The second industrial revolution started in the late nineteenth century and continued through the 1930's. The revolution provided great opportunities as well as troubling times. The United States citizens struggled to gain control over their lives in an industrialized economy. Moreover, the second industrial revolution changed the lives and attitudes of the working class. The American working class benefited and also fell victim of the rise of industrial capitalism. Most of the workers even experienced …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…Through the efforts of the thousands of hard working Americans and the support of most of the presidents, it seemed as though the working man finally had some rights. With a minimum wage and maximum working hours, no longer would the worker feel like a slave working for pennies. Still, however, the workforce would undergo many changes, but never again would it get as bad as it did during the end of the 19th century.