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    The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution “During the Industrial Revolution many natural resources were being used up in a alarming rate.”(Kids Konnect) Although the Industrial Revolution did have positive outcomes‚ it came with negative effects such as bad sanitation‚ unemployment‚ and child labor. Sooner or later bad sanitation would be a issue in the Industrial Revolution. With bad sanitation came diseases. “Some deadly diseases were Cholera‚ tuberculosis‚ typhus‚ typhoid‚ and influenza.”(BCC)

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    Many times one can hear to truly know someone read their story or don’t judge a book by its cover till you’ve read it. Well‚ in the nineteenth-century was the start of the industrial revolution. At this time the social class order was more visible Aristocrats‚ Middle Class (which was then divided into the Upper Middle Class and the Lower Middle Class)‚ and Lower Class (which had the Poor and the Working Class). Not many would pay much attention to the lower working class seeing that they were the

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    The economic impact of the industrial revolution on the US were that prices were lowered since they could now make more goods‚ in less time‚ for less. People also started investing in these ideas like factories and bought stock in the companies. It also rechartered the bank of the US which kept the economy together. The downside was that natural resources diminished and started an incline in use of pesticides/chemicals. The social impact of the industrial revolution on the US were primarily good

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    Effects of Social Darwinism

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    Introduction The Effects of Social Darwinism on the social trends of the 19th century. “As a world view‚ Darwinism cannot of course be refuted‚ since Faith is‚ always has been‚ and always will be‚ stronger than facts. “ - Francis P. Yockey Social Darwinism is a theory that competition among all individuals‚ groups‚ nations or ideas drives social evolution in human societies. The term draws upon Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection‚ where competition between individual organisms drives

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    The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools‚ and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change helped life‚ but also hindered it as well. Pollution‚ such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere‚ rose‚ working conditions declined‚ and the number of women and children working increased. The government‚ the arts‚ literature‚ music and architecture and man’s way of looking at life all changed during the period. Two revolutions took

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s‚ caused the transition between the grueling manual labor we now consider archaic to machines still used in factories to this day. With this newfound efficiency‚ however‚ came a whole slew of unforeseen problems‚ many of which related to the bad conditions in which the working class was placed. Although many of these problems were unique in their solutions‚ many others could be solved with the application of socialist

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    Industrial Revolution Vashishth Agaja Grade 9-A The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools‚ and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life‚ but also obstructed it as well. Pollution‚ such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rose‚ working conditions declined‚ and the number of women and children working increased. The government‚ the arts‚ literature‚ music and architecture and man’s way of looking

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    What Is Social Darwinism?

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    Social Darwinism was a main force in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first to coin the phrase “survival of the fittest‚” Herbert Spencer‚ a 19th century philosopher who we can credit with the establishment of the concept of Social Darwinism. Spencer applied the theory of evolution to human conduct. Social Darwinist based their belief on theories of evolution developed by Charles Darwin. Some social Darwinist felt that the government should not regulate or get involved with

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    publications on the theory of evolution by natural selection. More specifically‚ Josiah Strong embraced the idea of social darwinism‚ an application of Darwin’s theory on the origin of species to success in society. He attributes the success of whites to subdue others and enforce institutions around the world is because of an innate superiority over other races. White supremacy through darwinism justified the United States’ imperialist actions under President Theodore Roosevelt and his Big Stick diplomacy

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    passed; the American and French revolutions had created profound changes in political thought that are still extant. They were radical changes from the established order‚ which the new thinkers rejected.” European individuals during the nineteenth century were in favor of the ideas of personal freedom‚ freedom of speech‚ religion‚ freedom to vote‚ press‚ assembly‚ and market‚ which are combined together known as classical liberalism. Two types of liberalism sprung

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