WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.
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people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.
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work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.
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industrialized nations created overseas colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars, but the period generally spanned from about 1760 to 1840.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters. Working conditions were difficult and exposed employees to many risks and dangers, including cramped work areas with poor ventilation, trauma from machinery, toxic exposures to heavy metals, dust, and solvents.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution was a period of scientific and technological development in the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies-especially in Europe and North America-into industrialized, urban ones.