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The idea of industrialization was brought into the West by Great Britain. Industrialization is the introduction of manufacturing, advanced technology, and economic activity into an area. The Industrial Revolution occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Work was mostly done in the homes by hand because there were no machines to do the work. If often took much longer to manufacture one thing because a person could only work during the day, and they did not have the means to…

effect on Britain's economy. The ever improving textile inventions helped to continue Britain’s economic growth. The spinning jenny and the water frame were eventually used to create more profitable inventions that had to do with energy like the steam engine, this caused even more economic growth. With new inventions that made even more money, the textile industry grew and was able to produce more yarn and faster spinning techniques, which in turn led to the economy growing even more. The…

During the 19th century, Americans were facing the new industrial age that came with the rapid growth of business manufacturing. The rapid economic growth of the United States railroads, helped create new technology in the workplace. Therefore, companies were adapting to new technology and replacing skilled workers with new machinery. Skilled workers, were not being paid enough or losing their jobs to unskilled immigrants, women, and children; who were willing to take even lower wages to work.…

Wilson uses the ghetto of Chicago as his “laboratory” to describe the decline in the African American race. With it being less barriers to a higher education, higher career opportunities, and allied groups in the American society. When you grow up in the ghetto, sometimes committing a crime is a part of an economic opportunity because much income isn’t coming into a person’s household. Males took it upon themselves to drop out of school to sell drugs. With the major decline being unexpected in…

A major change in America’s society during this time period was the second Industrial Revolution, in which Leuchtenburg discusses in his tenth chapter, “The Second Industrial Revolution.” The first and second revolution differ immensely due to the fact the first focused primarily on the establishment of steam powered machines while the second replaced steam with electricity as the power source. This revolution altered the daily lives of every American by changing the way of transportation,…

Following the end of the Civil War led to the Second Industrial revolution which brought many new innovative ideas and inventions attracting people from all over the world. Individuals who owned Businesses were thriving off the success that the second industrial revolution had brought. Few people grew to become unbelievably wealthy, but two massive people in that time period were Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller the two wealthiest people during the Industrial Revolution. Attracting…

From 1840 to 1860 the total trackage length in the US increase more than nine times. Railroads in the mid 1800s were booming across America, following them was many radical changes. One of the first evident changes was one of independence; train lines diverted traffic from water ways, this in turn made the West in addition to the South more independent from their Northeastern counterparts. Rail lines were important for expansion across the nation, thousands of people used them to move Westward.…

Taken from a letter written by Franklin for Joseph Priestley, an English chemist, the quote attempts to answer the question, what is Enlightenment? The purpose of the letter was to thank Priestley for his critic on a paper Franklin had written on the Aurora Borealis. This letter was written during the Enlightenment, which included writers that focused on an exchange of ideas. This time period was not just about intellectual improvements, but also political and social improvements. There were…

Modernism Introduction Modernism was a radical movement or percolating rebellion in history which changed the modern artistic, literacy philosophy and practise that reformed the western arts, gathering in speed around the early 20th century. This was a period of change, the use of new materials being used like iron and steel, which colonized the boom of the Industrial revolution (c.1760-1860) Causing changes to sculpture and architecture. New Technologies which included inventions of transport…

The Industrial Revolution has been described as a mixed blessing. I agree with this statement for many reasons. When it says “mixed blessings” it's saying that it had both good and bad effects on people and ways of living. Some good effects/blessings it had were how it increased the production of goods, raise the standards of living, provided hope of improvement in peoples lives, included healthier diets, better housing, mass produced clothing, and expanded educational opportunities. Some…