... machine efficiency to be carried out, the machines needed to have people running, powering and keeping the machines in good working order. The idea of rural family life was changed as a result of the industrial revolution. It was a time of change from hand tools and hand made items to machine manufactured and ... mass-produced goods. Prior to the industrial revolution people worked at home, on farms, and children, once they were old enough, would help their family out with the chores. It was not uncommon for people to be born, grow up and die in the same ... one room for the whole famil...

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... brought about by industrialization. The introduction of factories meant a dramatic change in work for the workers during the Industrial Revolution. Prior to factories, most workers were farmers on small-scale farms. With the introduction of factories, however, these farmers were forced to switch occupations. Instead of doing what they had been for several years, they were forced to work in a new ... reflected the pace of the seasons, as it did when they were farming. This meant that they worked all year round, which was a new concept to them. The concept of family changed dramatically d...

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... . If you could improve the land after five years, it was yours to keep. Despite many troubles, almost 400,000 homesteaders made it through their five years. Most of the farms in the West moved to commercial agriculture. These people specialized in crops to be sold on national and world markets instead of only to feed their families. It allowed farmers ... old immigrants, the old-stock Americans, who were from Western Europe. Most of these new immigrants built ethnic communities to live in. Any time a family member would move to America they would move in with their family. Houses were cr...

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... called change of labor, because as time went by more Americans left farming to work in factories or sales, which then expanded the growth of cities. Instead of having more family owned businesses larger corporate firms began to take over which also harmed the labor force. Having corporate firms led to longer working hours and less pay for those in the ... American soil. Farmers were another group that had a great after effect of industrialization, because majority of the farmers had little to no other experience in working other than on their farms, therefore because of industrializatio...

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... coincided with the first stirrings of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Industrial Revolution helped to transform the United States from a nation of farms and small towns to an industrial power and an urbanized society. Today, technological change is transforming the country again as jobs move away from traditional industries like manufacturing to service ... change as well as of economic growth. In personal life, telephones allowed people to stay in closer touch with friends and family members. Ironically, the telephone contributed to the b...

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... decreased. The number of farmers declined, because factories could perform many farm tasks (other than growing food). The factories began to expand the production of food. Many people left their farms to join a city. These are just a few of the many positive changes the Industrial Revolution brought to the United States. The Industrial Revolution split the United States into different groups ... Southern areas long-term. The Industrial Revolution brought the United States together more than it split the nation apart. It created the first cities. Before, most social interaction was with ...

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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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... late 1700s. British people started to use machines to make textiles and steam engines to run machines. Sometime after that locomotives were invented. By 1850 most Englishmen had left their farms and small towns and were laboring in industrial cities. Eventually the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Europe and to North America. The important changes of the Industrial Revolution were 1. The invention ... . The Industrial Revolution introduced the world to the assembly line. One of the first people to use the assembly line was Henry Ford; he made sure that soon almost every family own...

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... % of the cotton industry. A child working was not a new concept, they had worked side by side with their families or other adults for centuries on the farms in order to supply sustenance for themselves and family. The major difference that arose from the IR was the combined work force of women, men and Children. This literally separated the parents from the children ... ...

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... Manchester allowed not only for successful manufacturing and trade, but also benefited the middle and lower classes. Before the Industrial Revolution began, rural conditions had been declining. Agricultural work on farms had been labor intensive and extremely demanding on the workers. Moreover, rural earnings were incredibly modest. However, the Industrial Revolution provided jobs with higher wages and better working conditions. In ... are owing to the increase in national wealth which the manufacturing system has produced." The factories provided the means whereby the poor could buy fo...

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