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Name three positive and negative impacts the American Industrial Revolution had on the U.S.Name three positive and negative impacts the American Industrial Revolution had on the U.S.
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High School - 12th Grade
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The Industrial Revolution was a long process of economic change in the United States, lasting well over a century. There are more advantages and disadvantages than are listed here, but let me...
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High School - 10th Grade
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I think it is important to highlight the first negative that is mentioned in #2 - really, many would argue that the environmental crisis that we are facing today had its roots in the Industrial...
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High School - 12th Grade
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Great list by brettd. I'd like to add one more issue to the discussion. The Industrial Revolution changed the concept of work in America on several levels. First, as productivity...
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In addition to the workload and demand for more workers came the demand and opportunity for women to work outside of the home in areas other than teaching and nursing. Of course, along with...
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The Industrial Revolution was a boost for the United States and provided lots of opportunities for Americans to find work. I was just thinking about the "Technology Revolution", it has caused...
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Positive things that the Industrial Revolution brought was a greater economic benefit for the country to be operating at such efficiencies, and it created new technological changes and improvements in the ares of commercialization, mechanization, and the assembly line. One of the unfortunate disadvantages was that it created hardships for women and children to be working long hours in factories for such little pay.
The Industrial Revolution must have done something to improve public health and the reduce poverty.
According to Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations, before 1776 half of children died in childhood, and "in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive."
http://geolib.com/smith.adam/won1-08.html
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