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Eboni Traverso Industrial Revolution

Since there were not many jobs, many people were farmers. In mid-1700s cotton cloth was rare but very popular and the demand was more than what they had. Because of this, many different machines were built to help spinning and weaving the cotton cloth faster. Many of these machines were built and people needed more mills built. After many, many mills were built mill owners needed workers. These workers were mostly woman and children. A man named Eli Whitney had an Idea that would help the government get the muskets necessary for the war. His idea was to make guns by machine. He didn’t first come up with the idea, but he made it possible. The //John Bull// locomotive and the steam boat //Clermont// were revolutions in transportation.

Charles Timothy Transcontinental Rail road

The transcontinental rail road was liked and not liked by people. Many people wanted to get to places faster but other people did not support the rail road. Natives Americans didn’t like the rail road and farmers didn’t like it either. The big four helped the rail road by sending money to Judah. The rail road would have never started without them. The workers faced great problems. A battle broke out between the workers and the Native Americans they called a truce. They needed workers; they had over 7,000 Chinese slave workers on the rail road. There were 2 companies involved with the exspandtion on the rail road. Both companies decided to race against each other to win the most money, they also did it to lay track faster.The tracks were also bad for the environment they blew up rocks, and made marks through the plains. This created many problems to the environment.

Kiara Harris War Between the Bosses and Workers

 ﻿ ﻿ The workers were cheated with their money because the bosses did not want to give it to them. The bosses and the workers had a meeting about the workers getting the right amount of money. Factories were not that safe because they had big machinery and they let out a lot of smoke. Workers were not treated fairly because the bosses would not let them open the windows and doors. Parents thought that going to school was more important so they could get a better job. Parents thought that going to work was important so that they could raise money for food. Parents were afraid their kids got little sleep and end up getting hurt in the factories. Children in the factories could be killed or hurt by the machines.

__Carlols Ortiz __  Transportation affected and transformed lives in the 1850’s because with transportation people could carry goods to the markets faster than they used to when they didn’t have transportation. The wheels of the carriages were useful because they were very thick which could be used for cutting through the worse mud and so the wheels wouldn’t get stuck in the mud. The body of the carriages was rounded like a boat, and the roof of the carriages made it look like clouds were covering the carriage. The world has changes because of the transportation age because the roads in the 1850’s were rough and unpaved, and most of the roads we have today are now paved and smooth.