The Impact of Rapid Industrialization on US society in the 1820s-30s
Rapid industrialization in U.S. society during the 1820s brought about the blooming of the education system. There was a rise in factories which grew city populations rapidly. Women and children who worked in factories received new wages. With this, society shifted into class divisions and immigrants were used for labor. It is also important to note the rise of technology in this period because transportation was starting to ascend.
There was a demand for educated people in the workforce, which meant that jobs required workers to have basic literacy and technical knowledge. Schools began acquiring new curricula that supported reading, writing, and arithmetic. Women started to become included in education through industrialization and this opened new opportunities.
During the 1820s there was a push for education to be accessible to all. This meant that women, African Americans, and rural communities started to seek freedom in education. This was also when Horace Mann began expressing his visions of the Common School Movement. He sought education as a gateway to prepare children for citizenship and industrial jobs. The rise of industrialization in America shifted education. 3
3Journal of the Early Republic 17, no.4 (1997): 743–45. https://doi.org/10.2307/3124343.