The textile industry. Arkwright in England invented the looms for making textiles eventually the technology was brought to the United States.
Great Britain.
The textile industry
textile industry
Labor organization
Life in 1914 was centered on the cities. As jobs became more available, people moved from farming to working in factories and in industry.
The textile industry
The Industrial Revolution meant that manufacturing increased and goods could be sold at a lower price. Cottage industry could not compete, and many country people and farm labourers moved into the cities and the factories.
jobs on railroads or in factories.
Thousands of civilian factories were put to work making war machinery. For the first time women entered the industrial workforce in huge numbers in these factories and shipyards.
Before the Industrial Revolution, most workers worked at home or on farms. With the introduction of machinery and factories, this work moved to centralized locations of cities.
Factories
Jobs on railroads or in factories.