The industrial revolution‚ continuing from the 18th to the 19th century‚ marks a significant shift in global economies and societies. It is characterised by the widespread adoption of industrial processes of manufacturing and production‚ particularly within the working class. The Industrial Revolution was fueled by the rapid advancement of technology‚ availability of resources and a shift from handcrafted goods to the use of machinery and factories. In Europe‚ children formed a significant proportion
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In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors‚ including the question of slavery‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the “right of self government.” In 1850‚ John C. Calhoun asked the question‚ “What is it that has endangered the Union?” in his speech "The Clay Compromise
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Humanity has been innovating for a long time‚ trying to make life for themselves and for everyone around them. This has always been the case‚ even during the earliest days of civilization. For example‚ during the hunter-gatherer period‚ innovation came through the form of agriculture. Agriculture‚ one of the first and most important innovations‚ was a huge step towards providing food for large numbers of people. This enabled them to live in larger groups and to settle in one area‚ instead of living
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Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era of the 1860’s began before and continued well after the Civil War. The plans were designed to bring the union back together. Today some historians argue that reconstruction failed. Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and the Radical Republicans‚ all had ideas and plans of how they wanted to bring the union back together. They all worked diligently to get their plans‚ laws‚ and proclamations into action. President Abraham Lincoln’s plans consisted of a Proclamation of Amnesty
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the 1780’s one of the most world-changing revolutions occurred in Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution was extremely important in bringing today’s technology to the modern world. This innovation delivered current machinery‚ factories and cheaper goods throughout the globe. However‚ factory conditions were deadly‚ many owners used child labor and tenants spread disease that killed millions. This made the Industrial Revolution overall a poor thing for human life. Tenants‚ where factory workers and
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The Industrial Revolution was a time of major societal reform‚ but at a severe cost. During the 18th century in Great Britain‚ people started to move from the countryside to cities. Human labor was replaced with machinery‚ like the cotton gin‚ that changed the way goods were made. Machines and factories had to compete with each other to keep up with each other and the demand for consumer goods. For example‚ as the Spinning Jenny was invented‚ there was a surplus of thread‚ so cloth needed to be woven
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In the late 1800-early 1900’s‚ immigrants began to settle in cities in large numbers. As a result of this increase in population‚ cities began to grow and change. People who come to life perinatally in a foreign country are known as immigrants. Immigrants came to america to start new and better lives. Immigrants came from all different countries but in the late 1800-early 1900’s immigrants mainly came from europe and asia. Immigrants would take a long journey to ellis island‚ where they would take
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Life at the factories was rough during the industrial era. Children picked up and put to work at factories to feed their family. They worked for 12-16 hours a day in a smoke infested rooms. They could lose limbs and get diseases just standing there. This document will prove factory life was unhealthy and dangerous for the workers at that time. A Doctor by the name of Michael ward was interviewed on the conditions he saw in the factories that summer.(House of lords committee and Michael w. 1819)
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In the Industrial Revolution many children suffered. The parents sold their children to the factories. Many children would get sick because they didn’t have any kind of medication. Children will only live up to a young age because of the bad conditions in the factories. Also because of how they were living. Children at young ages will start working. During the industrial Revolution children had terrible living conditions‚ they worked many hours‚ and they had terrible health conditions. The
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Brandee Meyer Boston from 1850-1900 There was no time in Boston that was most emphasized‚ than the 1850’s to 1900’s. In the city of Boston there were a lot of changes that had occurred between the second half of the 19th century‚ not only with the city but also with the people living in Boston. Boston has always been changing and in transition. Boston had changed majorly from being the merchant city to the industrial metropolis. The population of people went up about ¾ in 50 years of its
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