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    coal and iron deposits. The Japanese pushed industrialization and hired thousands of expert workers and managers. Railroads started to be constructed, mines were open, and banking systems were organized. Industries were started that produced silk, cotton, chemical ships, and glass. By the 1900s Russia ranked fourth in the steel productions and Japan was the most industrialized land in Asia. There was also a lot of knowledgeable people they dealt with on top of others. More Europeans, for example…

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    will discuss some of the inventions and their significance to the industrial revolution. The cotton gin was a tool used to remove the seeds from the cotton. It was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The cotton gin made removing the seeds much safer and quicker for all the farm workers. It was especially important in the south because it allowed cotton to become the main cash crop and source of revenue. Cotton was becoming much easier to harvest and sell which brought an economic boom to the…

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    information that I’m going to need. It states that the people in the factories couldn't even stay in there for even 10 minutes without gasping for air! Also, in document A it gives another piece of information on how bad it was in the factories. It says, “Cotton factories are a highly unfavorable, both to the…

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    Child Labour Dbq Essay

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    Introduction Condition for the children working in factories in the 19th century were horrible, they were abused and treated like dirt, punishments were harsh and accidents happened frequently due to their lack of experience with the equipment they were working with, health was also a major problem for the children, with dust filled air slowly suffocating them while they worked and deformation having a toll on the children. I will be talking about these things throughout my essay. Body Children…

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    Through his innovations, Henry Ford changed America forever. His innovations are the reason that many Americans’ desires are so readily accessible. Henry Ford’s innovations had a significant effect on American society in the early 1900s and continue to impact twenty-first-century American life. In the early 1900s, the Model T provided affordable and dependable transportation for the average American. Henry Ford’s dream was to build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough…

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    Silk Factory Essay

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    In Japan, the Industrial Revolution started in 1868 and made a boom in jobs. Japan was far behind Europe in the Industrial Revolution and tried to catch up by establishing different industries. One of these was the textile industry, where women and children found employment in the silk factories. It was debated on whether or not the benefits of working there outweighed the costs. By looking at the female worker’s life in the silk factory, it is clear that working there is too costly. Wages,…

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    In the book of “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity In A Time Of Brilliant Technologies” by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew Mcafee; asked a question at the beginning of the book on what are the most important points in time of human development. Both authors argued that human progress brings technological advancements. In such case, the authors pointed out that the discovery and invention of the steam engine changed the course for humans. Both authors continued that we are now…

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    The industrial revolution was a very rough time for everyone. Everyday life for a commoners was very difficult since they would earn barely enough to support their families or go to a Pub to have a drink. Then one day Edward Somerset and Thomas Savery invented the steam that made lives in the time of the industrial revolution much easier for everyone. The steam engine effected the people in a positive way and a negative way. By 1800 there were about 2,500 steam engines running within Great…

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    James Watt and His Revolutionizing Invention James Watt was a prominent Scottish scientist who invented and discovered many significant things during the Industrial Revolution. One such breakthrough was the invention of the so-called “most efficient” steam engine, which not only impacted technology at the time but also helped industries during the nineteenth century. As stated earlier, the steam engine revolutionized technology during the 1800s. “Steam power is one of the most important key…

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    Ancient World Changes

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    Societies have changed from the Ancient world to the Modern world by Farming, Trading, Migration and Settlement. Although there are many more ways Societies have changed but these are the main ways. Societies changed because of inventions, the more inventions, and the easier life became until the modern world appeared. Migration and Population was an important thing in the Ancient world because the more people that migrated into a country, the more the population grew consequently, the more…

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