*Note: I am aware of how late this was‚ but I was very ill on Saturday and Sunday which is why it was done somewhat choppily (Check revision history). If you would like‚ I can return on Monday with more concrete evidence of this. Sincerely‚ Brian. The period from 1870 to 1900 was without a doubt one of the most important and influential chapters of American History characterized mostly by rapid industrial development. As large corporations grew during the late 19th century one grew faster and larger
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Mackenzie Miers Honors English 14 December 2013 The Causes of the Industrial Boom Before 1860‚ the United States was known as an agricultural based nation. The United States had so much land that could be cheaply bought‚ labor work was too costly‚ and products could not be shipped quick enough. For the United States‚ being a farming community simply made more sense. While over in Europe‚ especially England‚ industrial factories were booming immensely. Except there was a great
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Part A In 1820‚ the Industrial Revolution had started. The Industrial Revolution helped America grow (especially the north)‚ along with changing its society and its economy because they could now use machines to make tools instead of making them by hand. However‚ with this came many issues‚ including child labor and horrible working conditions for factory workers. Child labor had many effects on children that did not benefit them. Children would work for an excessive amount of hours a day‚ usually
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DBQ The period of the late 1800s and early 1900s was a period during one of the biggest leaps in the industrial movement of America. The industrial revolution’s leaders‚ including Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and more‚ provided the nation with much needed inventions and transportation‚ thousands of job opportunities‚ and one of the biggest waves of philanthropy the nation has ever seen. The industrial revolution was definitely a period dominated by ’captains of industry.’ ’New and
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The Industrial Revolution affected people in many ways. Machines were built‚ jobs were lost‚ cities became overcrowded‚ young children started working‚ and poverty spread. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ most people lived in the countryside‚ which was quite isolated. People were generally poor‚ and often went to bed hungry. There were no machines. Those who weren’t involved in agriculture made their income with ‘cottage industries.’ This was usually sewing‚ household manufacturing‚ or lace-making
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The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological‚ socioeconomic‚ and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in Britain and spread throughout the world as industrialization. It marked a major turning point in human social history; almost every aspect of daily life and human society is‚ eventually‚ in some way influenced. It continues to develop as it changes the society and every individual in it. When it
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The industrial revolution had a number of consequences on the entire set up of the American civilization whose effects are still felt to the present moment. The effects triggered both productive as well as harmful effects on the contemporary American society. The industrial revolution led to the development of cities and other metropolises as a result of rural to urban migration that was sparked by the people’s need to move closer to the industries so as to acquire job opportunities (Lehrman). The
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The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place during the 18th and 19th century and innovated the lives we live in today. It was an economic and social revolution. Economic changes that transformed the way people worked and the societies in which people lived. The Industrial Revolution was the far most reaching transformation of society. Inventors and innovators helped England become and make the transformation of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution brought
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During the growth of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1800s‚ big companies and businesses started to boom. The growth of these companies provided many job opportunities for those in need. Those in need of jobs included men‚ women‚ and even children. Even after the Industrial Revolution‚ child labor was still a huge issue in America. With the rise of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement‚ reformers such as Florence Kelley took the stage to improve the conditions for women and children in the workforce
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The early Industrial Revolution had begun in textile production‚ hence women and their labor were deeply involved from the start. At first‚ when spinning was moved into factories and involved large machines‚ men often displaced women. Later unmarried women‚ mostly in the 1820’s‚ became employed in factories‚ where they constituted the majority of workers. Their new jobs‚ however‚ demanded fewer skills tan those they had previously exercised in the home production of textiles. There was thus a certain
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