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Ordinary working people found increased opportunities for employment in the new stories and areas of work. Labor was focused into mills, factories, and mines rather than farms, plantations, and other agriculture-based facilities. This new outlook inspired laborers and inventors alike. With the industrialization came the invention of important tools that we still used today. This includes spinning and weaving machines. With these machines were then being used in factories, they were seen as machines intended for being used by women.
This gave women more of a chance to make a change in the work force and society as a whole. While focus switched to urban society, the machinery was helping the rural areas as well. Advances were made on agriculture including better machines and cultivators. When the cotton gin was create, separating cotton was made much easier and faster. The South was able to increase its cotton supply and did not slow production due to the lack of attention they received. In this way, the North and South began to work together.
The South would gather cotton at increasing rates and send the cotton up North where it would be used in textile mills in the manufacture of cloth. In some ways, the industrial revolution brought the North and South closer together than they were before. Throughout the industrial revolution, women’s rights slowly but surely found light and women were making their mark on society. While this was not a direct effect of the revolution, there were aspects of the revolution that contributed to the newfound independence and respect of American women.
Women found an increasing role in the work force and politics. Women were often desired to work in factories due to the slight in pay. Women worked for lower wages than men in government owned businesses. Some political goings-on that worked into the revolution included the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. While these events took place in the early 1 9th century, they eventually helped lead up to the revolution. Transportation was expanded due to the Embargo Act. After the cargo of American merchantmen was seized, we realized that America needed a better transportation system.
With the expansion of transport also came the growth Of manufacturing. However, in an attempt to protect American manufacturers, the government passed protective tariffs. The tariffs were intended to not only help manufacturers, but also to mend the wavering economy that the society currently dealt with. The economic impact of the industrial revolution was better than anyone could have imagined. With the rapid increase in technology, production of goods became nearly instantaneous and the goods were able to be sold quicker and in bulk.
The expansion in transportation helped largely with the rainspout of the goods. Transportation costs were substantially lower compared to pre-industrial revolution. The ease of transport also allowed America to vastly increase global trade internationally. This increased our income immensely. Overall, the industrial revolution was helpful to the nation in more ways than one, from bringing the nation closer as a whole, to bringing America closer to other nations around the world. Society could not have made such a leap of success without the help of the industrial revolution.