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The Industrial Revolution led to the mass exploitation of workers in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Workers formed trade unions. The trade unions won rights for the workers and their families. This was the first time workers made a demand of their employees. Working in a factory and working at home was very different. Work and home had to be separate. The public would be for work and then private was for your home. Gender roles became an issue. Men were to go to the factory to…

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She attended college at Tennessee State University. One of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Spingarn Medal’ from the NAACP. Another one of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal’ of freedom. Oprah became the first African-American female billionaire in 2003. She is best-known for hosting her own worldwide popular talk show from 1986-2011. She is also a…

Transporting goods which normally took weeks, changed to days with roads, railroads and steamboats. Roads before the Industrial Revolution were in dangerous conditions. People living in the area were responsible to repair roads, but in 1750, a new company named ‘Turnpike trust’ emerged, with the ability to borrow money towards the repair of roads and bridges.…

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The Industrial Revolution refers to the greatly output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s. Industrialization is the process of developing machine production of goods, required such resources. These natural resources included: water power and coal to fuel the new machines, iron ore to construct machines, tools, and buildings, rivers for inland transportation, and harbors from which merchant ships set sail. People with different lifestyles had their own view on the…

Brief Intro: The Home as Workplace is an article by Bettina Bradbury, in which she discusses how the beginning of industrialization changed how families made a living. Industrialization grew from around the 1850's to the end of the century making families become dependant on a wage (177). Wage earning altered the family dynamic in terms of daily tasks and jobs having to be preformed. Men and older children began earning wages in factories and other industry occupations and women had to perform…

Dream Interview I believe that Toni Braxton is a leader in her own way and has achieved things some people can only dream of doing. 1.)Toni Braxton first started rising in the industry in the 1990s, Toni quickly established herself as an R&B icon and became one of the best-selling female artists of the 1990s decade, garnering her honorific titles such as the "Queen of R&B" and being recognized as one of the most outstanding voices of the generation. 2.) Toni Braxton’s years active are from…

Capitalism thrives in contemporary society through various mediums such as the bog standard text-book to glamorous movies such as The Wolf of Wall Street, capitalism is an economic system in which goods are produced for profit (rather than one’s own immediate use) and sold (rather than bartered) in a free market (Bruce and Yearley, 2006, p.26). Despite the fact that the term originating eons ago, sociologists still have a compulsive obsession with the ancient word and rely on scholars such as…

The industrial revolution was a transition from an agricultural society to a more technological, urban society. Laborers were needed as an abundance of factories opened in cities. It was very common for women and children to work in the factories. However, the factories were cruel to employees, unsanitary, and a huge hazard to children. Many factory owners would beat the children with sticks and whips. In a primary source by John Birley ,who worked at a cotton mill since the age of 5, it is…

Marx and Christ both talk about a perfect society where economic troubles were non-existent and everyone was equal. They both knew that humanity needed a society where everyone was equal and no one could claim dominance over the other. If everyone in society was equal, there would be no conflict between one another. Both sides also agreed that there was an evil power that needed to be destroyed. Once this evil power was destroyed, people could live in peace. Although this is the moral thought…