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    The industrial revolution motivated the European nations to colonizing foreign lands. Primarily‚ nations established colonies to gain economic wealth and power. In the early 18th century‚ the industrial revolution was beginning in nations such as Great Britain‚ and new markets and raw materials were needed to sustain the new industries. There was a force of production that involved a shift from small individual production to large scale production in factories so that they can produce more manufactured

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    Women in the early Industrial Revolution were commonly associated with domestic duties such as housekeeping‚ child rearing and nurturing‚ and household management. However‚ Industrialization helped create new modes of employment that allowed many young women to earn enough to marry o to support themselves independently. These new methods of work did present a lower skill set needed to work in them. Textile production was the starting point of the Industrial Revolution. Women and their labor were

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    Industrial R e v o l u t i o n Henry Ford’s Famous assembly Line. Definition: An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product Between 1908 and 1915‚ Henry Ford’s company Ford Motor Company‚ began to use what is now being called as the

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    LIFE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Industrialization- As American factories grew‚ they no longer needed to employ skilled workers who had spent years learning their particular trade. Instead‚ they could hire unskilled laborers who performed simple tasks and worked for lower wages. As a result‚ American factory work became "deskilled" after the Civil War. WORKING CONDITIONS -Even in good times wages were low‚ hours long and working conditions hazardous. -Little of the wealth which the nation

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    The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution are closely linked through the standard idea that freedom and autonomy of the human being is what would bring advancement and progress. The age of Enlightenment was characterized by the belief in both human advancement and nature. The human advancement was believed to be achieved through education. The human being was seen as an integral part of nature. Nature‚ therefore‚ was acknowledged to be governed by a complex system of interactive laws‚ as was

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    any movements in the credit market (Bear Stearns and the Seeds of its Demise‚ 2008). The investment strategy of the High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Master Fund was essentially the same as the one above; however‚ there was a greater investment into low-risk securities. Thus‚ increasing the amount of leverage to enable this additional investment. This investment would then create a higher return‚ but with limited risk (Bear Stearns and the Seeds of its Demise‚ 2008). 2.) Profits

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    Since the start of mankind‚ the human race has gone through many improvements but the biggest one is right now in 1830‚ the Industrial Revolution. Although there are many negatives the positives outweigh them. For example‚ Education‚ Modern inventions‚ and industrial production are all positives that are coming out of the revolution. As of right now we are the only country going through this phase and its great having all this technology make life easier like  steam engine and springing jenny.    

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    A Walk Across America By: Caden Cotter 9-2 Peter Jenkins’ journey across America was very exciting yet dangerous. He met many different types of people and visited various towns. He suffered great losses along the way but also learned many things about America that he did not know before. At the beginning of Peter’s walk he knew nothing about America. For example‚ he thought Alabama was full of a bunch of hillbillies who were uneducated and racist people. It turns out he absolutely loved

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    Industrial/Agrarian Revolution Notes: Agrarian Revolution: - before life expectancy was 20-30 - Education was a privilege not a right - no sewage systems - 80% of pop. was farmers - Enclosure Acts! - Cheeper food - small scale farmers had to move to towns and cities to seek jobs - city pop. rose - farming less difficult - farming: Survival > Business - 1750 ~15% lived in towns - 1850 ~50% lived in towns - 1880 ~80% lived in towns The population explosion: The social and economic effect of

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    Industrialization: A Negative Impact The Industrial Revolution began over 200 hundred years ago‚ yet the negative impacts still effect societies around the world today. The peoples of this planet have not yet defeated the classism that arose during this era‚ and the planet itself stuck in an ever-apparent cycle of excessive CO2 emissions. To overcome these global challenges‚ common knowledge must expand to proper and clean ways of product consumption and waste‚ and a sense of equality amongst

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