Industrial Revolution

Industrialism and farming were compared and in competition for many years. There's many upsides and downsides to both of them as well as similarities. Industrialism was very important for the U.S. And had many great effects. One positive aspect is that it gave many people jobs. People who were otherwise unemployed could get a job working. Factories and mills were part of the many good outcomes of industrialism. Young girls could get jobs to work their and earn their way in the world. In the book Lyddie, lyddie is able to go work at a mill and earn money to take care of her family. As well as being able to work, the girls could get an education and learn working skills. Another positive thing about industrialism was that it payed more than farming jobs did. The wage you earned depended on the amount of work you did. People who were very hard workers and were able to get much done, were payed a good amount of money. Even those who might've been more of. Mediocre worked were still payed well. In lyddie, she is payed more and more as the book progresses be causes he becomes a better worker. In farming, the workers were not able to be payed as much as those working in factories. And farming was just as hard. As well as there being a positive side to industrialism, there was for farming. Farming had a much better atmosphere than the work in the factories. It was a lot healthier for people to be working in the nice outdoor conditions with the fresh air than in a stuffy factory. The factories caused many sicknesses and injuries, but farming offered better health for people. In Lyddie, many of the girls came down with many serious sicknesses because of the terrible factory conditions. Industrialism and farming are very different but manage too have quite a few similarities. A characteristic they share is that they both had very low skill jobs. People who really needed the money were able to work with no past experience. This leads me to another similarity which was employing many people. Before the industrial revolution, many people were living in harsh conditions and poverty. Many people, especially young children were dying. When the industrial revolution hit it gave children jobs in factories. This gave many children a chance to live when the would've possibly died. Parents could work for a factory or be a farmer, without their children they can save more money for other things. Industrialism and farming were both good and bad and brought many good things to America

In lyddie, courage is shown in many ways, shapes and forms. Lyddie showed much courage throughout the entire book, proving to be am amazing young women of her time. Near the end of the novel, Lyddie is fired from her factory job because Mr. Marsden was angry with her. She had found him trying to do some bad things with another girl alone and pure dater all over him and ran away with the girl. She later goes to his house to confront him and says, "'Mrs.