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    When the Industrial Revolution started‚ people living in big cities lives came to be ruined. Workers worked in filthy‚ and packed conditions on a daily basis. In factories‚ and mills workers constantly labored in small areas without regular cleaning. Also‚ the workers obtained no bargaining power with their employers‚ along with the terrible conditions(Appleby et al. 307-309). Workers worked 10 to 14 hours a day‚ 6 days a week‚ with no vacation. Injuries and deaths often happened‚ because of so called

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    became extinct in most countries in the world today. Some significant changes were made in the area of Living conditions and health/disease. Living conditions before‚ during and after the industrial revolution The living conditions were good and bad depending on whom you asked. If you questioned a Politician‚ a very rich person or an entrepreneur the answer would be‚ life is good and the living conditions are excellent and luxurious. But when you ask a poor person

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    products in the same amount of time. The Industrial Revolution caused an improvement in living standards for the middle and upper class‚ but caused grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working class (Industrial Revolution). Normally chimney sweepers were orphans or children sold by their poverty-stricken parents. These children experienced physical and mental distress due to their work and living environments. The children who chimney swept had lifelong injuries and problems

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    The poor living conditions were the fundamental factor contributing to the psychological issues of the Japanese prisoner of World War Two inmates? To what extent is this true? Early in World War Two the Japanese made a swift move on much of Asia. They set out to take anything they could and made huge progress into the war. They took many prisoners of war in the early stages of their assault. Once Java collapsed and was forced to surrender it was only a matter of time before the Japanese expanded

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    working and living conditions during the industrial revolution -Extremely bad. -In the book " The Jungle " by Upton Sinclair‚ the author detailed the appalling conditions faced by the workers of the meat-packaging industry. "There were men who worked in the cooking rooms‚ in the midst of steam and sickening odors‚ by artificial light; in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for two years‚ but the supply was renewed every hour. There were the beef-luggers‚ who carried two-hundred-pound

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    Technology in 1910s

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    Workbook--Technology in 1910s In the second decades of 20th century‚ there were several technology big movements. New inventions and developments in sciences made lots of advantages for ordinary families and factories‚ workplace. This decade was also the era‚ which the information became “globalize” and been shared between different countries-- Thanks to the invention of shortwave radio and wireless radio. The technological achievements in those decades were quite impressive. The world’s first

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    10: Living with Cancer and Other Chronic Conditions Key Terms regulatory gene Genes that control cell specialization‚ replication‚ DNA repair‚ and tumor suppression. oncogenes Faulty regulatory genes that are believed to activate the development of cancer. proto-oncogenes Normal regulatory genes that may become oncogenes. metastasis The spread of cancerous cells from their site of origin to other areas of the body. benign Noncancerous; localized nonmalignant tumors contained within a

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    Table of content Content page List of tables………………………………………………………………………………………………...I Acronyms ……………………………………………………………………………………………….…II Acknowledgment …………………………………………………………………………………………III Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………IV CHAPTER ONE 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….1 1.1 .Background of the study area ………………………………………………………………..1

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    Housing was often a big problem among the American citizens. All available housing was purchased and remodeled to house many people. However‚ the living conditions was terrible among these people. America had a new look as an urban nation. The large number of people caused a lack of housing and this became a major issue in the 1880’s. Therefore‚ the renters tried to convert warehouses or buildings into a place where a lot of people could live in a small place. Some problems

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    Ghettos, 1910-1970

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    Ghettos‚ 1910-1970 After the Emancipation Proclamation was passed‚ most of the black population scattered to find their families and friends. About ninety percent of African Americans lived in the confederacy and around 1970 more than fifty percent lived outside of the south. Millions of African Americans sought to escape poverty in the south by moving to Northern cities where they hoped to find better lives‚ also seeking bigger opportunity and racial tolerance. Most of the migrants

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