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    Industrial Revolution (DBQ) England‚ the lead world superpower at the time‚ had both the financial and intellectual resources available to put into research and development for Industrial Revolution to begin in England. Being an economic beacon they tended to attract the smartest and most motivated individuals‚ who were in need of work‚ to England. Economic pressures in the textile business‚ which England dominated‚ started to drive toward industrialized factories. The increase of economic efficiently

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    Industrial Revolution DBQ The Industrial Revolution greatly increased the production of goods. It began in England on the 1700s. Factories were built in clusters and were built near water for their power. The Industrial Revolution had many negative and positive effects‚ but the negative effects outweighed the positive effects. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. It created jobs for many people‚ less people were on the streets with no job. It gave people hope in improvement

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    Industrial Revolution DBQ In the late 1700’s‚ the Industrial Revolution began in England creating both positive and negative effects on both the economic and social life of the people in England. The results of these effects have been taken in by numerous perspectives such as people who worked in factories‚ the factory owners themselves‚ the government and others who have witnessed the conditions in the cities at the time of the Industrial Revolution. For many children‚ the Industrial

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    uzia Slusarczyk            11/20/11 Industrial Revolution DBQ Per. 7 The Beginning of a Modern Era The Industrial Revolution began in the 1700’s where major changes occurred in technology‚ agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ and mining. It began in England‚ in the textile industry. This effected many people‚ mostly farmers. People had to change the way they lived and where they worked. The Industrial Revolution resulted in new jobs and cities‚ new technology‚ and increased productivity

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    DBQ The period of the late 1800s and early 1900s was a period during one of the biggest leaps in the industrial movement of America. The industrial revolution’s leaders‚ including Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and more‚ provided the nation with much needed inventions and transportation‚ thousands of job opportunities‚ and one of the biggest waves of philanthropy the nation has ever seen. The industrial revolution was definitely a period dominated by ’captains of industry.’ ’New and

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    Prompt: Access the validity of the following statement: "Conditions in the United States were ripe for an industrial revolution in the early 1800’s." "Reaping What You Sow": The American Industrial Revolution "The economy of the United States before the War of 1812 was largely shaped by geography..." says Arnold S. Rice. Under Henry Clay’s American system‚ canals‚ railroads‚ and public education paramounted past internal improvements. (Doc B). The inventions oriented towards textile and

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    The Baron and His Baroness Before he left for a visit to his outlying districts‚ the jealous Baron warned his pretty wife‚ “Don’t leave the castle while I am gone‚ or I will punish you severely when I return!” But as the hours passed‚ the young Baroness grew lonely‚ and despite her husband’s warning decided to visit her lover who lived in the countryside nearby. The castle was located on an island in a wide‚ fast-flowing river‚ with a drawbridge linking the island to land at the narrowest point

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    To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Document A Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool”‚ however‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combination which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders. The railroads are not run

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    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 in machinery and tools. Many people found themselves jobless due to the replacement of job positions to new machinery. The advancement and development

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    The Industrial Revolution was a transformation in Great Britain during the 18th and 19th century that involved great innovations in technologies‚ manufacturing‚ agriculture‚ and transportations. Changes in government‚ society‚ and trade also proved that the Industrial Revolution was a period of time where new ideas thrived and that countries around the world were greatly affected. The immense growth in population‚ which mainly consisted of workers and laborers‚ the effective waterways and abundant

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