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They did not rely on wages. As industrialization hit America, within a century most farmers came into cities and became part of the industrial wage system. As a result, they had to adapt to changes that affected their lives. People started doing work for others for income that they can use to get what they need. The work was no longer at home. With that came job security, hard labor, and unfair working conditions. As people became more and more dependent on working for wages, their lives were altered in ways that influenced their values and family structure. Women started working outside so the family can get more income. Then children followed. In the mean time, people need to acquire the proper skills to fit the jobs in the factories and mines.
As technology kept changing and the world became more and more industrialized workers needed to adapt to the changes of the work place in order to survive. A job that existed one day became obsolete the next day. Working for ...

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