Week 3 Reflection: Industrial Capitalism

I found it interesting that the Pullman strike of 1894 is assumed significant because it promotes the use of railroads as a better mode of transportation. Which was also a company called the Pullman company that sold mainly railroad cars. It excluded minority groups from joining the union. Later the Pullman railroad company laid off workers and cut their wages, the American railway lead a national strike that shit down the country’s railroad systems. When the video talked about what happened in the U.S. history the railroad traffic was distributed in the Midwest in the United States. The homestead strike is well known to be an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. Which was. Related by Andrew Carnegie and the American industrialist Henry Clay Frick the strike beakers who had been hired and worked for the company. Also talks about how the strike lost its momentum and ended on November 20, 1892 with the amalgamated association virtually destroyed, Carnegie steel moved quickly to institute longer hours and lower wages. The homestead strike showed that strikes could become violent, that military could call for supporters. The myth it began in the 19th century which is when it became industrialize. Between the years of 1890 and 1910 typewriter, hand-held cameras, telephones, electricity and more came about . Then became a new way of producing goods. This is called Taylorism it made skilled workers not needed. Also made hiring easier and labor strike hard labor strikes difficult. The expansion of the railroads did great things for America. It created a lot of jobs for people. They were able to transports goods at a high amount which did good for companies. Many think that the United States became industrialized by the free market, they are mistaken. They did not become an industrialized nation because of the “free market.”  The government was very involved. This week was basically about them trying to gain power. Trying to be able to control everything and have all the money. That way they’ll be able to do whatever they wanted. The crazy thing is money helped the country out a lot. It was able to create business that way people had more jobs. It also helped with education so people would be able to learn. Then when it came to neighborhoods making them better for people that lived in bad environments and didn’t have much. That’s what I got from this week it was a bad thing but also a good thing.