During the Industrial Revolution many farmers and their farms across America were put to rest due to the dependence that the world put on factories in the mid to late 1800s. Factories had many positives but also came with a lot of negatives. Factories caused a lot of economic stress for the farmers that depending on people needing food and milk from them. Many farmers were forced to move into the city and leave their farms. They had look to factories for jobs. Some farmers though got the chance (if they had the money) to expand their farms and start producing raw materials to sell to the factories.
Many of the farmers during this era were not happy about having to change their lifestyle. Many complaints had to deal with the declining incomes, business relationships and high interest rates. Their incomes were declining not only due to the factories taking over, but because of the prices for their products were going down. This was blamed on over-production. The farmers felt that the interests were too high because of monopolistic leaders.
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
· http://history-world.org/Industrial%20Intro.htm
· http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/stewart.farmers
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