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    The 1800’s were a time of innovation and immigration to cities for the new factory jobs‚ because the Agricultural Revolution changed farms. There were many positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. One positive effect of the Industrial Revolution‚ was urbanization. Urbanization was when cities were built because of all the jobs the factories were offering. Many people wanted these jobs‚ and went from farms to these new cities. They needed homes for these new comers‚ so they

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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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    Have you ever wonder how transport was created? In the industrial revolution between the years‚ 1750-1901 transport had a big influence on the society and Economy. Transportation inventions picked up in 1800 seeing the creation. Railways‚ steamboats and roads. Transportation in Britain roads were badly built and maintained. The railway’s lines were not around and instead‚ they had carriages pulled by horses. Transportation was created to get one thing from point A to point B which could be people

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    Women in the early Industrial Revolution were commonly associated with domestic duties such as housekeeping‚ child rearing and nurturing‚ and household management. However‚ Industrialization helped create new modes of employment that allowed many young women to earn enough to marry o to support themselves independently. These new methods of work did present a lower skill set needed to work in them. Textile production was the starting point of the Industrial Revolution. Women and their labor were

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ the process of change from agriculture and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution began in England and than it spread to different parts of the world. The main characteristic involved in the Industrial Revolution is technological‚ socioeconomic and cultural. The technological changes included the following the use of new materials iron and steel‚ the use of energy sources including both fuels and motive power

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    The Industrial Revolution set off an assortment of new improvements that were open to disasters. To begin‚ there was an increase of food supply. Not much of money was spent on food as it normally would have been‚ it was spent on manufactured goods too. Now that there was a demand for manufactured goods‚ there was a demand for workers also. Better agricultural technology left many farmers without jobs. That was not much of a problem because these workers could take the jobs in factories to operate

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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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    Question: Textile industry is the most significant factor in industrialization. To what extent do you agree? I agree to the statement that the textile industry was the most significant factor in industrialization in the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain to a great extent. The development of the textile industry promoted the productivity of manufacturing textile. The more textile products were produced and they satisfied the marketing requirement. Some of the excessive products were exported overseas

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    Nowadays‚ it is almost taken for granted that the industrial revolutions are the result of changing technology and the proper application of that in the industrial production. However‚ from my point of view‚ these two factors did play a vital role in stimulating industrial revolutions‚ but they were not the only catalyzer propelling monumental development in industry. Influentially‚ the improvements in organizations of politics‚ social patterns‚ commerce‚ finance‚ and transportation also accounted

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    Robert Owen was a successful Welsh businessman during the Industrial Revolution in Britain‚ but he left his mark on history as one of the leading social reformers of his time. He observed the changes in economic and social life caused by the rapid growth of machinery as he worked in the textile industry. He challenged the social view and believed that poverty was the consequence of the sins of the working class. He thought that in order to improve the man‚ you need to improve his social environment

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