The Industrial Revolution has changed America in many ways, some good and some bad. The most important changes that brought about the Industrial Revolution were the invention of machines to do the work of hand tools, the use of steam, and later of other kinds of power, in place of the muscle of human beings and animals, and the adoption of the factory system. In my opinion the Industrial Revolution has done more good for America than it has done harm.
In the beginning of the Industrial Revolution there weren’t many laws that governed the industries. They could hire seven year old children to work full time in coal mines. And there were no regulations on what industries could do with their biohazard waste. In the beginning the working class,
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According to Australian National University,
Unions also encouraged developments in areas of political theory and philosophy during the period of the Industrial Revolution, particularly with Marxism and various schools of socialist thought. (What was the role of the labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?, 2015)” There are still many Unions out there today that are representing workers in various industries. I am grateful personally for the Unions because my husband has been in the Union for over thirty years, and if it wasn’t for them he wouldn’t have a retirement.
We cannot overlook the technology that has changed the way that we live today. One of the biggest advancement was the invention of the rail road system and the steam engines.
“Before the advent of the steam engine, raw materials and finished goods were hauled and distributed via horse-drawn wagons, and by boats along canals and rivers. In the early 1800s,
American Robert Fulton (1765-1815) built the first commercially successful steamboat, and by the mid-19th century, steamships were carrying freight across the Atlantic. As steam-powered ships were making their debut, the steam locomotive was also coming into use. In the