There were many factors that led to this growth in business and industry like the building of many factories and the advancements in technology like new sewing machines, and new trains and railroads. ... The progressive movement was all about reforming the U.S. to make it more efficient and much more democratic. They mainly focused on three types of reforms, which were business, social, and government reforms. ... Progressivism was a political movement who felt that industrialization, immigration, and urbanization did good for the U.S. but did create business, socia...

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This document, it will mainly focus on humanitarianism and social and educational reforms in Dale's to Owen's era and what impacts these activities had on its architecture, rather than on the industrial revolution and the successes of the entrepreneurs. ... At the same time his political and commercial figures in Glasgow became prominent that he was assigned as a member of merchant guild and a burgess of the city. ... In general, all of New Lanark housing accommodations were built in Dale's period for pragmatic reason, except for the Nursery Buildings, which were erected in O...

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All that the factory owners needed was a dependable supply of labor to tend the machines. ... The factory owners at Lowell believed that machines would bring progress as well as profit. ... They increased the number of machines that each girl had to operate. ... They worked side by side, had the same interests and held similar political views. ... In the past, they had taken great pride in their handicraft skills; now machines did practically all the work, and they were reduced to the status of common laborers. ...

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