Industrial Revolution In America

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Tayler Pfeiffer Metzger History 11 U. S. History 11 Final Industrial Revolution: I think the Industrial Revolution was one of the first major economic and market changers in American history. Before this, we used horse and carriage to transport people and objects across the nation and the notion of a factory using gasoline from a liquid mined deep within the earth was unheard of. But when oil was eventually discovered and put to use, out came the Industrial Revolution. With the industrialization period, American and her people brought forward the fuel industry, railroad transportation, larger factories and many more technological wonders of that time. Of course, however, with the highs come the lows. Poverty, child abuse, overworking,…show more content…
Another large effect of the Industrial Revolution was the boom of the American population. Immigrants from all over the world came to America for job opportunities and to start a new life. “Among the studies that address the relationship between immigration and industrialization, few go beyond a general or abstract discussion.” -ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. The high immigration levels caused much over-population, and thus came the invention of tenants which brought the evolved idea of “studio apartments” as we call them today. The…show more content…
Kennedy was a young, dashing, successful president intent on doing what was right for his country. He wanted to end communism and he won the race to space and Kennedy was ideal, so ideal in the eyes of his countrymen. So, why would anyone want him dead? On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, TX, Kennedy was riding along in a parade of vehicles in his open-top limo, and a man named Lee Harvey Oswald shot him. Dead square, shot him and killed Kennedy the President. Of course, Oswald was a communist. “Oswald was arrested for the murder. Oswald was an avowed communist who spent three years living in the Soviet Union.”-ushistory.org. Nobody would have ever guessed the enormous effect it really had. It ushered in the era of cynicism. In the decade that followed Kennedy’s death, a period that would see government lies about the Vietnam War exposed and the revelations about the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration was beginning to suspect. Instability was starting to reflect in American government and people were noticing with their negative light, demanding honesty and explanation, especially on the mess of the Vietnam War. But however much this was a terrible event and much mourned by the people, one plus I think it did bring round was advanced security measures. Bulletproof glass, Kevlar, sure all that existed; but was any of it
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