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    A culture of innovation fueled everything that occurred in the Industrial Revolution (I.R). The transport system only happened due to a culture of innovation. Thanks to the British government’s willingness to give out loans and without a previously established culture of revolution the government wouldn’t have given these loans out. This allowed the output of the country to increase and for Britain’s world trade to be boosted which increased the culture of revolution. This also increased the British

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    In my opinion‚ the most significant low-light moments of the 20th Century would be the battle of the Somme in WWI‚ residential schools between the 1920’s and 1930’s and last the tragic battle of Dieppe in WWII. These low- lights show how bad situations turned out back in the 20th century due to the lack of knowledge and information. In the battle of Somme it shows this‚ because of the lack detail put into the tactic used for Somme‚ not knowing enough information about the area they were going

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    far reaching impacts on the economies of these nations as well. Industrialization had its share of both champions who celebrated these changes and critics who opposed them. While the Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on society and the economy‚ the positive effects outweighed the negative. The Industrial Revolution of the United States and the growth of the factory system directly impacted the rise of urbanization. Urbanization is when people move from rural areas to the

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    History of Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is one of the greatest automobile manufacturers of all time. They started under Henry Ford in Detroit‚ Michigan. Ford had a skill for craftsmanship when he built an experimental car in 1896. It was a twin cylinder engine with potential of 20 mph. In 1899 he left his job in order to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Henry’s first attempt at a car company under his own name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3‚ 1901‚ which became the

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    ideology of the people of the United States. Some people in the country wanted to regress back in time‚ seeing change as a loss of America’s traditional ways. Others welcomed future‚ preparing and even working toward change. During this time‚ American society faced a conflict of interests on progressivism versus nativism‚ such as in the beliefs of religion versus science as well as immigration‚ though the major conflict was the reestablishment of the Ku Klux Klan and racism versus the advancement

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    At the time‚ India did not contained a central government‚ which attracted foreign countries to place their trading bases. The British East India Company took control of the country and also established the Raj. They contained an elaborate hierarchy of officials that was established to enforce its rule‚ the monarchy was supported by thousands of civil servants. The British did not deliberately set out to make India’s people change their existing

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    Question: how successfully did the liberal reforms of 1906-1914deal with the problem of poverty in the early 1900s 1906 and 1914 was a time of big political and social change. Members of parliament were moving away from the old “Lasses-faire” attitude and try and help those living in poverty. Some historians may argue that the liberal reforms tackled the problem of poverty in the early 1900s quite successfully however other historians may argue that the liberal reform didn’t quite tackle the problem

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    Adolf Hitler‚ the son of an Austrian factory worker rose to power and became responsible for the deaths of 35 million people‚ drastically changing the face of human society forever. Hitler’s actions have set a new benchmark of evil for the human race‚ and left a profound impact on society today as we know it. In order to understand how Adolf Hitler impacted the world‚ one must first understand his beliefs. Included in those beliefs were that there was an Aryan race‚ Germans were better than everyone

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    “On the fourth Thursday of November‚ Americans celebrate Thanksgiving‚ a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States‚ the area was inhabited by many Native American tribes. The area surrounding the site of the first Thanksgiving‚ now known as southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.” People that incorporated in The Plymouth Colony were groups of English people that

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    It was a period of booming business‚ of contribution and convenience‚ and of improvements and innovations‚ but it was also a period where transportation rapidly evolved – that’s the Industrial Revolution. The invention of canals‚ enhanced roads‚ railways and ships brought about many significant changes on both society and economy (as well as many different aspects of life) during that time‚ and even until today. With the Industrial Revolution and the subsequent mechanisation of production‚ there

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