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    Dozens of factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution but the inventions are the most important‚ such as the Spinning Jenny‚ the Telephone‚ and the Steam Engine. Before the Spinning Jenny was produced‚ workers would have to spin yarn on a spinning wheel with only one spindle. This was a laborious task and took way too much time. In 1764‚ James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny‚ which allowed workers to spin yarn on eight spindles. The Spinning Jenny rapidly increased the process

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of progress and pain‚ of advancement and agony‚ of inventions and innovations. The Revolution started in Great Britain due to Britain’s geography‚ government‚ social factors‚ and colonial empire. The British had much access to natural resources such as coal‚ water‚ and ore‚ and they had a “free society” in which the people had opportunities such as entrepreneurship. Throughout the Industrial Revolution‚ there were several changes that affected people all over

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    Industrial Revolution (DBQ) The Industrial Revolution had a positive and negative affect on the new world. Bringing many new inventions‚ factories‚ and transportation. The factories produced items faster and the new invention of ships and vehicles made trade move quicker and farther. Was this all a positive affect on the world? Some would argue that it was not. In document 1 we see an excerpt from an interview with a man (Joseph Hebergam) that worked in one of the various factories. Joseph

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    DBQ: Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution had many different impacts on England’s people and economy‚ some being positive and others negative. The Industrial Revolution began when new inventions were introduced to England. These inventions effected transportation‚ jobs‚ social classes‚ education‚ and living conditions. As the revolution was in motion‚ a number of people had benefited from its growth in the manufacturing industry. Women had started working in factories‚ producing cloth

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    The Industrial Revolution and the process of urbanization that came with it greatly impacted the life of Americans. The switch from a primarily agrarian society to an industrial society played devastation for the average American‚ all the while empowering the wealthy. Many technological advances were made during this time‚ and the main factor leading to the American Industrial Revolution and urbanization was the expansion of the railway system. In 1869‚ the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of innovation and productivity which truly allowed the British to transition to this new era. The Industrial Revolution in Britain was not caused from an individual power but the need for a better energy source than wood. The British found this in coal which contains three times the amount of energy‚ and the British coasts were blessed with this resource. Mining was what allowed the Industrial Revolution to kick start. As the coal source on the surface depleted

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    Theories of industrial relations: The political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism The economistic theory The democratic and political theory The moral and ethical theory The Marxist theory 1. The political theories of Unitarism In unitarism‚ the organization is perceived as an integrated and harmonious whole with the ideal of "one happy family"‚ where management and other members of the staff all share a common purpose‚ emphasizing mutual cooperation. Furthermore‚ unitarism has a paternalistic

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    Industrial activity is a major source of stability in an economy. It is more crucial in a planned economy wedded to the achievement of such an objective of economic growth and social justice. Achievement of such an objective requires active State participation in the process of industrialization to give the required directions as demanded by the situation. An industrial policy provides guidelines for the effective co-ordination of the activities of various sectors of the economy. The evolution of

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    To clarify‚ this system vilifies the majority of racialized individuals within society‚ in order to benefit the minority of those in power. Not only does this system place racialized minorities in jail at astonishing rates‚ this system has a massive affect on racialized minorities that do not exist in the prison system. Specifically‚ by vilifying the black body as “criminal”‚ the prison industrial complex impacts the livelihood and daily activities that black individuals partake in (38)

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    improved over the course of many years. The Industrial Revolution has benefited the United States Steel Company in many ways and has helped shape what it is today. The Industrial Revolution started out in 18th century Britain (“Industrial” 1). At this time most of the world was in a handicraft economy‚ making products by hand (“Industrial” 1). The Industrial Revolution helped to change the economy into a machine driven manufacturing industry (“Industrial” 1). During this time many technical‚ socioeconomic

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