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    Industrialization had a great impact on the United States. The Industrialization in the United States helped to attract many more immigrants to the country. The west made it possible to have more farming land. Urbanization created new technology. The United States was considered a new start and had many opportunities for anyone. This attracted immigrants to move to the United States. One of the most persuasive things for the immigrants to move to the United States was that the many different jobs

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    influenced the advancements of transportation were the steam engine created by James Watt (1765)‚ the 1st railroad track was built (1821-1825)‚ and a locomotive named the Rocket which was created by George Stephenson and his son in 1829. Schools History summarizes the accomplishments of the revolution on transportation‚ “Transport developed very rapidly in the period 1700-1900 as

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    easier with new inventions such as barbed wire and reapers. However‚ new technology advancements became too expensive for average American farmers to afford. Economic conditions became intolerable for farmers as railroad companies charged high shipping rates. In the government‚ policies were made that favored big corporations‚ such as railroad companies over the small farmers that made agriculture suffer in the end. Technology‚ government policies‚ and economic conditions‚ effectively declined agriculture

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    Inventions‚ new ideas‚ and expansions are a few of the great achievements that have always propelled countries forward. These inventions and expansions have changed the way in which people have lived their lives. One of the great inventions that came into existence occurred during the Industrial Revolution‚ a time of extreme change and discovery for all people. This invention began with a man named James Hargreaves. James Hargreaves was born in 1720 in Lancashire‚ England (Ditchfield 12). Hargreaves

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    This want for land was driven by the second Industrial Revolution‚ prompting the removal of Indians and war to commence. The second Industrial Revolution pioneered an expansion in organization‚ coordination‚ and the scale of industry‚ sparked by technology and transportation advancements. This revolution was a time of technological advancement and the whites believed that the only way America could prosper was a united effort to remove the savages‚ Indians‚ roaming ‘their’ land. They started relocation

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    perspective and includes many literary devices and descriptive elements to explore the individual character’s differing ideas of beauty. Also examined‚ are the ethics of containing technological advancement and possible negative ramifications of technology evolving and therefore the loss of ultimate control over his empire. The emperor considers his empire to be beautiful when all is in order and his people are fully under his control. The flying machine exposes his vulnerability and puts his power

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    dependent on technology. Nowadays‚ no matter which age group you come from‚ you would most probably use search engines like Google‚ Yahoo‚ Bling or any other well known search engines to look for information you need on the internet. This is clearly not the case back in the old days. Whenever our grandparents’ generation is in need of information‚ they would have to look for it themselves in other places‚ for example‚ the library. In this new millennium‚ we certainly have taken technology

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    One good example of how machines changed things for the better is clothing manufacturing: with the new technology in place‚ machines were used to cut‚ sew‚ dye instead of workers doing it. The machines could complete these tasks at least several times faster than a person was able to‚ thus increasing productivity and product output. By increasing food production

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    The Second Industrial Revolution changed American in several different ways. It introduced new technology that improved existing products‚ and created new ones. It also featured improved manufacturing processes that decreased the production cost of items and therefore increase the size of the market. New technology‚ such as improvements to the railroad‚ made it easy to get raw materials to the cities and get finished products to other markets. Overland mail used to take 180 days‚ but with the completion

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    Revolution‚ it was only positive in the long term‚ and negative in the short term. There are many reasons why the Industrial Revolution was a good thing‚ One reason was the technological advancements. There was an rapid increase in the development of technology which resulted in the rise of the number of factories being built. With all the new factories created‚ there was a need for a larger workforce. With more people working families could earn more money. With this

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