How the 2nd Industrial Revolution Changed American Lives

Farmers can only work during daylight hours

Farming only happens between spring and autumn (fall)

No longer limited by daylight hours

Employees schedule adheres to a set duration

Progressive social worker and activist during the 19th and 20th century

Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931

The first American woman to receive the award

College educated, with liberal Christian values

Founded Hull House

Social Settlement: middle class and wealthy individuals would settle in poor areas

These houses would provide social services such as education and community activities (theater, day care, music, art)

Some were religious, but the Hull House was secular (non-religious)

Began operations in 1889

Italian, Irish, German, Greek, Bohemian, and Russian and Polish Jews

Later expanded to include African Americans and Mexicans

Products were made in a set, unchanging process

Products were identical, so parts were identical

This made it easier to fix products when they broke

Made it easier to move to other parts of the country

Made it easier to ship goods and produce to other parts of the country