wealth
kayla asked:


a. Improved the standard of living for most Americans
b. Widened the income gap between factory workers and farmers
c. Led to a concentration of wealth in the hands of a few industrialists.
d. Led to a concentration of wealth among unionized workers.

P.S if you plan on answering this, don’t do it to fool around. be serious. thank you! :)

BRIAN

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Comments

Joseph S on 4 July, 2008 at 1:08 pm #

A.

Seriously, though, Obamas plans for REdistribution of wealth in America could change all that.


darkmax on 7 July, 2008 at 7:59 am #

c.

Industrialization, athough provides jobs for the lower classes, makes the industrialist richer.

In truth all your answers are correct, just a matter of opinion.


tallest4eva on 9 July, 2008 at 8:07 pm #

I don’t think it is a straight forward answer!
I think it is a little bit of A and C.
B: I don’t think it widened the gap between factory workers and farmers because with the mechanization of agriculture, farm hands are pretty much “agriculture” factory workers, while the farm owners are “agriculture” industrialists.


meg on 11 July, 2008 at 2:07 pm #

It depends on the time period you examine
The income gap between workers and farmers increased but income of farmers is due to only cash crops, so this was not true of the standard of living because until recent time farmers provided much of their own food. .
Until about 1910 I would say C The industrialist got the biggest share of the wealth and workers lived in worse conditions than they did on farms.
After 1910 I would say A because worker have see a huge improvement in their standard of living especially in the years following WWII. Since the 1970’s we seem to be reverting to the previous pattern when the standard of living for workers is not keeping up with GDP growth but some say we are now de industrializing.
D is wrong always because union worker have never had wealth, just higher wages.


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