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    manufacturing in other countries, including the United States. This surge became known as the Industrial Revolution; a domino effect that became an economic, social, political, and moral transition around the world. The United States was part of the countries that were majorly impacted by the revolution, and caused mass innovation that affected both the country and world to this day. One of the Industrial Revolution’s biggest and well-known accomplishments was the influx in the construction of factories

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    and the United States. The Industrial Revolution could have only meant several things were coming to change human kid. Not only that, but it was going to leave the people in these countries affected in a negative and positive way. Britain enjoyed a significant economic and technological advantages during the early years of the Industrial Revolution. Not to mention, that there were several major modern political traditions untimely emerging out of the Industrial Revolution. Britain enjoyed the significant

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    Morgan. The Industrial Revolution completely restructured the old America into a completely different place in which we now live in. These changes brought about railroads, manufacturing cities, and population growth; this also brought new inventions such as electricity and steel itself. Although it had some positive impacts, it also introduced new problems such as the dramatic difference between the rich and the poor. Overall, it led to the change from agriculture to machinery. The Industrial Revolution

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    Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution was the period marked with a significant shift from the manual operation or the agrarian to a more advanced and mechanized way of carrying out economic and social activities. It emerged in Europe in the year 1780s and spread in most parts of the world. It aided in different manufacturing plants including the large scale production ion the textile industry. Before it spread to the entire Europe continents. The industrial revolution brought both positive

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    The Industrial Revolution and Child Labor in America Throughout the American Industrial Revolution, child labor in industries such as textiles, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, laboring, street work, and domestic work was endemic in the United States. Several factors, including mechanization, urbanization, industrialization, poverty, labor shortages, and lack of regulation were the primary causes for this increase in child labor. Children, as young as three years old, worked from sunrise to sunset

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    The Industrial Revolution took place from the 18th to 19th century and predominantly effected Brittan. It was the period when a transition occurred with current manufacturing processes. The slow production of textiles provoked inventor James Hargreaves to invent the spinning Jenny which was one of the many causes that lead to the Industrial Revolution. Shortly, hand production methods shifted to machine production, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes were introduced, there was

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    The Industrial Revolution was the process of changing the manufacturing of goods from inside peoples homes to factories equipped with advanced machines that occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries. These changes were shown not only in good production but also transportation. During the first American Revolution the north was most affected because of its increase in jobs, increased amount of goods, and more advanced. One way the north was affected in the Revolution was because of its increase

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    The Industrial Revolution in nineteenth-century Great Britain experienced positive, negative, and a combination of the two in its effects. The documents that consisted of positive effects include two, three, and seven. Document 2 had an effect of less adult and child labor, resulting in less pay. Overall, less forced labor is beneficial to families because they can become healthier and are able to survive in better conditions. Document 3’s effect is laws restricting child labor, meaning less children

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    Introduction of the American Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution resulted in a shift from agriculture to industrial factories. In the United States, there were two phases of the Industrial Revolution. The first revolution, which happened between 1776 and 1789, was somewhat similar to Britain 's Industrial Revolution and more political. The second phase of the American Industrial Revolution, which happened from 1860 to 1900, was not only political but also led to great improvements of

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    The Industrial Revolution had many marvelous and opposing effects. The opposing effects were mainly for the factory workers. The marvelous effects were mainly for the factory governors. The reason as to why most opposing outcomes were mainly for the factory workers was because the outcomes had to do a lot with the governor's treating the workers poorly. The marvelous outcomes were mainly for the factory governors because everything the governors did was just to make themselves look good. To start

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