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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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    GKE1 Task 4 During the time period of 1780-1850 the United States and Great Britain were part of the Industrial Revolution. This revolution was a time of many changes with technology and scientific advancements. Many changes happened during the revolution that changed the way people worked‚ lived and survived. The Industrial Revolution included many changes to production of goods and materials. More technology-advanced equipment was able to change the way food‚ textiles‚ steel and chemicals

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    Jazz Music during the Industrial Revolution The American Industrial Revolution included major changes in technology‚ manufacturing‚ agriculture‚ transport and music. The arts were maintained and enhanced as the economy was improving. Significantly‚ the history of jazz began in the late 1800s along with the Industrial revolution. Jazz was a type of music that has originated in the United States. Also‚ jazz music greatly impacted the Industrial Revolution era. Initially‚ jazz originated

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    miners and their families would need (Trueman). The places they moved were not much better for the families there. Working in mines and factories were unsanitary for anyone to be working in because hygiene was not that important during the Industrial Revolution. Smoke would be everywhere surrounding the factories and not healthy for workers (Trinder 609). The health of people were bad because when they worked with cotton thread was usually damp combined with warm conditions. Going straight out into

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    The Industrial Revolution Many of us cannot imagine life with out the mall or better yet life with out a cell phone. We take for granted being fortunate enough to be born a child of the new millennium. With our convenience however comes ignorance. We forget about the time when it took a year for a letter to get delivered from the east coast to the west coast. We forget that we did not just appear to be in this country and that everything was already here. The era that changed all that was

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    The industrial revolution and the role that accountants played. The following essay shall discuss why the industrial revolution did not take place in comparison to Britain and the other leading countries. The role that accountants played In Europe will also be discussed. In order for these topics to be discussed the following will be looked at: The Colonization of Africa‚ how the start of the slave trade impacted the underdevelopment of Africa‚ the role of accountants in Europe during the industrial

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    The Second Industrial Revolution was a time in our history when the U.S. grew in the manufacturing category. For about 100 years‚ this county kept developing‚ and by the mid-1890s‚ we became the world’s industrial leader. This time was also when many diligent inventors started creating modern machines that we still use to this day. Such intelligent people include the Wright Brothers‚ Henry Ford‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ and Thomas Edison. Improvements made in agriculture‚ textile‚ transportation and

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    As Stephen Gardiner once said‚ "The Industrial Revolution was another one of these extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilizations." In other words‚ the lives of many people changed from day time consuming work to fast paced machine made products. It first began in England during the 1700s and caused an increase in population. The reasons behind why the Industrial Revolution began was because of all the excess in iron‚ coal and cloth. Due to the coal‚ the steam-engine was invented to transport

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    IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO THE HUMAN CIVILIZATION. The era of Industrial Revolution is the period in which fundamental changes that occurred in mechanization of agriculture and textile manufacturing besides the revolution in power. The major industrialization begins in Great Britain during the late 1700s and early 1800s and spreads through the world over a very short period of time. It brought massive effect on human civilization up until now. In my opinion‚ us‚ the youths of today

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time in history where the workers were so poor and the employers were so rich. In this time period the business owners had it all‚ it was complete monopolism. On the contrary‚ the working class was so poor that the children‚ ‚who were the next generation‚ were uneducated because the parents were being paid so little that the children had to spend their time working instead of learning. Although the Industrial Revolution had some good things‚ the bad things that it

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