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Life In The 1900s

Thesis

Life in the 1900's was depressing and was an era filled with extremely
hard and strenous work that didn't offer any future for the average
canadian in doing better. If you were an average wage earner you would be
virtually stuck in the same job for the rest of your life, while rich
maintained their wealth mainly caused by the low taxes. Living conditions
were poor for average canadians and even worse for the arriving immigrants.
At this time some of the modern convienences were just being invented and
even if it were for sale only the extremely rich had the option of
purchasing the items. Sports being very new, in the aspect of it being
organized was small time compared to present day. Travelling required time
and was uncomfortable. Only the rich could have the luxurious
accomadations for those long journeys. Many jobs were available to most
people but you were under constant scrutiny while working and would have
to be willing to do any thing the boss wanted. I believe my friends and I
would most likely resent and despise it if we had to live in the 1900's.

During the 1900's horses played a significant role in the Everyday life.
A horse drawn carriage would bring a docter to the house of where a baby
would be born. A hearse was pulled by horses to the cemetery when somebody
died. Farmers used them to pull their ploughs while town dwellers kept
them for transportation around town. Horses puled delivery wagons for
businesses such as bakery, dairy, and coal company. Horses pulled fire
engines through the streets in a fire emergency.

The bicycle was widely accepted by canadians because of its easy maintence
compared to a horse. The bike allowed an option of transportation. The
bicycle also gave a sense of freedom to virtually anybody willing to learn.


Henry Ford revolutionized the world we live in by inventing the "horseless
carriage", if it had not been for him, instead of taking the GO bus in the
morning we'd be riding a horse named Wanda. Not only did his invention
offer a method of transportation to the public, but it helped with our
emergency services such as fire engines, police cars, and ambulances. Now
we have a large variety of cars to choose from varying in size and price.
He also brought a large profitable industry to North America...The car
industry. Back then there weren't many problems that they created. Today,
we have our deteriorating ozone layer, poisonous chemicals that come from
exhaust fumes (CO2)(Carbon Monoxide). Not to mention the traffic accidents,
parking problems and traffic jams in downtown Toronto.

11 years previous to WW I Orville and Wilbur Wright made a successful
flight in the first airplane at the beach of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Although the flight only lasted 12 seconds it would change the way we see
the world.

The telephone allowed the houseneeds to be satisfied without leaving
they're homes. Women received an oppurtunity to work as a a switch board
operator.

I don't know if I can stress the importance of Marconi's invention enough.
But I can say, that without it not only would there be no T.V. or radio
there would be a lot of unemployed people right now(even more unemployed
than now!!!). The reason for that is radio provides people with jobs such
as DJ's, musical programmers etc. Also, radio is a major form of
advertising, without it there would not be as many advertising agencies or
as many positions in this field. Without T.V., advertising agencies would
also face the same consequences. T.V. provides millions of people  with
employment in commercials, T.V. shows, and movies.

Baseball was the most popular sport in the United States where the World
Series began in 1903. Tom Longboat was born in Brantford, Ontario and was
known for outrunning a horse over a 19 km coarse. He set a record of 2
hours, 24 min and 24 seconds when he ran the Boston Marathon.

Jan 22/1901 Queen Victoria died at the age of 63 years. The Queens reign
stretched across the globe. With her death came modernization. In the
early 1900's horses were being used extensivley for all transportating
duties and some manual labor jobs. A few years later the bicycle hit
Canada and presented the Canadians with a better option of transportation
mainly because of the simplicity of maintence. During these other
discoveries the automobile was being perfected for use by the general
public. By the 1920's the automobile was no longer a rich man's toy and
was being used by many people. 1903 saw the first succesful flight fo the
airplane bh Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. At
about the same time Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Nova
Scotia. By the turn of the century telephones had uses increased from
ordering household goods to supplying jobs for women and men. 1901, Signal
Hill in St.John's Newfoundland Guglielmo Marcone received the first radio
signal sent across the Atlantic Ocean. 20 years would elasped before radio
broadcasting becomes mass entertainment. First movies were seen in the
19th century. 20 years will pass till speaking films arrive. 1903 the
United States had their first World Series. In Canada, Tom Longboat was a
famous runner who was famous for running faster than a horse on a 19 km
course. Later to be proclaimed the worlds best marathoner. In the early
1900's modern covienences were just being available like bathrooms,
electric washing machines, sewing machines, electric hearing aids, vacuum
cleaners. The very fortuanate who could afford these items would order
them from the Eaton's Catologue. All types of goods could be ordered in
the Eaton's Catologue from fence posts to fashionable hats. The time
period between 1901 and 1911 almost 2 million people immigrated to Canada
from Europe, Britain and the United States. Due to the population growth,
in 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan became apart of the Confederation. The
railway boom in 1903-1904 helped elevate the employment. Materials needed
to build the railways and the transporting of the materials started the
industrialization. Urbanization led to a serious problem of overcrowding.
The three economic classes were the rich, average, and the immigrants.
With low taxes this allowed the rich to spend on frivalous items such as
horse and carriages. In contrast the average would only use their money
for the neccessities in survival. At the bottom were the immigrants that
were forced to live in unsanitary conditions and dank, damp basements. Not
only were there differences of wealth or lack of but there was a
difference in women and men's treatment. For example women did not have
the freedom to enter pool room's, taverns and even bowling allies. Choices
for women were working in stores and factories. Even if you came from a
rich family your choices would have been nursing or teaching. Coming from
a poor family women tended to just become a domestic servent. Women
didn't have the right to vote like the men. In 1876 Dr Emily Stowe formed
Toronto Women's Literary Club(TWLC). The purpose of this club was to
inform  women of their rights and to help secure women's rights. This
group persuaded U of T to admit women in 1866. Also improved wages and
working conditions. Womens Christian Temperence Union(WCTU) their goal was
to combat problems created by alcohol in the society. A great social
speaker Nellie Mclung received her start in WCTU to lead in the fight for
equal freedom and for womens rights.

Conclusion

After discovering information about the 1900's I have come to the
conclusion that in the 1900's was both good and bad. It was good because
of the rising industries thus raising the economy. The main industries
working for Canada were the railways, and road building. These industries
provided needed jobs and the materials needed to complete these projects
helped Canada grow even more. Low taxes meant you could pay for more
important expenditures than paying to the government. The bad part of the
1900's was the three living standards in how most people were the poor and
very little were rich. The modern convienences were not available to
everyone in the early 1900's because these devices would have been very
expensive caused by the newness of the products. Even though were guys I
can see how women would have despised the fact that you were not able to
vote or enter any buildings without checking it if it's not a tavern, pool
room, and a bowling alley. Due to these outsanding points that stuck first
in my mind I have changed my mind and believe it was both good and bad.