Jane Addams Second Industrial Revolution

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The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Gilded Age, was a time period of change in the United States. It lasted from 1870-1914. During this time, business expanded more rapidly than it ever has before. Big businesses have become more common than small, family-owned businesses. Factories started to become more common as well, as they were needed to mass produce goods. In addition, many workers made the transition from being their own bosses to working under somebody else’s orders. The bosses of these businesses were called tycoons. The tycoons became extremely wealthy and their businesses started to dominate certain industries such as textiles, oil, and steel. The Second Industrial Revolution negatively impacted the development of …show more content…
In 1908, a twelve year old boy named Furman Owens, who worked in the mills for more than half his life, said “"Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the time.” (Owens). Most children do not even know their ABC’s. When these children grew older, they would not be able to make useful innovations or contributions to the country without the proper education. Finally, the government started to become corrupt because of the tycoons and their big businesses. According to Christopher Klein, author of four history-related books, these tycoons were able to bribe politics and other people in power to make decisions that were in their favor (Klein). In 1889 Joseph Keppler, a cartoonist from the Second Industrial Revolution, published a political cartoon in Puck Magazine called “The Bosses of the Senate”. The drawing takes place in the United States Senate. In the cartoon, there are people drawn as large money bags that have names of specific industries written on them such as copper, steel, and oil. These people represent wealthy

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