Why Was The Industrial Revolution Revolutionary?

C. Why was it revolutionary? The Industrial revolution was revolutionary since it established and renovated the US Economy. Although at first workers were given hazardous jobs for low wages, with the consistent flow of new inventions, workers were provided with more freedom and an increase in pay. New manufacturing processes were less hazardous, such as the automation and factories, which reduced child labor and consequently led to lower birth rates since children weren’t used to provide money for the family. Although a decrease in child labor, there was an increase in workers due to slaves becoming counted as humans and immigrants flowing in. Immigration, during the latter half of the industrial revolution a flood of immigrants, eager for
jobs, fueled the industrial growth and a population boom in Northern cities, in the time between the Civil War and WWI.
The better working conditions, the increase in working population, and more technological advancements helped produce products and goods at a faster rate which led to a larger market and higher demand of goods, as the demand for more goods created more jobs. More jobs brought upon more factories and competition between companies which caused them to cut costs and win customers led to a drop in prices overall. The money supply could not keep up with the production, which ultimately caused high interest and less credit availability. Another supplier of the growth of jobs and produce is the most prolific evidence of the Industrial Revolution’s impact being human population growth. Humans have been around for about 2.2 million years. By the end of the first millennium AD, estimates place the total world human population at around 200 million and 300 million in the year 1,000. The population of the United States population is 312,000,000 as of August 2011 and is rapidly growing at an fast and unhealthy rate bringing us to around 7.5 billion today. The world human population growth rate would be about .1 percent (.001) per year for
the next seven to eight centuries.

D. Why was the IR so profound?
The Industrial revolution was so profound as it reshaped American culture and had a significant impact on subsequent global history.
If the American Revolution spurred the birth of a nation, the Industrial Revolution marked that nation’s growth into maturity. The Industrial Revolution altered all aspects of American life, from the economy to politics and the fabric of society itself. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, America possessed a predominantly agrarian economy and generated wealth through the trade of tobacco, and resources such as lumber, minerals, fur and fish. England, rich in resources thanks to its colonial acquisitions, benefited from a series of technological breakthroughs to become the world’s first industrial power in the late 18th century. Though the English attempted to monopolize their technology and skilled labor through legislation, industrialization spread throughout Europe and reached America. The Second Industrial Revolution, which took place roughly between 1870 and 1914, established the United States as the world’s foremost industrial power. Most 18th century Americans lived in self-sustaining rural communities. The Industrial Revolution witnessed the evolution of large urban centers, such as Boston and New York City, and spurred a massive internal migration of workers. The Industrial Revolution also stimulated the rise of unskilled labor. Prior to the 19th century, most Americans not employed in agriculture performed some kind of skilled trade.
The advent of industrial production removed the necessity of apprenticeship for craftsmen and commoditized labor itself. The Industrial Revolution also created a wide availability of cheap commodities, which engendered a consumer culture that marked the end of many rural Americans' subsistence lifestyle.

E. How did it become permanent? The Industrial revolution became permanent as it spread worldwide. It started in the mid-1700s in Great Britain when machinery began to replace manual labor. Fossil fuels replaced wind, water and wood, used primarily for the manufacture of textiles and the development of iron making processes. The full impact of the Industrial Revolution would not begin to be realized until about 100 years later in the 1800s, when the use of machines to replace human labor spread throughout Europe and North America. This transformation is referred to as the industrialization of the world. These processes gave rise to sweeping increases in production capacity and would affect all basic human needs, including food production, medicine, housing, and clothing. Not only did society develop the ability to have more things faster, it would be able to develop better things. These industrialization processes continue today. Along with that inventions, such as the railroad and incandescent light bulb, were topics of interest throughout the world hence various inventors spurred in various locations upon the same base idea and improving upon the base with different layers. Such as for the light bulb, Joseph Swan and Warren de la Rue were British scientists while Thomas Edison was an American inventor. Not only receiving the interests of various inventors, but also interesting the people in the world, led to a increase in demand for new inventions. The demand for new inventions and use of new inventions in almost every household in America led to the process becoming irreversible.

5. Explain the legacy and future possibilities for this concept, development, or event in a minimum of 1 typed page. The legacy of the incandescent light bulb is the significance of artificial light in history and today’s society. Light is an important aspect of people’s daily lives that is necessary for people to function properly. Without lights, moving and performing activities efficiently will be difficult. Light is the reason why we are able to see things around us. It stimulates our sight then sends signal to the brain that deciphers information allowing us to understand and recognize what we are seeing. This natural agent has such a great importance that artificial light is invented so people can lighten up dark places and their homes at night. Today, other significant uses have been added to light’s primary purpose of illuminating objects and things. Lights are being used as a promotional tool as billboards and establishment signs are filled with lighted bulbs so they can attract attention of people passing by. Lights are especially important in allowing warning signs on the road be seen at night as road accidents can also be avoided because of the presence of lamp posts. Lights are essential for bird pets as birds need UV lights. If it is not possible to expose them with natural agents, bulbs provide UV spectrum at a certain period of time. Also, birds that are not provided with light at night feel depressed. Lights are utilized as a form of entertainment, as they can be seen on places like nightclubs, theatres and stage shows. The lighting in stage shows and theatres moves in accordance with the rhythm of the music and the action being performed help evoke emotion and understanding in the viewers. The ability to see things at all times created an enormous effect on human lives. Lights and electricity permitted us to do tasks any time of the day making us more productive and efficient.
The creation of the incandescent light bulb spurred the creation other light bulb inventions and ways of gaining energy to produce efficient amount of bright light, such as Compact fluorescent lights (CFL), Halogen bulbs, and Light-emitting diode bulbs (LED). There are many non-incandescent light sources, such as the fluorescent lamp, high-intensity discharge lamps and LED lamps, which have higher luminous efficiency, and some have been designed to be retrofitted in fixtures for incandescent lights. These devices produce light by luminescence. These lamps produce discrete spectral lines and do not have the broad "tail" of invisible infrared emissions. By careful selection of which electron energy level transitions are used, and fluorescent coatings which modify the spectral distribution, the spectrum emitted can be tuned to mimic the appearance of incandescent sources, or other different color temperatures of white light. Due to the discrete spectral lines rather than a continuous spectrum, the light is not ideal for applications such as photography and cinematography. Although LED lights are proven to be cheaper, they use up over 90% of their energy into heat while only 10% or less goes towards producing light. Due to this inefficiency, other light bulbs have been created. Despite their negative points, incandescent light bulbs are relatively inexpensive to purchase while CFL and LED bulbs have significantly higher sale prices. Consumers looking only for short-term savings fail to realize that 20 years of lighting a lamp would require 21 incandescent bulbs versus three CFL bulbs versus one LED bulb. The number of bulbs required isn’t the only savings. That 75 percent greater energy efficiency of CFL and LED bulbs results in real dollar savings on electric company bills. These same savings can be traced back to how the electricity is produced. According to General Electric, if every U.S. household replaced one 60 watt incandescent bulb with a CFL one, annual energy cost savings would surpass $646 million and avoid the production of 3.4 million tons of Carbon dioxide emission. What mainly sets LEDs apart from incandescent bulbs and CFLs is just how long they can last. According to Consumer Reports, LED light bulbs can last anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 hours, or up to five times longer than any comparable bulb on the market. And the big difference between CFLs and incandescent bulbs is how much energy it takes to use them over time. CFLs use about 70 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. They also last years longer than traditional bulbs, and only cost about a dollar more per bulb.