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    During the Industrial revolution it reflects towards a to the fast development that took place in 18th and 19th centuries. Industrial revolution led to several far changes in the way people lived and worked back then in history. The new technology development led to very large factories with large work force. Which of course required creating new jobs with much labor‚ that was more less skilled. Also you didn’t work for yourself or at your own timing you worked for a boss and you had to work as

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    The Industrial Revolution helped develop America into the advanced country it is today. With new forms of technology‚ transportation‚ and factory production‚ the great inventors during that time period transformed the daily way of life. (Heilbroner 12) Before the great Industrial Revolution‚ as in the 1700’s and early 1800’s‚ three-fourths of America’s total population grew their own food and wove their own clothing all by hand‚ without any form of technology to help‚ so simple tasks were very

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    textiles in their homes or small shops‚ and raised farm animals. They were their own bosses(WEBS).” People that lived in the countryside had everything the could buy or make on their own within their small village. On the other hand‚ during the Industrial Revolution‚ these factory workers were not unable to work at their own pace or take breaks to talk to their neighbor. The majority of the workers lived outside of the factories in poorly run and overpopulated cities that are filled with apartment

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    Life During the Pre-Industrial Revolution The American Industrial Revolution was considered a period of time where America was going through “its aging stage.” Life before the Industrial Revolution was mainly revolved around agriculture and hand-made products. People earned their living by working at home‚ since most of their manufactured goods were often made in their cottage using only hand tools or simple inventions‚ such as old spinning wheels and the wooden plow. These simple tools produced

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    Firstly it is important to identify how sustained economic growth first came about and what the main factors were behind this growth. The Industrial Revolution in Britain during the 18th century marked the emergence of sustained economic growth. During this period many new producer and consumer goods were invented that led to greater possibilities to generate economic growth. Sectors such as the cotton textile sector emerged at a British dominated

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    During the Industrial Revolution‚ the use of child labour was very common. Most families did not have enough money and so‚ their children had to work to bring money into the household. They had to work long hours in dangerous conditions getting little to no pay. Children were useful in the workforce because of their size allowing them to fit in small spaces in mines or factories where adults couldn’t fit. Working conditions were harsh‚ they would have to wake up very early and then work for as long

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    Rodriguez 1 American History Miss Randall 3 February 2016 Jane Addams Jane Addams opened the Hull House to the public in 1889. She was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois and dies on May 21‚ 1935. She was one of the major leaders in the women’s suffrage movement. Ms. Addams helped a countless amount of people. She established the Hull House‚ which was like a safe house for the poor and the immigrants. Jane Addams was the most important social reformer in the time of progressivism because

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    Her name was Jane Addams. She was a huge influence in that time on American citizens. She was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois and died in 1935. She did many things to turn America towards theirs most serious problems at the time and try to solve them. Jane Addams consistently tried to warn the country that one of the biggest problems were mother problems. Problems such as a need for

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    The American society during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution was an accurate depiction of both the benefits and setbacks of rapid development. When the Spanish-American war ended in August 1898‚ the United States rapidly became an Industrial Society. Steady jobs at factories drew close to 28 million immigrants to America between 1820 and 1930. Immigration was a huge benefit to industrial success‚ allowing new industries‚ such as steel and oil‚ to grow massively. The growing population‚

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    the audience think - what would Jane Addams say? Jane Addams‚ a woman with outstanding ethos‚ is said to be the first public intellectual - “a social thinker who wanted to communicate with a mass audience” (The Jane Addams Reader). In What Would Jane Say?‚ author Janice Metzger initially grasps you to the concept that the upbringing of ideas proposed by women were‚ in essence‚ muted and dismissed. However‚ in chapter two‚ it becomes apparent by the power of Jane Addams’ intellect‚ the voices of women

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