World Cultures Assignment 3

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Assignment 1.1

Student Name

HIS105

Professor’s Name

1/27/2015

Thesis Statement:

This is the space where a student states their opinion about the Industrial Age.

Developed outline—this is where the student supports their thesis statement

I. Three major aspects of industrialization

a. Corruption—Politics

i. Credit Mobilier Scandal

ii. Harmful business practices

b. Expanding the Middle Class—Society

i. Managers

ii. Women

1. Office

2. Retail work

c. Creation of New Economy

i. RR

ii. Petroleum

iii. Banking

II. Five specific groups that were affected by industrialization

a. Farmers

i. Workers left to go to manufacturing centers

ii. Machinery

b. Industrialists

i. Carnegie

ii. Rockefeller

c. Women

i. Work outside the home

ii. More independence

d. Progressives

i. Campaign against abuses in industry

ii. Helped changed laws concerning women and children in workforce

e. Unions

i. AFL

ii. Knights of Labor

III. How industrialization affected the average worker

a. Working Conditions

i. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

ii. Low Pay

iii. 8-Hour Day

iv. Saved time because of machinery

b. Leisure

i. Baseball

c. More aware of politics

i.

ii.

d. Fifth way that industrialization impacted the average worker

i.

Reference Page

Cassedy, J. G. (1997). Federal Records and African American History (Summer 1997, Vol. 29, No. 2) . Retrieved January 28, 2014, from National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/american-labor-movement.html Mogford, C. H. (2009, December 1). Immigration and the American Industrial Revolution From 1880 to 1920. Retrieved January 29, 2014, from National Center for Biotechnology: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760060/ Schultz, K. M. (2014). HIST3, Volume 2: U.S. History Since 1865. Boston: Wadsworth, Cenage Learning. Citation Formatting Citation formatting: Book (Author's last name, year, pg. #) Website (author, date) Website no author (title, date) Website no author, no date (title, n.d) For direct quotes, please go to the following website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/