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    economically and socially benefical. During industrialization Henry Ford brought the automobile to America‚ whoch allowed people to live farther from their jobs and allowed farmers to become less isolated. Henry Ford also invented the moving assembly line which was a huge step in the future of industrialization. This assembly line made it possible to produce items faster‚ and this mass production process helped companies collect more profit. But industrialization also caused many problems that outweighed

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    Industrialization was sought mainly in the south due to the New Immigrants‚ migration into the U.S. The increase of immigrants was one of the causes of industrialization in the years 1865 to 1900‚ which allowed for a larger workforce. Other causes of industrialization were new inventions and the uprising of railroads. Some of the effects of the industrialization on U.S. society in the years 1865 to 1900 were mainly negative especially towards the civilians in the workforces. They dealt with harsh

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    PROCESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA Meaning of Industrialization The term "industry" refers mainly to manufacturing activity. Agriculture‚ mining‚ and most other services are excluded from it. The term "industrialization” literally means the growth of manufacturing industry. It is thus a part of the much broader process of economic development which involves the raising of standard of living‚ through a steady increase in the efficiency of factors of production. India is a developing country

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    testimonies from workers and owners about how the factories were run. Last‚ Engle’s excerpt was about the poor lifestyles of the workers in the city and how it matched the poor working conditions in the factory. Although the evidence against industrialization is overwhelming‚ it cannot be denied that it was the foundation for our modern world. From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution‚ life got better instead of getting worse. Stearns and Chapman state "When they found factory employment‚ workers

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    1920 Notes

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    Should evolution be taught in high school? Person was arrested for teaching evolution. For the first time in our history more Americans lived in a city the on a farm. Stop unlimited Immigration. Quota Acts of 19221 and 1924 The Car! (Ford Model T.) It paved the way for success. It drove the economy in 1920s. It sped up the way people did things. It gave license to change. People start using loans so the economy soared So WWI Ends progressive movement Regress in our treatment of minorities

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    route on their voyage. Therefore‚ the same can be said for industrialization of Britain and Japan. Both ascended to become great modern industrialization nation‚ although both took different paths to get there. What sets Great Britain apart from Japan was it did not have a role model to follow since it was the first industrial nation. Therefore the cause of its industrialization must have much contrast with Japans. Britain’s industrialization must pay tribute to its growing population‚ political stability

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    prostitution‚ and murders. There were many gangs in the world of organized crime and Al Capone’s was at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920s. Being a highly know and revered gangster was a big business. Money was made fast and very easily. Bootlegging alcohol was by far the most profitable in the 1920s; this was because of the prohibition of alcohol. Gambling was another business that paid off; stations sanctioned for gambling were set up all over cities. Prostitution

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    Sports of the 1920s

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    The 1920s was the heroic era of American Sports. A heightened interest in sports started growing in the public a sudden emergence for them was arose. The major athletes in this decade were Babe Ruth‚ the greatest baseball player who ever lived‚ Red Grange‚ known as the ‘Galloping Ghost’‚ and Paavo Nurmi‚ a record-breaking olympic track runner. Babe Ruth is known as the greatest baseball player who ever lived. In 1920‚ the New York Yankees purchased him from the Boston Red Sox for $125‚000.00.

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    Fashion in the 1920s

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    Fashion in the 1920s Elias Casas Perez Period 3 The 1920s is when fashion entered the modern era. Women decided to abandon the restricting and plain clothing that they wore and started to wear exoctic clothing and makeup. Men also abandoned the normal attire and began to wear athletic loose clothing. Coco Chanel was one of the most influential women of the 1920s‚ she was one of the first women to wear trousers‚ cut her hair‚ and reject the corset. Coco Chanel did much to further the emancipation

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    Flappers In The 1920s

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    The 1920s were an age of dramatic political‚ economic and social change. For the first time‚ more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People did not have to worry about struggling with money. People had to rely on physical labor in the farm life but that changed when everyone started to move to the urban city with no physical labor

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