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    The effects of the industrial revolution were more of a negative impact on the world. The industrial revolution gave the common peoples life hard to live and maintain their home. Employees who worked their worked for low wages. Working there is risking your life due to the way the machines can stop working and fixing them your arm or any other body part can instantly be lost. The other negative effect is child labor which is how some children who worked there were hurt and killed because of these

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    The Second Industrial Revolution                           The Second Industrial Revolution was another great step forward in technology and society‚ but also People were living in germ infested‚ crowded and very unhealthy conditions‚ much like their place of work. People labored in horrible conditions‚ and working long hours with low wages. The people were living in filth and no respect.                          Housing was perhaps the most serious problem. It was simply impossible to build homes

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    because of the harsh way they treated children. They chose children as young as four to work in their factories. They worked in coal mines‚ factories‚ and many other places. They were often employed together with their parents and many parents in mill towns depended on their children to make enough money for necesities. They chose children because factory owners saw them as cheap and less likely to go on strike. They also chose them because in coal mines they could fit in places were adults

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    changes in the society. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ almost all production took place in every single family. It went from brutal economy to monetary economy. During the industrial revolution‚ mostly all production took place in factories or mills. They invented machines that could do the job for them instead of each made what they need by themselves‚ in that was it was faster and less expensive to produce. However when the machines took over the production it made many people very mad because

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    Industrial Revolution The greatest turning point in history began with the Industrial Revolution. Between 1750 and 1914‚ the Industrial Revolution drastically changed Europe economically‚ socially‚ and politically. Before the revolution‚ most of Europe lived in small‚ rural communities where their lives revolved around farming. People would supply themselves with their own food‚ clothing‚ furniture‚ and tools‚ as times were tough and incomes were meager. However‚ the Industrial Revolution brought

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ which began in the United Kingdom and spread to the United States and other nations‚ saw advances made in industry and manufacturing. Inevitably‚ the revolution signaled the end of mercantilism in place of capitalism. Although many technological and economic advances were made‚ the revolution also had profound impact on the status of women. Although it allowed women to gain economic independence from their families‚ women had to handle fourteen to sixteen-hour workdays

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    It not only created new jobs‚ but it brought in a new wave of people looking for work from around the world‚ it created the invention of new machinery that made different jobs earlier‚ quicker‚ and more sufficient. Some of the jobs include textile mill workers‚ farmers‚ warehouses workers‚ railroad tracks layers‚ and coal mining was a few jobs that arose from the economic boom. These same jobs had workers

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    enough to support a wife and children. On average‚ industrial jobs would be making 1-3 dollars per week. This forced women and young children to be put to work‚ in order to survive. There were children that were pitted inside mines‚ factories‚ and mills‚ where often they would lose a limb‚ and not be compensated. On top of the tremendously low pay‚ there was an eight hour work day‚ without breaks. Thousands upon thousands of factory employees were killed over the years‚ due to atrocious working conditions

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    This essay is focusing on the impacts of the industrial revolution through the people of Britain. The two main focus areas are living conditions and the nature of work. An evaluation will be made about the impacts‚ positive and negative. The industrial revolution began in 1760 and lasted until 1840. It altered the economy and society immensely and led to some of the most significant inventions known today. It introduced industrialisation and urbanisation to our world. Living conditions during the

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    Eventually‚ violence had occurred‚ resulting in a gun battle which killed and injured numerous strikers and Pinkerton’s men. Andrew Carnegie had built one of the most booming steel companies in America. Throughout time‚ several mills were broken and these workers were represented so they couldn’t be laid off. Many of these workers were eastern and southern European immigrants along with their sons. Soon after‚ there was a campaign to cut workers’ wages and Carnegie pushed for it

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