6.02 Industrial Revolution: Positive And Negative Effects On Society

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Giseimy Hernandez
AP World History
6.02 Industrial Revolution Assessment part 1
May 5, 2018

While the Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative effects on society and the economy, the negative effects outweighed the positive. The Industrial Revolution had many negative effects on society. For Example people, like adult and children, were working in factories. In the factories the people used coal as a power resource and after being used they became smoke. Based on this, the air and water pollution increased significantly. They worked for long hours and low wages, and they never got a break. In the text ‘Labor Union Movement’ states, “The long hour and low wages of factory workers led to another highly significant social result: