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    Impacts During WW1

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    Im going to be talking about what happend during WW1. Im also going to be talking about some impacts. Also shift in america foregin policy. And comparison on today’s foregin policy. These are impacts of WW1 on America. First the impact of WW1 on the United States saw political, economic and social changes.Second, production and efficiency in industries and factories had increased. Technology had advanced and the nation had entered the age of steel and electricity.Third the role of women…

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    From 1780 to 1850, two most significant social consequences of the First Industrial Revolution were child labor and the role of women in the home. For example, businesses would hire children as young as seven years old to work full time jobs in factories and coal mines. At this time of the First Industrial Revolution, there were no laws preventing businesses from hiring children to do adults’ jobs (Effects of the Industrial Revolution, n.d.). Children worked very hard in the First Industrial…

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    **The age of industry was beginning to boom, this began in England before it moved to America. The Industrial or Market Revolution was a turning point in the way things were made. A large amount of human labor was no longer necessary because it was being replaced by machines. Machines were able to accomplish more work, in a faster amount of time than any human would ever be able to do, thus resulting in higher profits for companies.** America caught onto this idea not too long after the English…

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    Industrialization DBQ

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    While some might argue that the Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society, it was actually a positive thing for society. Children got laws to not work unless they were an adult, more jobs started to come and, better sources of food and nutrition started to happen. Transportation became more efficient as many new inventions started to being made. Industrialization’s positive effects were more jobs, More inventions, and more efficient transportation. One of the…

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    During the Industrialization of Western Europe c.1700 C.E- 1900 C.E there was a major social and economic transformation and as well as a technological advancement yet Western Europe maintained ingenuity. Changes and Continuities included technology (changes in technology), urbanization (a change from people living in rural area to urban area) working conditions (poor working conditions remained the same) and women role (a light shift in women roles within society, it changed from the typical…

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    Dbq The Dark Ages

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    A man named (Petrarch) From Europe was the man who brought the name "dark age" in 500-1500 AD (Movie Talk- The Dark Ages).The dark age was not just dark but light too. There was many dark periods like the black death. There was also many growth periods too, like education improved. There was many growth periods in the dark age but the dark age had more bad periods than good. The (dark age) was not just all just bad it had some good periods in it too. For example, Document C discusses how Europe…

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    William Morris was best known for his pattern designs, particularly on fabrics and wallpapers. His vision in linking art to industry by applying the values of fine art to the production of commercial design was a key stage in the evolution of design. Morris felt that the ‘diligent study of Nature’ was important. He saw this as the spiritual antidote to the decline in social, moral and artistic standards during industrialisation. Morris also encouraged artists to look to the past for their…

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    Hammer v. Dagenhart is an important case in U.S Constitutional law because it carried significant implications about the power of Congress to regulate commerce through the Commerce law. This influential case was centered on the constitutionality of the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act. The controversial act was brought into play on the first of September 1916. This statute prohibited the transportation in interstate commerce of goods produced at factories that violated certain restrictions on child…

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    The industrial revolution in Great Britain The industrial revolution took place all around the world, from the 17th century to the late 19th. It changed the usual rural society into a modern and industrial one. The first country where the industrial revolution began was the Great Britain, as it has the legal conditions for this movement to take off. One of the most important reasons was the population rising. It doubled in less than one century. Even if it wasn’t the unique country with…

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    During the Industrial Revolution the world as we know it today started to take form. New inventions were becoming developed at a very rapid speed all over the world. At the end of the nineteenth century the telegraph, camera, and electricity was invented (Fiero, 2015). This period brought forth many goods and job opportunities for the economy. These inventions were not the easiest to produce until the Industrial Revolution came about and switched the production from people to machines. A group…

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