Blog #6

The working conditions were not as good as you might have though. The life of a worker was shortened and the living conditions were not goo. the crime rate increased and diseases spread more often. A lot of people moved to the city which turned to over populated some areas. Workers would protest and go on strikes. People wanted better pay or shorter hours. Business and land owners tried to keep the workers quite because they did not want the word to spread to places and other people to join them and have that business go down.