HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Technology allowed people to communicate manufacturing ideas across large pieces of land
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Technology gave the federal government a way to make sure factories were safe and efficient
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Technology initially slowed down the Industrial Revolution because it took time for people to learn how to operate the new machines
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Technology created a way to make things faster, and therefore sell them cheaper
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Detailed explanation-1: -The railways, steamships and the telegraph played an essential role in the 19th-century world. The colonisation new investments and improvements in transport. Faster railways, lighter wagons, and larger ships helped move food more cheaply and quickly from faraway farms to final markets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because the Industrial Revolution increased the production capacity of Western states astronomically, there was an enormous hunger for raw materials to satisfy demands. Thus, the Western powers sought colonies where raw materials were abundant and where they could be appropriated at little to no cost.
Detailed explanation-3: -It led to the invention of industrial machines in production, it led to a new, safer way to do mining, and it fostered innovation in healthcare with the creation of the iron lung. Not only was it a time of great innovation, but it was also a time of great growth with an unprecedented rise in the world’s population.
Detailed explanation-4: -How? Two technologies that contributed to the Industrial Revolution were James Watt’s steam engine and the assembly line which greatly increased production.