HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I Introduction II Morrill Act III CSU IV Key Questions Outline of Current Lecture I Industrial Revolution A Social Revolution II Inhuman Scale Current Lecture I Industrial Revolution A Social Revolution a Before Civil War face to face society people know who they re around i By 1900 by the moment interactions 1 Only one generation almost know nobody anonymous society 2 Changes people s peoples lives on intimate level b Between 1865 and 1900 i Textile production doubled ii Steel production doubled iii Railroad tracks quintupled iv Dollar value of production economy went from 1 8 billion to 13 billion v Changed family structure time and space perception 1 Transition between mother daughter power to water steam power a From cottage industry to mechanical industry 2 Housewives become wage earners a Independent decision makers vi Machines and tools 1 Tools are controlled by man 2 Machines have life of their own man not master of it a People become servant of the machine 3 Transforms nature of work from master to servant c Before and After 1865 i Sewing These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II 1 Before needle and thread loom spinning wheel manual operation 2 After steam powered textile factory sewing machines ii Farming 1 Before plow animals 2 After mechanical reapers harvesters grain elevators iii Manufacturing 1 Before Blacksmithing tools 2 After Machines iv Travel 1 Before Walking or riding a Same technology of travel for 2 000 years hadn t changed much at all 2 After Railroads v Telephone d Railroads i Transcontinental RR Act 1862 1 Gov t gives subsidies ii Machines have greater force and speed than anything seen before 1 Expands space and time a From 1 day s horse ride to a continental span iii Time 1 Set locally noon when sun directly overhead 2 RR made time matter a Train collisions because of time discrepancies 3 November 18 1883 a Created 4 time zones standard time within time zones b Time set according to maps meridians c Rhythms of time Inhuman Scale a Inside the Steel Mill i Bessemer process 1 Removed impurities from steel made it stronger not as brittle ii Machinery was very dangerous inflicted a lot of harm 1 Enormous social cost iii 1900 35 000 deaths 2 million accidents per year iv Who s going to pay v Farwell vs Boston and Worcester RR 1842 1 Nicholas Farway 2 Switches of track on wrong setting led to accident lost hand sued company for 10 000 3 Massachusetts Supreme Court Case a Fellow Servant Rule 4 5 6 7 b Ruled that RR couldn t be held responsible caused by fellow servant Went to US Supreme Court Employer never directly liable or responsible for accidents Assumption of Risk a Employees injured already assumed risk by working at job Contributory Negligence a If worker is partly at fault they have to shoulder full responsibility for accident