transportation drastically transformed Great Britain. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain was a farm based society meaning people resided in small, rural communities and their daily lives revolved around farming. Change began when people discovered that making textiles by hand was much more time consuming and much less profitable than manufacturing such things with the use of machines. Because of this discovery, urbanization began. Life in Great Britain was beginning to change drastically…
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Global Society Film Report # 2: Industrial Revolution The film we watched in class was predominantly focused on the new technological advances during the age of the Industrial Revolution. Through historical clips and animation, the film showcased the significance of the textile mills and daily life in America. The Industrial Revolution began during the mid-1700’s in Great Britain. Textile production was the first substantial industry…
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Introduction Between 1750 and 1900 the western world went through what is generally called the industrial revolution or the industrial age. This is characterized by development of new and more efficient technologies as well as unprecedented economic growth. These technologies generally led to an increased urbanization and a concentration of workers in urban areas. Two inventions that led the way in this revolution are the spinning jenny developed and the steam engine. Both of these inventions directly…
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the American working class early in the 19th century (Johnson 48). By far, the most controversial issue in the 19th century was the question of freedom and equality based on which groups were supposed to be allowed freedom and equality. The industrial revolution brought forth the existence of fluctuating levels of freedom and very dissimilar levels for each group. Equality diminished with time,…
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effects on the 21st century is the Industrial Revolution. I believe this was a huge turning point in our advancement as a race but like everything else in life this also created future problems. I’m hoping to learn more of about what directly influenced some of the daily activities I go through in my day to day life. Are some of the things I take for granted here because of the revolution? Life was dramatically different back at the height of the revolution and I feel as if it created a snowball…
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the vast scale of new tracts and by their promotion in mass culture Example: Park Forest in the Sitcom Suburbs reading Industrial Suburb – These were company towns or multi-firm towns that were developed by industry, landowners railway/street car companies. They were often separate municipalities whose goals were labour control, transformation access and lower taxes and land costs. The housing was speculative and was either self-built or built by the company Significance: Suburbs become the typical…
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Assignment 1.1: Industrialization after the Civil War Thesis and Outline Amiah-Mone Parker The Industrial Revolution was of great importance to the economic development of the United States. The new era of mass production kindled in the United States because of technological innovations, a patent system, new forms of factory corporations, a huge supply of natural resources, and foreign investment. The growth of large-scale industry in America had countless positive results…
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EOC REVIEW Part I (1860-1900) TOPICS Civil War & Reconstruction Industrial Revolution & Progressivism The Civil War & Reconstruction Cause/Effects of War Abolition Movement Major Battles Postwar Reconstruction Plans Civil War and Reconstruction 1. Compare North and South Sectionalism ◦ North: industrial, used immigrants for labor, very populated ◦ South: agricultural, depended on slaves for labor, less population States’ Rights (South) v. Federalism (North) Representation in Congress…
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States during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These economic classes include the upper, middle, and lower class. In the late nineteenth century America found themselves as a nation transformed by industrialization. It had become one of the world’s greatest industrialized nation. At that time a new social economic class structure was beginning to develop. Each class has been effected by industrialization in different ways. The rich took advantage of the industrial revolution by starting…
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The rise of Industrial Society in the West I. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain (Principles of hard working people) Cultural factors like the Protestants work ethic could be factors to the industrial revolution. (Need for food) Due to industrialization, food became cheap and British agriculture could now feed more people with less labor. (Wealth and investment willing people) An increase in national wealth due to two centuries of trade allowed Britain to purchase industrial machinery. Also…
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