The Industrial Revolution, which started in Great Britain in the late 17th century and continued through the 19th century, had both positive and negative effects on society. On the positive side, it led to increased productivity, economic growth, and technological advancements that revolutionized transportation and communication. However, it also had negative impacts on workers, including poor working conditions, long hours, and low pay. It also had negative effects on the environment, contributing to pollution and other forms of environmental degradation. The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to society, both with positive and negative consequences. Although the Industrial Revolution had some positive effects, such as the uprising …show more content…
The Industrial Revolution had some positive impacts on society, such as creating employment opportunities for both genres and introducing significant technological advancements. The purpose of Document 3 was to illustrate the positive of the revolution due to the reason that there was an increase of urbanization throughout the empires but most in England, while urbanization in the Ottoman Empire remained low because it was an old empire. The [purpose] of this graph is to explain how England experienced significant growth in urbanization during the period from 1850 to 1900, surpassing every other country during that time. The graph helps contextualize the impact of the Industrial Revolution on England and other countries. Through …show more content…
The purpose of Document 1 describes the torment that John Wright had to face, John Wright started to work in the factories around the age of 6 and roughly worked 11 hours a day plus two over-hour shifts. Working conditions were rough based on what John saw during his time such as children being forcefully brought to the factory and children unable to walk due to their weak, underdeveloped bodies. Because of the large number of children being put into hard labor, there was a large number of cripples reported throughout the town. The [purpose] of this document is to demonstrate how children were forcefully brought to the factory, basically against their will, and how after their 11-hour shifts, many of these young children could barely walk. These conditions for these very young children were extremely harsh for them, both mentally and physically. Through a physician's point of view on Document 2 he describes the physical condition of the manufacturing population in the North-eastern District of England, where children about five years old are sent to work thirteen hours a day, and children between nine and eleven years old work for fifteen hours. The effects of such labor
Although the industrial revolution had positive impacts such as helping the economy, it led many places to illiteracy, loss of life, and an increase in crime rate. There were many great effects of the Industrial Revolution, which helped Great Britain's economy grow more efficiently. Firstly, Great Britain was the first country to industrialize, meaning they had cheaper goods which other countries at the time were in need of leading Great Britain to mass trading. Secondly, when they made factories, they required people to work in these factories, leading to growth in the employment rate. Lastly, document 4 states that industrialization made “not only travel at less expense but travels ten times quicker than two hundred years ago”.
The Industrial Revolution was a period where factories were enhanced and new luxuries were created, some of the luxuries are still used today! This Technological Revolution was a generation where Industrialization began, which was the development of factories and other human resources. The Industrial Revolution included many positive and negative effects for citizens, but for factory workers it was mainly negative. During The Industrial Revolution, citizens were forced to work in polluted factories with dangerous and terrible conditions.
Jaynise Lopes World History In Rev DBQ The industrial Revolution had a negative effect on England due to working conditions, long hours in factories and polluted cities. The working conditions developed health problems for the workers. The long hours caused the children to be deprived of many things.
The industrial revolution improved and is still improving our community, but it wasn’t all good. The good things that came from this revolution didn’t start out well. Many rules had to be made because of these corrupt ways. The industrial revolution did many great things that improve our society today. These rules and improvements were made because of the ways things were done before.
Document 1 describes the working conditions of British factories. In this excerpt, a testimony is given by a 28-year-old worker who began working in the mills at the age of 10. During that time he would work 16 hours straight with only one 40-minute break for lunch at noon. This left no time for school and resulted in the man being able to read but not write. And at times the children were even whipped to keep them awake.
The industrial revolution was both positive and negative for our country. Despite the fact that there were many good things that came out of about the revolution there was many more negatives for the people at the time. A few of these consequences included low and unequal pay, child labor, no job guarantee, and poor living conditions. These situations made it obvious to the government that something needed change, but it took a while for them realize it resulting in injuries and even death. Although it did take awhile for them to realize what they needed do to prevent this, eventually they did figure out laws to help stabilize and grow in in a healthy way.
It shows that children, who should be going to school and or playing, are being treated as tools for work and are made to work for a long time in harsh conditions. In document E it says “When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry ‘Weep! weep! weep! Weep!'
The Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative effects of how the people felt and did with the Great depression happening in the early 1900’s. Many of the positives were because of the big booms in large cities with supply and demand. There was a huge boom in Pittsburgh due to the large steel production. There were negative effects because of all of the low working wages, the economy dropping, and the desperate needs of everyone needing money. Other negative effects were also horrible conditions in factories, really low pay, unfair working hours and some of the workers were kids between the ages of 10-16.
he Industrial Revolution overall had a positive effect on happiness in the workplace, village space, and resources for workers. The first example that shows it was positive is that the children were happy and had never been beaten in work. According to the 3rd document it says “They seemed to always be cheerful and alert” this tells me that it was positive because the children never got beat and they were always happy and cheerful to be at work which could cause better work ethic. Another positive thing is that in the village they were given more places to stay and they were fed and clothed.
The Industrial Revolution was from 1750 to 1830, a period of time that caused an economical and cultural shift. This era brought a mix of positive and negative effects that not only affected the area it was in but also its surroundings. In result of the revolution there was the cottage industry, agriculture, harsh labor within the system of factory- based manufacturing that included complex machinery, the growth of technology, new resources and the development of transportation. Also the series inventions that increased the production of manufactured goods, which then led to the increased size in the population. A series of the positive effects that came from the industrialization mostly came from the factory owners and the individuals who were above the middle class.
The Industrial Revolution was positive for the world but negative for those individuals/workers. The Industrial Revolution was a transition in Europe and the United States from 1760 through about 1840. It was a time of great growth in technologies and inventions. One way it was positive was that it improved travel, trade, money, and the production of items. One way it was negative was that people were overworked, underpaid, and worked in dangerous areas and worked with dangerous equipment.
The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was an increase in production brought about by the use of machines and characterized by the use of new energy sources began in England from the late 1700’s to sometime between 1820 and 1840. The Industrial Revolution have many positive effect on many people. Andrew Ure thought the children enjoyed working at the factory. Even though many people did die because of diseases but it show us we needed to improve our manufacture. Leon Faucher also thought the condition of the English faculty town were the cleanliness which indicates order and comfort.
On one side of the coin, the Industrial Revolution came with great benefits in terms of technological and socioeconomic advancements that revolutionized human society for the better. Suddenly, goods became more available and ores like iron and coal were being worked thus causing the economy of areas that were taking advantage of these natural resources to be expanded tremendously. This is supported by the graph shown in document eight which shows the growth of British iron production over the course of the industrial revolution. It shows that in the course of half a century, the British iron output would almost triple and thus the British economy would benefit greatly. In addition, economic advancement would not be the only advancement made
The Industrial Revolution, which occurred between around 1760 and 1820-1840, was a period of transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, and the use of water and steam power. It led to unprecedented population growth and a rise in average income and population[2]. The growth of industries and factories in Great Britain led to urbanization, overcrowding, and poor living conditions in industrial towns[7]. In the short term, the poor living conditions in industrial towns led to the spread of diseases and illnesses[8]. However, the British government passed several laws and regulations aimed at improving the lives of people living in industrial towns.
The Industrial Revolution was a significant time period in the shaping of today's society. Between 176 to 184, Britain industrialised by the introduction of mechanical production and manufacturing methods. As this process changed society during this period there were many positive and negative impacts, this had a major change in the lifestyle of many individuals living in Britain. Negative impacts included the pollution that had covered cities and contaminated waterways, the treatment of children in factories and the overall working condition in these factories. The happiness of people who found employment was very low and thus there were many unions started to defends the rights of workers.