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    The industrial revolution was the most significant cause of the 1800s‚ it change the world as we know it. The Industrial Revolution changed warfare and how people where able to fight and rise to power. The Industrial Revolution began in England during the 1800s‚ and later spread to Asian‚ Europe‚ America. It allow both women and children to work‚ which helped family on income. The industrial Revolution changed how goods were made and traded.The industrial revolution causes many changes‚ how wars

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    Life at the factories was rough during the industrial era. Children picked up and put to work at factories to feed their family. They worked for 12-16 hours a day in a smoke infested rooms. They could lose limbs and get diseases just standing there. This document will prove factory life was unhealthy and dangerous for the workers at that time. A Doctor by the name of Michael ward was interviewed on the conditions he saw in the factories that summer.(House of lords committee and Michael w. 1819)

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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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    The results of this revolution would completely change the way humans acted. How they worked‚ the amount and type of goods they bought‚ the family structure‚ the social structure‚ and the way individuals thought were all changed. But‚ despite its advances‚ the industrial revolution made life harder for most people at the time because of poorer health and low wages. While some may argue that living in the cities meant access to better health care the evidence supports the idea that the health of

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    The industrial revolution didn’t just change the economy‚ it changed the average American’s way of life. As the values‚ customs‚ and traditions were rapidly changing‚ Americans were dancing to the beat of a different drum. While it is true that cities were growing‚ musket technology was evolving‚ and the cotton gin was revolutionizing the economy‚ there was something deeper happening in society that led to a new moral code. Alcohol was extremely valued as a way of life. It was used as medicine

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    The Industrial Revolution began in the late seventeenth century and its impact had shaped the world we live in today. Not only did it begin in England‚ but it spread to other countries such as France‚ Belgium‚ Germany‚ Netherlands‚ and even the United States. The effects of the Industrial Revolution led to more goods and produce. It introduced new equipment and machinery that led to the increase in consumer goods. This allowed the expansion of several domestic markets in Europe. In general‚ the Industrial

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    (Also Modernization) is a concept in the sphere of social sciences that refers to process in which society goes through industrialization‚ urbanization and other social changes that completely transforms the lives of individuals. The concept of modernization comes from a view of societies as having a standard evolutionary pattern‚ as described in the social evolutionism theories. According to this each society would evolve inexorably from barbarism to ever greater levels of development and civilization

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    The Napoleonic wars did have a large impact on industrialization in Britain‚ the United States and Europe as a result of realizations and actions taken to better their countries after the Napoleonic wars. Although the Industrial Revolution began in Britain during the 1700’s it was boosted in the early 1800’s after the Napoleonic wars because of reform that was needed. Industrialization then started spreading throughout Europe and into North America in the early 1800’s. By the mid-1800’s industrialization

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    Industrial Revolution (DBQ) The Industrial Revolution had a positive and negative affect on the new world. Bringing many new inventions‚ factories‚ and transportation. The factories produced items faster and the new invention of ships and vehicles made trade move quicker and farther. Was this all a positive affect on the world? Some would argue that it was not. In document 1 we see an excerpt from an interview with a man (Joseph Hebergam) that worked in one of the various factories. Joseph

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    After reading the article I would have to agree with Mr. Shorter’s statements‚ the Industrial Revolution did in some ways lead to a sexual revolution. Never before in the history of the world was there a need for manual labor than during the Industrial Revolution. During those times‚ the world was one of a male-dominated society‚ which put the men in the thousands of factories and mills slaving away while traditionally the women were at home tending to the many children while also cleaning and cooking

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