Industrialization had a positive effect on the U.S. society in the late 19th century/ early 20th century. These extremely positive effects include things such as drastic improvements in women’s roles in society and major positive changes in the manufacturing industry.
The first positive effect of industrialization has to do with a very powerful controversy of the time: women’s rights. With the growing industrialization of the U.S., women were granted many rights they would of never dreamed of having a few decades ago. For example, according to “Document 6: Women At Work,” many women were fulfilling the growing needs for working hands across the nation. With the women working, they were able to contribute to the growth of our nation and be more self-sufficient at the same time. Another plus of women gaining more rights was the growth of labor unions. With more women on the job, they were able to realize what poor working conditions they were being forced to work in. With their newfound education and rights, they were able to join labor unions and contribute in a big part to the push for better working conditions. Of course, women’s roles are only one part of the positive effects of industrialization in the U.S. in the late 19th century/ early 20th century.
Another widely positive effect of industrialization had to do with the vast improvements made in the manufacturing industry around this time. As we know, before this time of industrialization, production in the U.S. was very unproductive. But, with the induction of many new technologies like the assembly line, many positive repercussions were contributing to the ever-growing list of positive effects of industrialization. First of all, with their new productiveness, many people’s salaries were being raised. “The poor could afford what the rich could not before afford.” This is a quote from “Document 1: Andrew Carnegie- Wealth” that just goes to show how drastic of a change in salaries that were a positive...