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How Did People Grow During The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution gave people better life conditions. First, they started living longer. People started living longer because they had more access to medical attention, especially in urban areas. Florence Nightingale, a nurse in the Industrial Revolution, turned a deadly hospital with a 60% death rate, into rather a life-saving one with a 2% death rate. She achieved this by washing the medical instruments, emptying the soldiers latrines, and by cleaning out the trenches. Another reason people lived longer was that food was more widespread. They fertilize their land with manure, fenced off their crops, and used the seed drill to increase crop production. With the Industrial revolution starting, people would live longer, a direct result …show more content…

Before the revolution, workers could not form a labor union and the government would intervene and led to the Peterloo Massacre Protest. But during the Industrial Revolution, the working class gained the right to unionize, strike, and bargain wages and hours. A second improvement would be entertainment. Usually, a worker would work and die in their life. But thanks to lower prices a worker could spend his money on entertainment such as plays, musicals, etc. Lastly, cleaner cities and sewage systems improved life. The cleaner sewage systems and cities dropped death rates because the waste wasn't seeping into the water and food. France put an expensive sewage system, which turned out to be worth when it cut to the mortality rate in half. The Industrial Revolution was successful in terms of correcting work/city conditions.

The world has been influenced by the Industrial Revolution. Better lives, advancements, and city and work conditions are 3 of the multiple positive impacts of the Industrial Revolution. The Revolution gave everybody longer lives, better and faster technologies, and city and work conditions. The Industrialization was a blessing, not a

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