18th Century During the Industrial Revolution‚ disease was responsible for many deaths‚ and people then were not in good health. There was no knowledge of what caused diseases such as cholera‚ small pox or tuberculosis‚ and no one knew how to cure them yet. As cities started to grow more populated‚ people’s health became worse due to pollution and other factors. People were poorly fed and did not receive all the nutrients they needed to stay healthy. Even drinking water‚ an essential nutrient
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First‚ the general situation of exploitation of workers will be explored. Abuses including unpaid wages‚ wages below contract pay‚ unsafe working conditions are common in China. Although a new pro-‐labor contract law was put forward in 2008‚ the problem still prevails. It seems that the crux of
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The American society during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution was an accurate depiction of both the benefits and setbacks of rapid development. When the Spanish-American war ended in August 1898‚ the United States rapidly became an Industrial Society. Steady jobs at factories drew close to 28 million immigrants to America between 1820 and 1930. Immigration was a huge benefit to industrial success‚ allowing new industries‚ such as steel and oil‚ to grow massively. The growing population‚
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During the Industrial Revolution the standard of living significantly improved. First way the standard of living was impacted was the houses being built much better than before. With new inventions homes were made better than ever before. “Every day is adding something to your comforts. Our houses are built better…” (Document 4). This is explains the houses being built better so people were more comfortable. Better homes led to the standard of living increasing so people were not living in dilapidated
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Throughout centuries‚ there have been numerous events and modifications that influenced the lifestyle we are capable of having in the present day. The Industrial Revolution began around the 18th and 19th centuries where major transformations in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ transport‚ mining‚ and technology had a reflective effect on society throughout the world; with the help of a few talented‚ intelligent inventors‚ such as James Watt‚ Eli Whitney‚ & Thomas Edison they innovated upon previous works
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until ten o’clock at night. This was sourced from the history learning site. These working situations left many young girls and boys with no time of their own‚ and by the time they got home many slept until there were woken by older children earlier the next morning. This affected the children’s education and because of this Sunday schools were opened. (Engels‚ F‚ 1844). Throughout the entire Industrial Revolution the children’s social status gradually improved due to the creation of child rights
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ child labor became a huge issue. Around eighteen percent of all American workers were under the age of sixteen. Once the Industrial Revolution hit‚ children everywhere were looking for jobs. These children had to give up their right to an education‚ be harshly worked in dangerous situations‚ and help the family earn an income to put food on the table. Affording an education was hard for most families. In fact‚ so many people were out of business that a proper education
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(“Women in the 19th Century” 15). Robinson was one of the many women working at the Lowell Mills‚ which were textile mills in Lowell‚ Massachusetts‚ during the Industrial Revolution of the mid-1800s (Benson 932; “Women in the 19th Century” 13). These factories mainly employed young‚ single women between the ages of sixteen and thirty from the surrounding New England farms (Benson 932). As Robinson shows‚ they would protest when their working rights were deprived‚ and they found immense
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“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan I will now. ‘Arise’ says the Lord“protect them from those who malign them.” [Psalm 12:5] Charles Dickens would speak up for the poor and his books often show the conditions of the poor to get more compassion for the poor thus mirroring that verse. “The lord is a refuge for the oppressed in times of trouble.” [Psalm 9:9] Dickens would often only portray the lower classes as having much faith going so far as to portray
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survived better before the industrial revolution.Though when the industrial revolution comes in the lichens on the trees die and the peppered moth begins to be eaten more by birds and black moths survive and become more common. This shows that the variation in the population helps because if the moths didn’t have variation and were all peppered they would have all eventually died out. Natural selection made the colors of moths change to black during the industrial revolution.
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