Benchmark 3

Compare the first and second Industrial Revolutions in the United States

The Industrial Revolution was the first time that America, Britain and many other countries across Western Europe had really been exposed to such technology advancements. It was a time for the farmers to step off of their farms and into factories. The Second Industrial Revolution took control first in Britain, Germany, France, the Low Countries and Denmark and started making new advancements that the U.S. had just experienced. Even though the Industrial Revolution was was controlling a lot of the countries outside the United States, it still affected the us all the same. There was a major increase in the economic growth and people were living the best life that they had ever lived. Nobody ever had to rely on whether their crops were going to survive or not to depend on whether they were going to survive or not. The first Industrial Revolution was a time to get started but for the US the Second Industrial Revolution was just helping all of our new advancements and ideas grow and change.

The First Industrial Revolution was just started because so many different things started to be invented and factories were being introduced. It pretty much happened by accident. The second time this came around it was no accident. The Second Industrial Revolution all started because of greed. Everyone wanted more out of everything. Farmers were leaving their farms and starting new businesses that would bring in more profit. Smaller businesses were moving into corporations where they knew that the government would pay attention to them. Families were just living the high life. Well, not all of the families. Just like the first industrial revolution people were still working in factories on very low salaries. The Native Americans, women and children were all made to work long hours.



· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution
· http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/O-W/Science-and-Technology-The-second-industrial-revolution-and-the-progressive-era.html
· http://www.google.com/search?q=1st+and+2nd+Industrial+Revolution&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Lqv&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&q=compare+1st+and+2nd+industrial+revolutions&aq=2&aqi=g3g-v1g-o1&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=41d9d04263c928a1