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    The Industrial Revolution had many problems with its cities and citizens due to urbanization‚ child labor‚ working conditions‚ and wages. The first problem was the average man’s working conditions and wages. In the factories an average worker had to work 6 days a week‚ serving 12-14 hours of labor everyday with poor pay. Machinery was extremely dangerous‚ filthy‚ and lung disease was common. As a result of these poor conditions in the factories‚ workers were either fired‚ dead‚ or lost a limb. Despite

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    undergo an industrial revolution. T.S. Ashton who first coined the phrase of the industrial revolution claimed that it started in 1760 and finished in 1830 Economic Advance by 1750: By 1750 Britain had a social and economic situation that was conducive to an industrial revolution occurring. Relatively small land mass‚ with navigable rivers had the potential for transport development and for integration in the economy During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries England’s economic situation

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    Are They Really Being Hurt Since the beginning of the industrial Revolution many people have migrated here to Britain to start working in towns and bigger factories. As the Revolution is occurring there have been alleged claims that Victorian factory owners are using child workers. I have investigated these claims and the results are true that children are being made to undergo various forms of hard physical labor. As there are no laws or rules to take action on this matter factory owners have

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    Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution The Standard Oil Company founded by John D. Rockefeller and the U.S. Steel Company founded by Andrew Carnegie. The Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel Company were made successful in different ways due to the actions of their different owners. The companies differed in their labor relations‚ market control‚ and structural organization. In the steel industry‚ Carnegie developed a system known as vertical integration. This means that he

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    The Industrial Revolution was an outbreak of machinery and processes that changed who could work‚ and how much money they could earn. Before the Industrial Revolution adult men would work for pay and earn the money for their families. During the Industrial Revolution children‚ women‚ and immigrants started working for pay‚ though the working conditions weren’t healthy. During the Industrial Revolution many more factories were made‚ meaning more people were needed to be employed. Many people moved

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    The steam engine is one of the very first inventions during the Industrial Revolution and one of the most important invention ever created. A steam engine was a machine that used heat‚ water‚ and coal to power it. The steam engine was used in many different things‚ from water pumps in mines to trains. Steam engines helped this world get to where we are today. The steam engine had a rough start‚ but when people realized it could be used for more then just pumping water‚ it began to be used in bigger

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    often not ours. Currently‚ mothers‚ homemakers‚ and cheap labor are the most we can amount to. Due to the Industrial Revolution‚ the labor of women is being overlooked‚ forcing us to depend on the very men who take us for granted and act like they own us. Women deserve more than this; we are human beings and it is high time we were treated like it. It is certainly true that the Industrial Revolution is having a few positive outcomes‚ such as‚ higher wages in factories compared to working on a farm. However

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    Plott‚ 1  Jessica Plott  November 18‚ 2014  3rd Block DC History  Mr. Higgins  The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in the North  The Industrial Revolution made an impact upon the world in the early nineteenth century.  The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from  about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.  This transition included going from hand  production methods to machines‚ new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes‚  improved efficiency of water power

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of change‚ the birth of the factory system. Overall‚ it was a shift from handmade products to products made by powered‚ special-purpose machines in factories and assembly lines. The main idea was to produce more products in the same amount of time. The Industrial Revolution caused an improvement in living standards for the middle and upper class‚ but caused grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working class (Industrial Revolution). Normally

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    Political rhetoric has been used since the ancient times. It has been used by public speakers from everywhere and to spring their audience to action. A great public speaker or writer is determined by his or her choice of words. In American history there have been documents that have had a tremendous impact on public opinion. Political rhetoric is extremely important because it can bring a society together for one common cause. When someone uses rhetoric effectively the reader starts to have a

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