Question

Explain how the labor force in the Second Industrial
Revolution compared to that of the First.

Answer 1

Similarities:

• Underpaid and overworked.

• Huge economic gap between company owners and workers.

• Women were allowed to work

Differences:

• Focused on railroads, steel and oil related jobs.

• Workers fought for better working conditions and better pay.

Answer 2

While the First Industrial Revolution centered on textile manufacturing and the innovation of the steam engine, the Second Industrial Revolution focused instead on steel production, the automobile and advances in electricity. ... An improvement in production was the introduction of the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1914.