Running Head: INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER CIVIL WAR THESIS AND OUTLINE 1 INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER CIVIL WAR THESIS AND OUTLINE 6 Industrialization after the Civil War Thesis and Outline Name Name of Institution Impact of Industrialization on the U. S between 1865 and 1920 after civil war Part 1 Thesis Statement Industrialization after the Civil War marked the major turning point in the history of human kind in terms of economy, social structure and politics. After civil war, industrialization took unpredictable turn affecting every aspect of their daily life in many ways thus improving the general Americans lives economically and politically. However, industrial revolution brought it numerous problems that adversely affected the American society. Part 2 List three (3) major aspects of industrialization between 1865 and 1920.   The three major aspects of the American society that were affected by industrialization are: Urbanization, entrepreneurship and technological innovations. Urbanization: After the civil war, the American society was swept with the rapid increase in the population and growth in urban centers. The implementation of capitalism in the American society changed its political and economic pillars and lifted America to high heights in the world. The demographic evolution emerged due to rapid immigration and displacements of the Europeans from the rural to the urban areas. Large tracks of land were converted into plantations and produced large volumes of raw materials for the rapidly emerging industries. The industries became major pillar of the American economy. The urban areas were to be developed with modern facilities and infrastructure in order to provide conducive living and working environment for the growing population (Hanlon, 2017). Entrepreneurship: as the American society surged with industries, the social, political and technological changes were experienced. Competition in industrial production increased, thus strengthening the monopoly of few dominant industries. The result was reduction in the price of commodities, increased production volumes and prices deflation. As a result, the consumers gained purchasing power for the first time thus birthing entrepreneurship. This gave way for the development of new inputs. The development of wide range of products doubled the per capita products. The GDP grew seven times and the economy sprung up and expanded. The total factor productivity grew from 51 to 81.2 (King, 2015). Technological innovation: The industrial events after the civil war, resulted into technological innovativeness and prominence. Technology was harnessed in industrial activities, manufacture of weapons and agricultural implements. This resulted to industrial mass production, warfare advancement due the production of more powerful and sophisticated weapons and quality products. Technology also revolutionized communication networks and transport of goods and services, increasing the speed of ...

1. Running Head: INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER CIVIL WAR
THESIS AND OUTLINE 1
INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER CIVIL WAR THESIS AND
OUTLINE6
Industrialization after the Civil War Thesis and Outline
Name
Name of Institution
Impact of Industrialization on the U. S between 1865 and 1920
after civil war
Part 1
Thesis Statement
Industrialization after the Civil War marked the major turning
point in the history of human kind in terms of economy, social
structure and politics. After civil war, industrialization took
unpredictable turn affecting every aspect of their daily life in
many ways thus improving the general Americans lives

2. economically and politically. However, industrial revolution
brought it numerous problems that adversely affected the
American society.
Part 2
List three (3) major aspects of industrialization between 1865
and 1920.
The three major aspects of the American society that were
affected by industrialization are: Urbanization, entrepreneurship
and technological innovations.
Urbanization: After the civil war, the American society was
swept with the rapid increase in the population and growth in
urban centers. The implementation of capitalism in the
American society changed its political and economic pillars and
lifted America to high heights in the world. The demographic
evolution emerged due to rapid immigration and displacements
of the Europeans from the rural to the urban areas. Large tracks
of land were converted into plantations and produced large
volumes of raw materials for the rapidly emerging industries.
The industries became major pillar of the American economy.
The urban areas were to be developed with modern facilities and
infrastructure in order to provide conducive living and working
environment for the growing population (Hanlon, 2017).
Entrepreneurship: as the American society surged with
industries, the social, political and technological changes were
experienced. Competition in industrial production increased,
thus strengthening the monopoly of few dominant industries.
The result was reduction in the price of commodities, increased
production volumes and prices deflation. As a result, the
consumers gained purchasing power for the first time thus
birthing entrepreneurship. This gave way for the development of
new inputs. The development of wide range of products doubled
the per capita products. The GDP grew seven times and the
economy sprung up and expanded. The total factor productivity
grew from 51 to 81.2 (King, 2015).
Technological innovation: The industrial events after the civil
war, resulted into technological innovativeness and prominence.

3. Technology was harnessed in industrial activities, manufacture
of weapons and agricultural implements. This resulted to
industrial mass production, warfare advancement due the
production of more powerful and sophisticated weapons and
quality products. Technology also revolutionized
communication networks and transport of goods and services,
increasing the speed of distribution of products and widening
the market for the products. This increased the industrial
profitability and efficiency. Industrialization also birthed
production mechanization in agriculture and industries.
Scientific production management resulted to standardization,
continuous production and specialization. Mechanization helped
eliminate prejudice against blacks and introduced industrial
workforce culture and interaction. This also impacted on the
political aspects as revolutions against human trafficking and
prejudice against black emerged (King, 2015).
List five (5) specific groups that were affected by
industrialization. Provide two (2) examples for each group
describing how the group was affected. (Consider issues such as
race, ethnicity, gender, child labor, etc.)
American industrialization did not bring better life for all
the citizens. The blacks, Irish, Italians, Germans and Chinese
among other never benefited from the impacts of
industrialization in America after civil war. Africans and Asians
become objects of prejudice and were considered inferior. The
Italians were only allowed in unskilled jobs and were turned
down from any trade unions just as blacks. The working
conditions were harsh for them and no one could protect them.
The Irish people and Italians were subjected to harsh working
conditions with little wages as they were considered scapegoats
for America’s financial difficulties. Women suffered rape and
long working hours with their children in on their backs.
Children were employed in farms and suffered child labor
abuses. They worked for long hours in poor health conditions.
Farmers also suffered low pay for their products and were paid
at the mercy of the white traders (Fukuyama, 2014).

4. List five (5) ways that industrialization affected the life of the
average working American during this period.
Industrial revolution times affected the American people in
various ways.
i. Underpayment: The increased wealth did not translate to the
pockets of the industrial stakeholders and raw material
producers. Workers were paid peanuts thus could not transform
their economic status.
ii. Displacement: Rural dwellers were displaced from their land
so that the land could be used for plantations. They were
therefore left homeless.
iii. Infrastructure: Transport and communication infrastructure
were extended to the rural areas thus opening them up or more
investment, development and agriculture. This also availed
many basic commodities and services for the rural population
iv. Multicultural and Multi-lingual: Rapid rural and cross
boarder immigration made America a multicultural and
multilingual nation.
v. Employment: Industrial revolution opened jobs for many
populations in various part of the country.
Conclusion
The post-civil war industrial revolution expanded the economy
U.S. it also facilitated societal and political restructuring. It
gave way for technology emergence and entrepreneurship.
However, specific groups did not enjoy the benefits of
industrialization, even though it improved the lives of the
people.

5. References
Fukuyama, F. (2014). Political order and political decay: From
the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Hanlon, W. W. (2017). Temporary shocks and persistent effects
in urban economies: Evidence from British cities after the US
Civil War. Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(1), 67-79.
King, P. B. (2015). Evolution of North America. Princeton
University Press.