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    The Industrial Revolution developed early in the 1750s, with and the transition from hand production to machine production. The industrialization brought better and higher quality products and prices for the people. Use of machines limited the dependency on the hand of human and animals. Production increased and this was the beginning of the new generation of workers that would work in the factory system. The owner of the factory became richer and powerful with the incredible new invention of machinery

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    The Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked, lived, and produced goods in several ways. According to the Pearson textbook, the Industrial Revolution is defined as,”When machines, gradually, took the place of many hand tools. Much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by steam engines.” The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700’s in Britain. The first known invention of the Industrial Revolution was the spinning

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    Industrialization in America resulted in many successes of the 20th century as we see them today. Without the industrial growth, there wouldn’t be a technology of computer, or an automobile revolution, or a camera tech, or the improved medicine that was developed. Industrial growth was the most important moments in the history of America, changing the American culture as it was known. Agriculture movement was no longer the business of the day, as factories were introduced all around the country,

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    Industrialization after the Civil War impacted society, economy, and politics significantly. It appears as though one element enormously affected the other. For instance, the financial strain between the North and South extraordinarily affected to the political pressures that were available. Despite the fact that society overall began getting more agreeable as the economy began growing up noticeably more effective and stable, there was much rivalry in the work place because of the expanding number

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    At one point, Industrialization had a very negative impact on society. It had affected many people’s lives in a very gloomy way. While some people might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive effects for society because there was better business and financial opportunities it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were unsafe working conditions, bad employers, and many people were separated from their families. Although many people had jobs

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    The Telegraph In The 18th and 19th century the Industrial Revolution took place. This was a period of time where rural societies became industrial. This introduction to machinery brought a lot of change to areas around the world. For example, the way individual’s communicated needed some improvements. These improvements came during the Industrial Revolution. In the 1830s and the 1840s the telegraph was developed by Samuel Morse, Sir William Cooke, Sir Charles Wheatstone, Leonardo Gale, and Alfred

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    The progressive era is one of the most researched times in American history due to the multiple social and economic movements that took place. When historians argue about progressivism, they are not just debating about events of a century ago, they are struggling to interpret the basic meaning of American democracy. The progressive era is a widely debated topic among many historians. It is known as a time period that consisted of economic, political, social, and moral reforms. In summary the progressive

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    The Effects of Industrialisation on the Structure of the Family The Industrial Revolution was from 1750's - 1850's, which had four main effects. One was the Economic system becoming industrial from agriculture, the second was Mechanisation meaning production in factories becoming more efficient, the third was Urbanisation and the fourth was population explosion - low mobility rate and higher birth rate. Tallcott Parsons (1950's) believed that the extended family in

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    The Industrial Revolution affected all aspects of American life, and it provoked more changes than just those in the factories. How one experienced the Industrial Revolution depended on where one lived. By 1900, more than a third of America’s people lived in cities, and city populations were growing twice as fast as the population as a whole. Between 1870 and 1920, the number of Americans living in cities increased fivefold, from 10 million to 54 million. Most of the massive industries of the Industrial

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    The great economic divergence between China and Europe has generated countless debates, and as various scholars unite to provide reasons for this phenomenon, numerous interesting theories are born. Among these views is the monumental theory of history researcher and professor Kenneth Pomeranz. Pomeranz’s theory lists Europe’s convenient access to coal and the New World colonies as the chief reasons for its industrialization. However, many scholars, such as history professor Peter Coclanis , question

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