Page 1 How did industrialization and new technology affect the economy and society? SEVERAL FACTORS THAT LED TO INCREASED GROWTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR POSTWAR PROSPERITY 1. Factories used NEW TOOLS/METHODS TO MASS PRODUCE GOODS 2. Expantion of RAILROADS 3. government ENCOURAGED IMMIGRATION A GREAT MANY IMMIGRANTS TO THE U.S. WERE PUSHED FROM THEIR HOMELANDS BY... 1. POLITICAL UPHEAL AT HOME 2. RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION 3. CROP FAILURES ENTREPRENEURS…
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States have not been a superpower for as long as most people may believe. Many people in today’s society think the United States has been the way we are for forever. Before the late 1800s, the United States was a divided nation that was reluctant to indulge in technological development and industrialization. However this soon had changed as the American government became open to change and advancement. After many technical, social/cultural, and organizational changes in the United States, the…
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Industrialization, a time during the 1800s, where technological advances happened, primarily for Western countries. It first started in Britain, because of Britain’s flourishing economy, and vast resources able to be expended. These technological advances included new weapons, new means of transportation, new ways to communicate, and new inventions. However, one problem of industrialization is resources being expended for these new technological advances. Therefore as a way for Western countries…
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Around the turn of the century, America began its great industrialization period. Corporations arose, big business men emerged, reform movements began to grow, immigrants settled at a mass rate, and different social and economic changes swept the nation. Andrew Carnegie [pic]Andrew Carnegie owned the Carnegie Steel Company, which was very successful. Steelmaking became highly successful with the Bessemer process, invented in 1855 and refined during the Civil War. This made it easier to produce…
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bosses and machines that ran the major cities in the era of industrialization. In the mid 1800’s industrialization and immigration were major waves of change for Americans. Immigrants flooded to the United States in the millions and received many jobs in factories. They forever changed the way of American culture, but alongside the good there was always bad. Sinclair worked to expose the bad results. Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, describes how alcoholism, poverty, and people in positions of authority…
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stated this, Federalist policies were passed through the mainly Federalist Cabinet. Hamilton attempted to get all of his policies made into law, though not all of his policies were passed. The industrialization Hamilton desired did not occur until much later after the Federalist Era, but the national bank did come to fruition. Washington also established a stable national government through his domestic policies. With Hamilton’s national bank, Hamilton set up a 5-point plan for America. One of these…
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Social Darwinism is the application of Charles Darwin’s laws of natural selection to humans that became popular in the late 1800s. It painted the wealthy as one group, and the lower class as another, and did not look at individual decisions. The wealthy used this Pseudo-scientific evidence to justify their wealth. The two main ideas employed were natural selection and survival of the fittest, the ideas were manipulated to allow the wealthy to be the fittest and naturally live better lives. Around…
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the philosophy of Jesus by providing an enlightened education in the early sources of Christianity, and making common sense criticism of abuses in the church. Used humorous yet effective criticism to point out corrupt practices of his own society. How did the issue of good works cause Luther's religious crisis come to a head? Catholic doctrine emphasized both faith and good works Luther saw human beings as weak and powerless to God and could never do enough good works to merit salvation Through his…
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boat and the train became the primary form of transportation and shipping. The final major change that occurred during this time is the rise of industrialism. This transformation from a nation of strictly agriculture to a nation of a mixed economy did not happen overnight. The transition towards manufacturing and industrialism was slowly occurring throughout this entire time period. These three changes have had a huge impact on the United States and they all played a major role in making America…
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Engles -changes in family lives reflect material change (ex, the mode of production, industrialization) macro-micro focus -power differences characterize society at all levels (ex, capitalism creates: exploitation of men in the workforce; oppression of women b) Political Economy -assumes the power of the one class over another (social control), capitalist relations of production -a more concentrated focus on how economic and political processes shape society and history and therefore family, families…
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