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I learned that 8 year old children worked in factories for around 10 hours a day in horrible conditions, and that they were beat all for pennies. That inventions such as the cotton gin were created and revolutionizing the world. And finally that in this time period there was a boom in the railroad industry, allowing goods and people to travel farther and faster.

I was interested to learn about all the reforms that occured, I never realized that this was a monumentous time for the womens movement, and the fight for slaves freedom. I also found learning about Karl Marx to be interesting. It seems that we all learn about how horrible communism is, but learning the backround of Marx and what he led to made him seem like an okay guy.

Im woundering what factory life was like for men compared to women and children.