The Industrial Revolution was a period of great change for the Western world. It began in the early 1700s and ended around 1800. This time saw the rise of factories and the Atlantic slave trade. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on society. Positive effects of the Industrial Revolution: – led to … Read more
The Industrial Revolution was a period of great change for society. It saw the rise of new technologies and the growth of factories and cities. Industrialization had a profound effect on the social structure of society. Industrialization led to the rise of the middle class. This new class of people were not connected to traditional … Read more
Three factors influence the Industrial revolution, these factors include :a population boom: a canal boom: and policies of the government of parliament. The revolution first occurred in Britain and later spread throughout the world. Cotton also had a prevalent influence on the revolution, these influences are demonstrated in the Cottage Industries. The Industrial revolution created … Read more
A woman in Wales bought a dress and was looking at the dress label for washing instructions when she noticed a note. The note was written on the back of the dress label, it read, “Forced to work exhausting hours. ” The dress the woman thought was pretty, soon became disturbingly ugly. This was the … Read more
The tragedy of the triangle shirtwaist factory fire sparked the uprising in the fight for better shape of the working environment when 145 of the innocent were killed. It was that it began in a small rag bin, a simple target for a fire in a building with locked fire escape routes, unoperational elevators, and … Read more
The industrial revolution took place during the early 1700’s to late 1800s, which had a huge impact and transformed societies in Europe and America into more urban and industrial societies. The industrial revolution first started in Britain in the 1700s. The industrial revolution brought the mass production of goods in factories, which lead to changes … Read more
The period I chose to focus on was the Antebellum Period of 1789-1812. From this period the three things I chose to touch upon were the Cotton Gin, Early Industrialization and the Rise in Manufacturing in the North, and the canal system during the Antebellum Period in American history. This period is considered to be … Read more
In the years 1865 to 1900 the United States had flourished in their industry business, giving the era the rightful name of the Industrial Revolution. During this time period thousands of submitted patents and successful inventions connected the country, brought life to cities and boosted both the Northern and Southern economy post-Civil War. This revolution … Read more
When Isaac Asimov envisioned a world in which robots would be as common as humans, he determined all of the ethics and morals that would bind these smart machines with three rules: “1. A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow it to come to harm, 2. A robot must always … Read more