While there is economic boost during second
industrial revolution, social impacts are both in advantageous and
disadvantageous.
Because of inclination towards construction and
businesses, federal government helped conglomerates in dispersing Indian natives from their lands to give way transportation system. With this access, there is demographic unbalance of people living in urban and
rural areas. People flocked to those areas where there are more working
opportunities. With mechanization, many
low skilled workers are displaced and working
conditions are worse. Strikes and pickets rose. Poverty is evident especially
with those with low skills because industries are leaning to a workforce who can operate machine.
Economic advancement created a wider margin of
status. People are ranked per their literacy and skill. Higher education for women is still is difficult
to achieved. With higher living standards, people
opted to fewer family members thus there is a decrease in overall birth rate.
