nineteenth century, America experienced the changes wrought by industrialization. ... More specifically, the laidback work ethic associated with pre-industrial days was altered dramatically to reflect the growing fast-paced world of industrialization. ... Industrialization also changed people? ... Some experienced a high cost of living that rose steadily due to industrialization and evils, according to an Englishman? ... He relates that despite the fact that industrialization resulted in the making of very large quantities of goods, increased competition and reduced prices, the wages of labor had been reduced from thirty to fifty percent in the last four years and showed signs of continuing to be reduced to lows such as those seen in England. ... Another change experienced by Americans that was brought about by industrialization was the dictation of their morals and values by public institutions. ... Overall the effects of industrialization, while quite harsh, were for a greater good, it led America to the position of a superpower within the world?