The Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) brought about many changes to daily lives and work. It provided many job opportunities and transformed the economy. Industrialization created new machines to revolutionize transportation, production of goods, and efficiency. Some such inventions were railroads, steam engines, and mechanized textile spinning machines. The Industrial Revolution promoted urbanization and factory work. Many people began to live in urban cities and worked all day to make a living. With these changes came new standards and many reforms. Poor working conditions, such as harsh treatment of workers, bad health conditions, and the employment of children, were a primary factor in many arguments for Industrialization reform in the British 19th century to improve the …show more content…
Document four reports that laborers were susceptible to disease because of overcrowding and pollutants in the air and streets. People had no concept of cleanliness and were throwing trash out on streets and polluting the air with smoke. British Politician Edwin Chawick’s report addresses the whole population of Great Britain and is a call to action that they need to do better at cleaning up. Document seven shows a picture of a child factory worker covered in soot after performing his daily duties. This document shows how unhealthy the conditions were. Workers could develop disease and die because of the things that would get on them or into their mouths and eyes. Child labor was the most pressing issue and encouraged many documents and other works expressing the need for government regulation of underage factory workers. Document three explains how factory labor is not something a child should be doing as it is detrimental to their growth and body. Children made up the majority of workers because they were cheap and listened to