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    Erie Canal In The 1800s

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    The Erie Canal was a big success during the 1800s. Helping and aiding many people‚ making their life easier. In source #3 it shows the table which from how old transportation before the erie canal came. The table shows the burst of the erie canal’s explosion on the usefulness and the usage of the erie canal. Cost lowering‚ usage of the Erie Canal going immensely up‚ population of some areas going way up due to the popularity and the usefulness of the Erie Canal‚ cutting down normal time of travel

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    After the civil war and then throughout the rest of the nineteenth century‚ became much larger‚ more industrialized‚ and became much more common. The new American city changed people’s lives and people continued to change the city. The most prominent factors that transformed places like New York‚ Boston‚ and Chicago were immigration‚ industrialization‚ and the expansion of the railway system. The Industrialization of cities in the mid to late 1800’s all started with the railroad system. Railroads

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    Dbq Industrialization

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    Throughout the 19th century there had been a lot of factors that caused change in this time period. It was figured that the U.S would become an industrial superpower by the turn of the 20th century. The various factors were;natural resources‚ railroads‚ population increase and free enterprise system. These within them selves made it clear that there must be some kind of way to transpire these into one another and contribute. This is where inventors came in the mix. It was understood that

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    Imperialism is the domination over an undeveloped country socially‚ politically‚ and economically. Imperialism affected many countries. For example‚ China‚ India‚ Africa‚ and South America were all affected by imperialism. Causes of imperialism are nationalistic motives‚ military motives‚ economic motives‚ and missionary motives. Many nations wanted to expand their territory‚ their army‚ and develop a more successful trade with no limitation. Imperialism began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth

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    The industrial order of the nineteenth century was a period of growth and advancement in America. With industrialism came an influx of jobs for American and immigrant workers. Technological advances made more jobs available to unskilled workers and led to a rise in national productivity. However‚ the industrial movement also created more challenges within the workplace. Although nineteenth century workers saw slight improvements in wages and working hours‚ workplace conditions remained hazardous

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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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    What were the economic and social results of the agricultural revolution? Agricultural revolution often called as Neolithic revolution is period when people started to produce food. Before agricultural revolution people obtained food through hunting and gathering. However during the agricultural revolution‚ people learned how to produce food by farming or ranching. Thus Neolithic people could end their nomadic life. People started to settle in one place. Also thanks to the agricultural revolution

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    Three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in England were the geography‚ the economic freedom‚ and innovation in England. First of all‚ England was very lucky to have many accessible waterways that were close to each other to be able to travel to get or receive supplies from factories or any other places for that matter. Its geography was important at the time‚ since that before these boats‚ they had wooden ships‚ where it wouldn’t hold much weight‚ which make it harder to get the supplies

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    Exploring Waltham City‚ MA Waltham City‚ MA is also known as the Watch City and it played a crucial role in the early days of the labor movement. The industries in this area were a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. There are many good homes in Waltham City that match the needs of a median income family. The area boasts of Public Schools‚ Private Schools and Universities. It is City that is now a center for research and higher education. Any family that makes the investment

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    Lewis Hine Research Paper

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    After the end of the Civil War‚ American jobs were growing extremely fast. So many of these jobs popped up that business owners needed more laborers to fill them. Ultimately‚ families sent their children to work for these business owners because they needed the money. Furthermore‚ children often worked with their parents in the same factory‚ which made the companies excessive amounts of money. The National Child Labor Committee‚ or the NCLC‚ was founded in 1904 to combat these big corporations.

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