Industrial wastewater treatment

Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange was the massive exchange of foods, animals, diseases and culture between the Americas and Europe. The Old World was affected in a lot of ways, for example they were able to trade for crops that became staples in Europe. A good example is the white potato, which when it failed caused massive famine in Ireland. The New World however, was affected more by the Columbian Exchange than the Old World. The Americas were affected more due to the massive trade of…

The Industrial Revolution started in 1790 and ended in 1870. The Age of Imperialism was started in 1870 and ended in 1914. The Industrial Revolution started the Age of Imperialism because of economics, nationalism, and because of a balance of power. The more land the countries took in the Age of Imperialism, the better the economy, the more the people believe in their country, and the more power the countries will have. Without the Industrial Revolution, countries would never have been able to…

War. This conflict was based on industrialization moving to the boundaries of total war. The American Civil War is the first modern war due to innovation in technology. This is because of advances in weaponry, logistic, and communications. The industrial Revolution allowed for the greatest level of production in human history, which in turn led to the greatest level of destruction known during that time. This military conflict pitted two similar people against each other, but the…

Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors and entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age, bringing forth great changes in our society many years ago. Some may be wondering why someone would say this, primarily knowing Edison as the inventor of the modern day lightbulb, but there is more to the inventor than meets the eye upon further examination. Entrepreneurs are defined by the Edison Innovation Foundation as “agents of change”, who create products and services for the world, thus creating massive…

system. The term revolution is used in such expressions as the Industrial and Scientific Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in western civilization. While the Scientific Revolution can be described as an upheaval in the way that an individual perceived the world. As both industrial and scientific concepts became more advanced there was a…

In the late 1800’s, industrialization led to large labor force increases in the United States, which consequently led to population growth, mainly in the northern cities of the United States. Railroads lead to big oil and steel, which created many jobs, but also served as a new form of transportation of goods. This increase in demand caused an increase in supply, which workers were needed to manufacture. Railroads also made access to the midwest and west easier, which could be the causation for…

Although a myriad of inventions contributed to the development of America’s industrial revolution, the steam engine allowed for a rapid growth of industry. This engine served as the foundation for the growth of the industrial revolution because it transformed the American economy through transportation, production, and expansion of the work force. From steamboats to trains, steam engines accelerated the transportation of goods and made it more cost effective. Once James Watt refined the…

During the 1800s, flour was very important in Minnesota’s economy. It provided money, food, and jobs to hundreds of people. The basic cooking ingredient made from wheat was not only popular, but was also plentiful. The flour industry in Minnesota started off as small and were not very profitable. The mills were tiny and locally owned, and didn't make very much money. That all changed, however, when a man named Charles Pillsbury came to Minnesota from New Hampshire. He was not rich when he…

During the Industrial Revolution, children had a lack of education suffered from bad living conditions and terrible acts of child labor. Kids were being sold by their parents into slavery and would never see them again. If kids ended up staying with their parents they would usually live in a small apart with 50 or more other people with no working clean water. Kids were sent at a young age to work and if they got injured they were not protected by the government. Child labor was a big problem…

1. The neolithic revolution was the period in time in which the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from the wandering nomadic lifestyle to settled life. During this time, nomads, or people who wandered from place to place in search of food, began to domesticate animals and crops so that they no longer had to follow or hunt for their food sources; because of this, these former nomads were able to create farms using the crops they domesticated and settlements and were able to use…