Title: What effects did the factory system have on the American social structure? - eNotes.com
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What effects did the factory system have on the American social structure?
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Content: Working conditions and output were all determined by the owner of the plant. Men, women, and children played different roles in the domestic system. Women and children were mostly expected to take care of the family and conduct the household chores as the men worked at production. However, the factory system introduced changes to the social system by bringing men, women, and children together to do the same work under the same roof. The factory system was focused on output and profits, which forced the factory owners to increase labor at all costs regardless of the social systems in place. The smaller and close-knit rural societies were also disrupted with members traveling to urban centers to seek work in the factories, creating larger and highly individualistic societies. The factory system also led to the widening class gap. The owners of the factories made a lot of money, while the worker majority was extremely underpaid and overworked. Further Reading
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As more people in the United States went to work in factories, the social structures that had bound Americans together became weaker. America had been a more communal society with informal social structures.