The Industrial Revolution is responsible for the way we live our lives today. During the Industrial Revolution‚ cities all throughout the world underwent dramatic changes. While industrialization brought about an improved standard of living‚ a variety of manufactured goods and better transportation of goods‚ it also resulted in often appalling living and working conditions for the poor and working classes. From the start‚ industrialization allowed populations to turn from being rural areas to mostly
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evolved from horses and dirt roads to trains and steam boats‚ from imperfect and handmade objects to precise and factory-made objects. These changes influenced an environment of factories and very large cities. This big change was called The Industrial Revolution. Transportation changed from horseback riding to trains and steamboats. New roads were invented to help horse carriages travel smoother. Steamboats‚ clipper ships‚ and canals all helped travel on the water faster and easier. They also helped
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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN The Great Britain was the first country to undergo industrial revolution which according to Musson and Robinson (1969) is the "transformation of a predominantly rural‚ agricultural and handicraft society into a predominantly urban‚ industrial and mechanized society" (60). Indeed the modern world owes a lot to British pioneers of the 18th and 19th century like Abraham Darby‚ Richard Arkwright‚ John Wilkinson‚ Samuel Crompton‚ Thomas Newcomen and James Watt
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The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution started in the 1700s and many things were invented‚ that made many 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
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LIFE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Industrialization- As American factories grew‚ they no longer needed to employ skilled workers who had spent years learning their particular trade. Instead‚ they could hire unskilled laborers who performed simple tasks and worked for lower wages. As a result‚ American factory work became "deskilled" after the Civil War. WORKING CONDITIONS -Even in good times wages were low‚ hours long and working conditions hazardous. -Little of the wealth which the nation
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The Industrial revolution was a period of inventions and economic expansions that occurred in Britain in the eighteenth century. With time and money efficient innovations‚ factories were on the rise and began to take over cities. Eventually‚ the Industrial revolution lead to the deterioration of working conditions for the poor. It is important to understand how the Industrial revolution shaped working conditions because the advancements that took place during this era lead to the current workplace
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James R. Hamilton J. Haar HIST 1103-002 10/31/2012 Exam #2 Identification and Significance 1. McCulloch v. Maryland McCulloch v. Maryland was a Supreme Court case in March 1819. In this particular case‚ the state of Maryland had levied a tax on the Baltimore branch of the federal Bank of the United States. The unanimous decision that the tax was in fact unconstitutional was delivered by Supreme Court Chief Justice at the time‚ John Marshall. This case is significant because it set precedence
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The Industrial Revolution was a complete success in England‚ United Kingdom‚ but most importantly in the United States and therefore‚ throughout the world. The outcome of the Industrial Revolution was positive and negative. It created a better life for almost everyone‚ but it made the poor people’s lifes a struggle to live and have money. It influenced many countries to start their own industrial revolution. Inventions were created and a very important era began. Revolutions are mainly the product
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The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s‚ caused the transition between the grueling manual labor we now consider archaic to machines still used in factories to this day. With this newfound efficiency‚ however‚ came a whole slew of unforeseen problems‚ many of which related to the bad conditions in which the working class was placed. Although many of these problems were unique in their solutions‚ many others could be solved with the application of socialist
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Many revolutions have classified time periods in history‚ yet none have been as ruthless as the American industrial revolution. The American nation was switching its interests from its agrarian roots to a more modernized attraction to technology and industry. A group of men stepped forth from the masses to lay claim to the many facets of this changing world. They became leaders of their own fields of business‚ providing the driving force behind economic and industrial change. The leaders of this
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