How Industrialization Changed The Social, Political, And Economic Face Of America 's Cities

“In 1983 American education reform entered a new era. It was in that year that the federal government published a report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education entitled A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. Commissioned in August 1981 by President Ronald Reagan's secretary of education, Terrel H. Bell, and chaired by David P.” (1). School reform has been poisoning our American educational system for 33 years and keeps on going with Obamas’ No Child Left Behind. This article should inform you on how school reform had developed, what is still causing the problem, and how school reform affects society.

The Negativity of the American Education System The American Education System is not meeting the needs of current students. If anything, the system is not building a sturdy foundation for the future working class. Schools have existed for many years and every period they have worked differently. However, every school’s main purpose was to educate students to be efficacious later in life. Modern day schools are corrupting students with added pressure, standardized tests, making less accommodations for special education students, not following laws, and take away individualism from the students’. The students of modern times are the people of our future and the future does not look too bright with the current American Education System.

The idea of education has advanced throughout history, constantly shifting by societal ideals and human evolvement. This change is especially prominent during the 1800s and continues to alter to this very day with education policies. Public education first began during the Industrial Revolution. During this crucial time in history, many children were required to get an education in order to learn the trades of the growing economy and business as opposed to getting hurt in from hazardous machinery. These skills were limited reading, writing, and math. Ultimately, from this concept, public education was founded and from then, our society has grown into a well-educated community in which every individual has a role into making an impressive,

Introduction While many different types of schools and educational movements have influenced the American education system that we have today, two primary influences are the American common school movement and the Latin grammar school movement. Common schools were first started in the 1830’s and 1840’s and consisted of a universal curriculum

Discuss some of the ways that industrialization changed America. Give some concrete examples and back up your answers with as many facts as possible. Industrialization changed American in many ways through manufacturing in history that affected our future in goods and resources. Industrialization started in the eighteenth century in Britain.

However, as America started maturing. Towns grew into cities, railroads were built, urbanization increased. Large families were an inconvenience was jobs were scarce, and abortion became more and more popular. Meanwhile in Great Britain 1803, the Ellenborough and Lansdowne Acts were passed.

Through history you can see that work ethic became vitally important when the United States was becoming influential in the world market. This was especially seen during the rise of industrialization in America from 1878-1889 when a handful of corporations rose up and became the most powerful companies in the world. Some of these companies that are well-known today arose during this time period such as General Electric, U.S Steel, and J.P Morgan Banking. These corporations became very successful because of their business owners and their determination to do whatever was necessary to make a profit and put themselves above all other rival companies. Several come to mind but the two most prominent were John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.

America’s New Look as an Urban Nation When the United States was founded as a nation after the Revolutionary War it was largely agrarian in nature. Even when people lived in the village, that town was made up fewer that ten houses on average and only occasionally had other buildings such as a school, church, or small store. The people lived together for protection, and traveled out to their farm land everyday to till, plant and harvest. With the advent of the industrial revolution staring in the early part of the nineteenth century and then even more so with the information revolution of the 1960's onward people began moving away from the country and into the city because that was where they worked. There were enough farms to support the

Industrialization and the American Society The United States is widely recognized for its exponential growth in regards to population, economic and political. The industrialization period had various affirmative impacts on the American society but it also had some adverse effects on the population. Most significantly, slave trade emerged during this period which led to the oppression of the African Americans who bore the majority of the burden of progress that was experienced . The American Civil War in United States happened from 1861 to 1865 which was provoked by the existing controversy surrounding the state’s rights and slavery . Owing to this alluded facts, this expose seeks to establish a critical analysis on the impacts of industrialization

At the turn of the century the rise of the urban city began to take shape. The “New Metropolis” of industrial cities in America began to produce many innovations and creations both terrible and wonderful at the same time. With the advent of steam power replacing water power the scale of the amount of goods and materials produced vastly increased. The increase of products drew men and women away from farming communities and poor countries around the world into the blooming cities.

Vishnu Rammohan- Chapter 21 Outline The Emergence of Urban America The Emergence of Urban America: The United States experienced urban transformation o Age of great cities, population boom more than half lived in urban areas by 1920. Distinctive urban culture created by rise of big cities. Heterogeneous population in cities. The prospect of Jobs, wealth, excitement had encouraged many to move into the big cities. New social problems had risen. Poverty, political corruption, quality of life issues. Also the increasing prevalence of segregation

The Industrial Revolution was a period of time from around 1780-1850, which was led by Britain. Manufactures and businesses grew including the number of laborers. This even including the popularization of child labor, especially in coal mines and factories. This was a very successful period of time for factory owners, and the very opposite for laborers.

At first look, I theorized that education in the Western United States was different from education in the East in the 1800s. However, I soon found out that the curriculum was standardized across the country. In the 19th century, efforts were made to allow equal opportunities for people of all socioeconomic levels and all regions in America. In the past century, people have made efforts to allow equal opportunities for people of all races and genders. The principle behind American education continues to be a standardized, one-size-fits-all education, when the world has been changing around us with new technology, jobs, and culture.

I was charged with the immense task of writing an executive summary on the state of our nation in regards to urbanization. Though this is a large and some may say difficult task I am surely up for the challenge. Outsiders looking in on the United States may say that

Urbanization was a process where people moved from rural areas into urban areas. The history of urbanization can be seen with the growth rates of city population. During the year 1840 there was only 131 cities in the United States, but by 1900 the number of cities has grown by 1,700. The people moved from rural homes into towns and cities. For example the well known city Los Angeles had a population of 18.55 million during 2014, but during 1870 there was only a total of 5,728 and 30 years after that that number risen to 102,749. The United States population was majority in rural areas in the early years, but during the year 1790 around 95 percent of the population lived on the countryside. The remaining 5 percent lived in villages. It was predicted