Monday, December 21, 2009

Living conditions of the late 1800's


When I went to the 1800's I experienced the extremely difficult liveing conditons of the factory workers. It was much more extreme than the living condtions of today. Back then they lived in slums called "The Plains". It was very crammed and the rent was pretty high. I think that some areas in America today is somewhat like this but very few areas are. It is a good thing living conditons are not as bad as they used to be.


The factory workers got very little money. I asked myself why would someone go live there. Then i realized that they were being drawn by ads that were false. They showed people haveing loads of money in there hands and a nice place to live. The ads were completely false, I thought that was not good at all. Overall the living conditions were extremely bad and unacceptable and it is a good thing that has changed.

Inventions of the late 1800's


Inventions made a huge difference in the late 1800's. Many things could not be done without most of these inventions. One invention that is very important that we still use today is the light bulb. The light bulb was made by Thomas Edison. This great invention had a huge impact on the world today. I think that this is one of the most important inventions of that time era.

In addition to the light bulb, the telephone was extremely important as well. This allowed people to communicate to each other from long distances instead of having to travel miles just to say something. This invention changed the way things worked a lot. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. I think this was very important to the world at that time.

Monday, December 14, 2009

1800's factory working condintions


As I traveled back through time I experienced many horrible working conditions. Most factories had no source of cooling which would be awful during the summer. People were crammed in a tiny area and were expected to work and had high expectations. The buildings were very unsafe and most had no prevention if there was a fire. The Asch building had about 100 pales of water as something to put a fire out. Along with that, most workers could not even leave the buliding to go to the bathroom. The workers were paid as low as six dollars per week. In addition to that the money they earned would be used to pay for electricity and thread. If I were the president at this time I would personally stop all factories and make a change for a safer enviornment. I thought seeing these factories reminded me of a jail or a prison.
The factory above is the factory i was visiting.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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Im a new blogger. Im Micah, whats crackin?