GKE1 Task 4 During the time period of 1780-1850 the United States and Great Britain were part of the Industrial Revolution. This revolution was a time of many changes with technology and scientific advancements. Many changes happened during the revolution that changed the way people worked‚ lived and survived. The Industrial Revolution included many changes to production of goods and materials. More technology-advanced equipment was able to change the way food‚ textiles‚ steel and chemicals
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viewpoints on a subject‚ create conflicting emotions‚ and cause many historical impacts. One of the best known historical impacts in the United States‚ was the end of child labor during the Industrial Revolution.This exhibited the low quality working conditions children were operating in. During the Industrial Revolution‚ profound photographs were captured of children that contributed to the enactment of child labor laws by being showcased in newspapers‚ having an emotional impact on society‚ and
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The Industrial Revolution‚ spanning from the late 18th to the early 19th century‚ was a pivotal period in human history. There were significant technological advancements‚ economic transformations‚ and social upheavals. During the industrial revolution‚ the lives of the working class were negatively impacted. The working class was made up of both children and adults during this period. Firstly‚ the children‚ found themselves pushed into a new era of labor characterized by harsh working conditions
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was a lack of hygiene during the industrial revolution. There was no knowledge of sanitary care‚ so disease spread very fast. Soon air‚ water‚ and other necessities became unsafe to consume because of all the pollution caused by the factories. People would live in overcrowded cities in damp and dirty homes‚ which would cause them to get sick. In most cities there were no washing facilities and pigs were let to get rid of the waste on the streets‚ so living in a city during this time would be very
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The Agricultural Revolution‚ increased population‚ and the Scientific Revolution spurred the first Industrial Revolution in the middle of the eighteenth century. With the Industrial Revolution came a series of changes in working class families. A decline in the domestic system forced men and women began to look for work outside the home. Women were given unskilled labor positions‚ and as a result‚ they were treated as replaceable workers. Examples of their poor conditions include low pay‚ long
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The Industrial Revolution was a period in history that began in the 18th century to the 19th century‚ where major changes in technology and agriculture had a huge effect on people‚ starting in Great Britain. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ all countries were in the primary sector; which involved the extraction of Earth’s resources. People made all products out of hand making manufacturing very slow at the time. Most people lived in the country to focus on farming‚ because traveling back and forth
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As Stephen Gardiner once said‚ "The Industrial Revolution was another one of these extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilizations." In other words‚ the lives of many people changed from day time consuming work to fast paced machine made products. It first began in England during the 1700s and caused an increase in population. The reasons behind why the Industrial Revolution began was because of all the excess in iron‚ coal and cloth. Due to the coal‚ the steam-engine was invented to transport
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There were many technological‚ social‚ and economic changes that took hold during the Industrial Revolution. Some examples of technological advances that took place are the steam engines‚ anesthesia‚ and the improvement of the quality of iron. Social changes that came about the industrial age are the beginning of a industrial middle class as well as an Industrial working class‚ labor unions were formed. A few economic developments were the rise of economists supporting utilitarianism and the
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While the middle class was born in the late Middle Ages‚ it exploded during the Industrial Revolution as massive numbers of workers entered the industrial factory system. The middle class exited on a spectrum between the lower end (consisting of small shopkeepers) and the higher end (consisting of capitalists who owned companies)‚ All were united by several desires and beliefs—an open expanding economy was ideal‚ prosperity was the loftiest ambition‚ competition was beneficial‚ and the success of
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Professor Henry Clark HIST 1220 13 April 2014 Paper Option B The characterization of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution has been a source of great debate for many since the early nineteenth century. Some have argued that working conditions during the period were despicable and unhealthy while others claim that the mere presence of factories was an indicator of social and economic growth‚ a welcome change to the agriculturally based and less affluent society of
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