post Civil War period‚ the United States entered a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. The United States transitioned from being a rural country to becoming an urban country. Citizens moved from the countryside and crowded cities. Cities like New York City‚ Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Pittsburgh… gained an influx of citizens and immigrants. From this rapid industrialization and urbanization many positive and negative effects arose affecting the sociological‚ economical‚ and political aspects
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| The effect of Industrialization and Urbanization on the average working American during 1865-1900 | Sheree Barnett | HIS105: Contemporary US HistoryProfessor A LewisStrayer University | | 7/23/2012 | | Industrialization and urbanization played a major role in the economy during the period of 1865 to 1900. During this time Industrialization and urbanization was present in the north and gradually moved throughout the country. The affect this had on the average working American
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the World Speech Good evening. I am the Prime Minister of Great Britain. I am here today to address you all regarding the current “state of the world” in terms of industrialization. Industrialization is defined as the development of industry of a massive scale. I would like to first start by explaining how industrialization came to be. Like many other movements seen throughout history‚ it can be traced directly back to agriculture. Advancements in agricultural techniques such as the use
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Britain started its industrialization period in the eighteenth century‚ while America was just starting to start theirs during the antebellum period. From 1814-1865 manufacturing grew in many ways. “Population grew by a factor of 4‚ outputs of manufacturing grew by a factor of 12‚ and the value of manufactured goods grew by a factor of 8.” These growth factors mainly occurred in the New England area. Agriculture was the main sector until people learned about how manufacturing worked. The use of interchangeable
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The pace of economic change in China has been exceptionally rapid since the start of its economic reform in 1978 under the influence of Deng Xiaoping. Since then its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown at an unprecedented 9.5 percent a year‚ making China’s the longest and most sustained growth experienced by any country within modern history. Such growth has been a result of various aspects‚ including a profound change within China’s economic policies‚ reform of the state-owned sector‚ and rapid
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Assignment 1: “America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains” Reconstruction and Industrialization 1865-1900 Four years after the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter the Civil War ended with the Union’s Victory over the Confederacy. Though the war was over‚ there were still many problems that needed to be resolved in order to reunite the states as a nation. The time period in which steps were taken to rebuild the nation is known as reconstruction. Reconstruction lasted from 1865 until 1877. The
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Most people regard industrialization as a positive development capable of generating great wealth and revitalizing run-down areas. Mention industrialization today‚ and it brings to mind large factories organized with the latest technologies in mass producing. Along with these visions comes the promise of more jobs for the community‚ higher rates of pay‚ and financial stability. One can only think of the positive influences on a community that the opening of a new factory could bring‚ but during what
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While some might argue that industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of the many jobs that were made‚ it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were the horrendous working conditions‚ child labor and‚ long work hours. Throughout the documents there have been negatives some less than others. For example in document #2 “My Boy” the mother is missing her son and she doesn’t see him that much because she is working all the time
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Dominique McNamara Period 1 Chapter 18: Revolutions of Industrialization Every kind of society has embraced at least the idea of industrialization since it started in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most significant elements of Europe’s modern transformation. Initial industrialization period was 1750–1900‚ drew on the Scientific Revolution. Utterly transformed European society‚ pushed Europe into a position of global dominance‚ was more
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Impact of Industrialization on Japan from 1750-1914 In the 1750s‚ Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate‚ which had seized control of the country at the beginning of the 17th century. The shogunate centralized Japan and transformed it from a constantly warring collection of disunified states into a single country at peace. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan from the early 17th century until 1868‚ a period when Japan was well behind the industrialization of other nations. During the Meiji period
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