Ford motors doubled workers pay and had equal pay for all races or gender as suppose to the present time. If only modern America can use this basic common mindset the bottom class will be no more. Therefore all Americans or most of will thrive. With better pay and also less hours of work the system will be a match for her neighbors like Canada
Urban areas developed subways, elevated trains, and streetcar systems because if all commuters rode in cars it would cause traffic jams and major traffic. It made it easier for people to move around in bigger cities.
From 1750 onwards a new industry emerged in Britain - the production of cotton cloth. Wool production had previously been Britain's major industry, but cotton had one key advantage - machinery could process cotton fibres better than wool.
An engraving showing slaves picking cotton on a plantation in North America
As a result it was in cotton production that the industrial revolution began, particularly in and around Manchester. The cotton used was mostly imported from slave plantations. Slavery provided the raw material for industrial change and growth.
The growth of the Atlantic economy was an integral part of the growth of exports - for example manufactured cotton cloth was exported to Africa.
The Atlantic economy can be seen as the spark for the biggest change in modern economic history. The Atlantic economy in the 1700s was founded on slave labour.
