The United States became a much more developed society after the Civil War. Industrialization improved American life in many ways, however, industrialization also created difficulties for American Society.
There are many examples to support industrialization after the Civil War. One example would be the proportion of high school graduates. America saw an upsurge in 17 year old graduates upright the Civil War. This meant that the nation was going to have more cultivated people who partook in government matters and a change in the type of people who detained jobs. However, the number of employed children under 15 years old was also increasing. This meant that these kids who were supposed to be getting an education, were being subjugated, sometimes earning a lot less than any other employed group of workers. The living circumstances these children were visible to might have been a reason for them working so young.
The living conditions many children were open to were underneath what the poor have seen. Houses that were built to dwell in a family of four was shared by several families. Many of the houses didn’t have water supply and the streets were very dirty. Circumstances like these were meant to be repressed by the poor working people. It seemed that the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer. Industrialization meant that the people with money will devote to have more money and the people that worked could spend the little money they earned buying those products.
Industrialization meant exploitation of the working people. Women and children were paid less than men and often worked in Sweatshops. A sweatshop is defined by the U.S. Department of Labor as a factory that disrupts 2 or more labor laws. Sweatshops often have poor working situations, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor, and an absence of welfares for workers.