... with enough money if women didn't go to work as well. This was not such a big change for the families, since the whole family had already worked together on the farms. As all these families came to the city or town looking for work women and children also had to work, this is known as the ... it was known that there were some butlers or gardeners but again this was just a minority at the time. The Industrial Revolution had a big effect on the family life. Families had to split up because of work reasons and a lot of the time they never saw each other again, another reason was that they co...

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... they would show their allegiance to the Pope instead of becoming loyal Americans. While many Irish immigrants were occupying urban areas, German and Scandinavian immigrants were moving west and starting farms. As with the Irish, Germans to would have to assimilate into American culture if they really wanted to prosper. Americans frowned upon many of their customs like beer drinking and ... base, which would result in cities developing. However, people of the west were still living out on their farms, which was and enormous amount of isolation compared to someone who lived in New York Ci...

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... migration west to california through the great economic depression of the 1930's. the Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possessions of their land because the owners could not pay off their ... found ways to successfully govern themselves through their tent cities which is why they looked to establish a common ground. Times were rough for the Joad family as well as many other families. The plantation owners jacked up the prices and cut wages ignorant of the...

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... migration west to california through the great economic depression of the 1930's. the Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possessions of their land because the owners could not pay off their ... found ways to successfully govern themselves through their tent cities which is why they looked to establish a common ground. Times were rough for the Joad family as well as many other families. The plantation owners jacked up the prices and cut wages ignorant of the...

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... of the workforce, and that number is rapidly increasing (India Tribune). It is unclear how many of the millions are forced to work due to their family needing more money. Many families in India have little choice but to send their children to work. The children help their families live and eat with the ... their children to school due to their lack of money so they send their children off to work to help support the family. These children are being sent off mainly to work on farms or in large factories. For some families sending a child or two to work helps reduce their weekly expenses. I...

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... living conditions in urban industrial settings were a popular subject for reformers. "Thus thousands of families, which formerly gained an independent livelihood on those separate farms, have been gradually reduced to the class of day laborers" (Davies). Living conditions left many who were a part of the working class down in ... good housing and shelter left everyone stranded to find somewhere to not only find a job to make money, but somewhere to live. And if a family was unemployed, that meant that not only where they living in adequate conditions but neither were there children. Thes...

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Prior to the 18th century, in the United States and Western Europe, the majority of the population lived on farms. However, during the 1700's many remarkable new innovations came into being which caused an upheaval of sorts. "New forms of power, such as steam, replaced ... (Gladden, 192) Despite the common belief, "Many men are quite willing to let the women of their house-holds go out and earn wages to support the family, and are willing themselves to live on what their wives and daughters bring in." (192) It was more beneficial for factory owners to employ women and children than ... most...

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... science to industry Before the Industrial Revolution people made goods on a small-scale from their own homes, or in workshops beside their house. The whole family would be involved in producing and selling the product. It was safe to work at home as they only used hand tools and simple machinery, these ... away, by replacing people with machines. People came from far away to work in factories, hoping to make more money than they could on the farms. They crowded into the new towns that were growing up around the factories. At that time England faced increasing pressure to produce more man...

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... as a result of this. Farmers were no longer bound to the land which caused a downfall in feudalism. The abolishment of the old system of communal farming and its replacement with family farms stated that everyone had the same share of land as before. But the smaller farmers did not have enough to survive as an independent farmer and as a result they went ... ...

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