The society in the North increased do to immigration between 1800 and 1860. The population in the North started at 5 million and went up to about 31 million do with massive immigration. The immigration affects the economy do to all the jobs open. The economy has big cities from the immigration witch is good for the trade and manufacturing. Water from rivers and streams are used to make water power. Water power was used to run the factories . To the economy going up in the North the harbors and streets
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time for the working class. Children were considered a helping hand‚ and in those times the people did not believe in childhood. Children were considered labor slaves‚ and they were in high demand. Children worked on the farms‚ the street‚ textile mills‚ servants and even the worst‚ prostitution. Often children were orphans‚ and they lived on the streets. But orphans were not the only children on the streets; children that came from abusive families‚ alcoholics and neglect were also on the streets
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American History‚ n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2013. "Effects of the Industrial Revolution." Modern World History. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2013. Mack‚ Pamela E. "Textile Factories Come to the U.S." People.clemson.edu. N.p.‚ 24 Sept. 2003. Web. 1 Oct. 2013. Mill Times. Dir. David Macaulay. Perf. David Macaulay. PBS‚
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“Limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent‚” Those are the words of John O’Sullivan‚ thus creating the term “manifest destiny”‚ which is still in popular use today. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the US had the divine right to claim the whole of North America as well as push out Natives. However‚ as cruel and arrogant as it might seem‚ there were both benefits and negatives to it. Manifest Destiny was one of the main reasons behind
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everyday products that was known back then as “pre-modern world”. In 1790‚ Samuel Slater is often credited at the first person to start the “American Revolution which was similar to the British model. With his innovation expanding the pace of how cotton string could be converted to yarn.
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Revolution was done in rural areas and took a lot of time to get the work done‚ but later it was mostly done in factories . Steam powered machines allowed the work in factories to be done at a quicker and much cheaper way. These machines in the textile mill factories were usually done by females because the employers almost always targeted them. Many nations at the time took in the ideas of other nations to make their way of doing things better but to also equally
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The Industrial Revolution affected people in many ways. Machines were built‚ jobs were lost‚ cities became overcrowded‚ young children started working‚ and poverty spread. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ most people lived in the countryside‚ which was quite isolated. People were generally poor‚ and often went to bed hungry. There were no machines. Those who weren’t involved in agriculture made their income with ‘cottage industries.’ This was usually sewing‚ household manufacturing‚ or lace-making
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demand higher wages and/or shorter working hours. If caught‚ the punishment was three months in jail. After 25 years of protest to this‚ trade unions were legalised‚ leading to the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union‚ established by Robert Owen‚ a mill-owner helped improve working qualities by allowing his workers sick pay and refusing to employ children. In 1834‚ the British Parliament tried to handle the changing social conditions by reestablishing the 233-year-old Poor Law. While the Industrial
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To make fabric there were people spinners whose whole lives were spent running spinning wheels and turning cotton into threads to make fabric. People were relieved of this misery by the invention of a machine by James Hargreaves called spinning jenny that enabled workers to individually produce numerous spools of threads simultaneously. The machines that were
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lifestyle with municipal water supplies‚ sewage systems‚ and building codes. This improved the safety and sanitation of urban life. Due to the increasing population‚ producers turned to technology that rapidly mechanized the textile industries such as cotton‚ iron‚ and steel. The flying shuttle was invented to weave faster‚ the mule contributed in producing more thread faster‚ and the steam engine was used in engines for multiple uses. Altogether‚ these technological advances included quick and cheap
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