From Industrial Revolution to the Gilded Age The American Industrial Revolution‚ and Reconstruction set in motion great changes to the nation. The Industrial Revolution brought about problems for the lower class‚ while reconstruction created a power struggle for people in the south. The labor movement and the Granger movement were two sides of the same coin. As the industrial revolution made commodities cheaper to make‚ industrial workers were paid lower wages. The farmers‚ albeit for different
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The early parts of the Industrial Revolution played a huge role in transforming American society. During this time‚ Americans set the standard for what was going to be the future of the United States. There are a multitude of ideas that could be understood as ideas that transformed American society‚ but in my mind there are five ideas that developed the United States into the country we are today more than all of the rest. Primarily‚ the change in agricultural output led to the change in the need
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The Industrial Revolution was an explosive moment of historical economic‚ political‚ and social change. The emergence of technology and resulting societal transformation inspired art movements that reevaluated the perception of and around art and artists. One essential product of the Industrial Revolution was the invention of the camera. Through analysis of its effect‚ we can timeline the way the camera and new technological processes affected the perception of value in art originals vs reproductions
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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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Students will be able to identify the inventions made during the Industrial Revolution. Students will be able to analyze the impact of the new technology and inventions introduced during the Industrial Revolution. Students will be displaying research skills in order to further their understanding of the Industrial Revolution. The Task: Prior to the introduction of this assignment‚ the class would have studied the Industrial Revolution and its impact of the world. A Powerpoint would have been used
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The experiences of the urban working classes during the industrial revolution were harsh and unforgiving compared to our modern urban lives. People who used to live in serene farms or peaceful towns and were now forced to live in dark and crowded cities to in order to support their own/ family needs. These places are usually filthy and filled with disease-ridden air. Exposure to this kind of environment could cause a poor health conditions for the people who were living in that area especially children
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along way since the industrial revolution. Starting out with things such as the cotton gin and going to things such as the radio then the television and then phones. This progression has helped a lot in the medical field and has saved countless lives. Starting in the civil war they began to amputating limbs when someone got shot. Technology can save lives‚ entertain people‚ improve the quality of life and it can help with Military improvements. Technology has come a long way this essay will go over good
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A combination of worsened economic conditions‚ new technology and unfortunate government policy made the lives of farmers significantly more difficult in the second half of the nineteenth century. Increased global competition‚ the beginning of the national market‚ and increased domestic production caused the price of goods to drop dramatically. In the late 1800s people were encouraged to move west and start farms‚ and were given loans by banks and the government to do so. This led to a large increase
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1 April 2011 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS VS. SOCIAL IMPACTS The period of 1760 to 1851 was marked by huge advancements in the technological and industrial fronts of humankind and gave rise to the manufacturing powerhouses. Such growth is in effect a by-product of numerous influences and has a profound impact on the world we now know today (Soman). This era came to be known as the Industrial Revolution. It was marked by major changes in agricultural
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transition. The one of the Industrial Revolution advantages was that it introduced inexpensive mass produced manufactured goods to the market and this also lead to increased trade between nations. Before the Industrial revolution‚ most of the agricultural goods were household consumption; however‚ the technological advance leads to increased yield for agricultural products. There was very little international trade done before revolution. On the other hand‚ Industrial Revolution also had a dark side in
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