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    families rigorously toiled long hours within factories and coal mines just to make means end. Rising housing and food costs deterred family planning and caused lower female fertility rates. Poverty forced young children to work in factories‚ textile mills‚ and coal mines which led to physical and emotional child abuse. Harsh working conditions with unregulated work hours gave rise to alcoholism and spousal abuse which ultimately led to the collapse of the family unit and community social networks. Although

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    The period of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1850) was characterized by a time of change and development‚ to which the cotton industry and scientific machinery advancement acting as the engines driving radical demographic and social change. The developments in the factory system subsequently led to the demographic shift from rural to urban society. The demographic shift depressed the living standards of workers of the of the manufacturing systems and left the aggravated conditions of labor and poverty

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    followed in an enormous amount in the number of crops farmers could compose. To the shock of wool‚ silk‚ and linen manufacturers‚ cotton became beyond exceedingly popular in England and Europe during the 1700s. The United Kingdom had access to cotton as a outcome of its colonial empire. India manufactured inexpensive cotton. But England was about to alter the equation of cotton supply and demand. The instruments that England

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    growth was supported by the stable government that britain had. Later on‚ the Industrial Revolution took hold of Textiles—Britain’s largest industry. In the 1700s entrepreneurs and british merchants developed the putting out system‚ distributing raw cotton to peasant families resulting to many working in their homes‚ but the production was slow‚ consequently increasing the demand for more cloth. New devices‚ such as the spinning jenny and flying shuttle‚ contributed to the revolution of the British

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    Works Cited BBC. "Why the Industrial Revolution Happened in Britain ." 14 January 2013. BBC. Web. 25 October 2013. Hux‚ Alton and Fredrick E. Jarman. "The Industrial Revolution." Canada : Dons Mills: Academic Press ‚ 1982. Print . "Impacts of the Industrial Revolution ." 17 February 2003. Industrial Revolution . Web. 26 Octomber 2013. Kreis‚ Steven. "The Orgins of the Industrial Revolution in England." 2001. History Guide . Web. 25 October 2013. Pearson Education. "Industrial Revolution‚

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    advantage in its agricultural‚ cotton and iron industries but not in manufacturing as a

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    Johannes Muller 11473862 Word Count:1580 Modern America Question 5 In this essay I will discuss the following question. "How did the industrial revolution impact westward expansion". Without the industrial revolution impact on westward expansion we would not have the America we see today. The industrial revolution took place between 1760 and 1840 around the world. The westward expansion took place from 1807 to 1912. Without the industrial revolution‚ westward expansion would have failed.

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    Most people work from their late teens into their 60’s‚ saving for life’s needs. Imagine working your whole life‚ just to die poor. This happened to female workers in the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was a period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s‚ and in the 1880’s‚ this movement spread to Japan. Did the cost of working in silk factories outweigh the benefits of being a worker in the industry? For the female silk workers of Japan

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    The Industrial Revolution effects are mainly negative‚ but the outcome was favorable. Although during the Industrial Revolution a numerous amount of people died. A man who worked in the mills was interviewed and what he described while working there was horrible. A picture representing what the factories were doing to the world. Although the process of the Industrial Revolution was negative‚ the outcome was positive. The final example will be of Henry Ford standing next to what the Industrial Revolution

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    education‚ which is not safe. A House of Lords interview‚ during 1819‚ states “ The stated of the health of the cotton factory children is much worse than that of an unemployed one”. This is coming from a doctor‚ shows these kids were clearly in a sanitized and safe environment. So clearly some kids are working and some not is this because of the classes?Maybe. Dr.Ward also adds “ Cotton factories are highly unfavorable‚ both to the health and morals of those employed at them”. Clearly these workers

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