Manufactured goods and food increased in availability because of the quick transportation the railroad provided. The population also went up because food was available in in many variety and at a low cost. ... The invention of the telegraph was essential so that communication could become easier and faster. ... The lives of people living in cities changed very fast. ... If the Industrial Revolution had never happened we may still be growing all our own food and making our clothes by hand. ...

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Factory profits had boosted the economy, and more food was available, both of which helped the population with increased health care. ... A few years later, Richard Arkwright invented the water frame, which used waterpower than spun cloth even faster; the new machines put an end to the putting out system. ... Instead, factures built long sheds near fast moving streams to power the machines. ... A child lucky enough to escape sickness is still faced with the large, heavy and fast moving machines they knew little about. ... Whipping was a popular mean to make children work faster. ...

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Many families stopped raising all of their own food, and spinning their own wool. ... Turnpikes and steamboats were first used to make traveling faster and cheaper. ... It was fast, reliable, cheaper than canals to build, and not stopping in winter. ... Many farmers in New England had to move west due to the cheaper prices of food coming in. ...

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The most appalling and horrifying moment to the audience concerning the food was the bones in the tank. ... Another huge issue once Jurgis returned to work was that someone had taken his spot, someone more fast paces, and they would not change that. ...

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An educated work force helped their economy, with the fast growing population provided a major market and a very skilled work force. ... Food production, agriculture, housing, air pollution, energy production and consumption and all other basic needs of human survival are connected to the demands and usage of the resources available to us. ... It became cheaper, faster and comfortable. ...

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Also, the spinning Jenny, water-loom, and the separation of seeds from their fibers saved time Production increased greatly because the weaving and spinning of cotton and wool went faster. ... The increase of population also led to a higher demand for food, clothes, and fabrics. ...

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Humanity at the moment may be compared to a colony of bacteria in a Petri dish with a constant food supply: with no way to remove the wastes of their metabolism, the bacteria eventually poison themselves. ...

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In order to keep this standard of living, they produced fewer children, which would have competed with the animals for the scarce food resources (Jones 14-15). ... Europeans enjoyed better clothing, more varied food, more furniture and more household utensils than did their counterparts in China and India. ... By keeping a large population from which to start, recovery could take place somewhat faster when capital stocks were depleted from disasters. ...

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Consumerism, a social and economic order and ideology that encourages the consumption of products. Stewart Ewen, in his essay "Chosen People" addresses the topic of consumerism in the middle class of America and suggests different negative effects. He supports his claim by describing the nature of t...

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Businesses had money to manufacture more products at faster rates causing the factories to boom in England's cities. ... The Agricultural Revolution resulted in an increased amount of food in England and in effect, the population increased. ...

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Some owners sought shortcuts by hiring orphans from London and other cities and bringing them to the northern textile mills with the promise of wages, food and housing. ... The many physical dangers inherent in the early factories might include working in mills with temperatures of more than 80 degrees, inhaling dust from the textile fibers, and injury of death from fast-moving, unsafe machinery. ...

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