Evidence

• 1880 and 1900 


  The US had the highest rate of accidents of the industrial world, 35,000 workers were killed in factory and mining accidents.
• 1900

  Standard Oil controlled 90% of oil production
• 1870s onward


  Any move by state or local governments to regulate working hours was deemed unconstitutional
• By 1890


  America was considered an emerging world power
• Between 1900 and 1910


  American total economic output increased by 85%
• By 1910


  one-seventh of the American population was foreign born
• Between 1880 and 1910


  The number of women in work rose from 2.6 to 7.8 million
• By 1890s


  A series of laws called Jim Crow Laws were passed in Southern states, these restricted the freedom of African Americans
• By 1900


  Historian Adam Fairclough wrote that the balck population was 'more powerless than any time since the death of slavery'
• Between 1921 and 1924 


  the country's gross national product increased from 69 billion to 93 billion
• Between 1921 and 1924 


  The US was the world's largest creditor nation, with Europe owing it 12.5 BILLION
• By 1925


  Ford produced a car every 10 seconds
• 1913


  Ford suffered a yearly workforce turnover of 380%
• In 1914


  Ford payed his workers $5 for an 8 hour day (this is double the average industrial standard) - they had to comply with Ford's regulations (kids going to school, clean houses, saving money, no gambling or alcohol)