Consumers were offered with variety of choices of goods in the market. Factory system enabled mass production of products at cheaper rate with high quality.
Factory system replaced the indigenous system wherein goods are produced by simple techniques. With evolution of machines, the quality of the product highly increased which led to customer satisfaction. The price of the products was fair and the purchasing power of the consumers increased which afforded them to buy the product.
Due to the availability of cheap labor, workers were employed in factories and were made to stay nearby factories so that they can be easily supervised. Housing facilities were given to the workers by the factory owners which highly motivated the workers to work for extra hours for an increased output.
The Renaissance was a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.
Stephen Douglass was a Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in 1858. Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln to obtain his Senate seat. He was a supporter of the idea of popular sovereignty, the belief that the settlers in newly admitted territories should determine whether the area would be slave or free. Douglass received the Democratic nomination for president in 1860. Douglass support of popular sovereignty led to the splintering of the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions. Northerners opposed secession while Southerners supported it. The splintering of the party led to their defeat and the election of the Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
