Industrial Revolution Pros And Cons

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution (which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries) was a period during which rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Before the Industrial Revolution manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using handtools or basic machines. The revolution marked a shift to powerful special-purpose machinery. Factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played big roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. While the Industrial Revolution brought about an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living

On of them was that the poor often did not experience the benefits of this period, as urbanization led to horrible living conditions. There was much more money to be made in the cities than in the rural farming areas. This caused many people to abandon their farms and move to the industrial centers. This made the amount of farmed foods scarce for a long period of time. Before all of the factories came about during the revolution, there was no major sources of pollution to the water and air in the world. The pollution never stopped after this time and continues to contaminate our air, land, and water. Factories quickly became all about profit. The working conditions for the large amount of people working these factories where extremely poor. They where forced to work extremely long hours with few breaks and little pay in order to maximize profits. This resulted in stress related illnesses, the spread of disease, and death throughout the factories. Also kids were forced to leave school and go work in a factory to make more money for their families. They were wiped and yelled at in the factories and this is shown in the comic in Source #3. Compared to today's life, kids don't work for anything and they have so much and they're so spoiled. If you look at the kids back then they worked and worked and worked and didn't even have shoes to wear and this is shown very good in the image on Source #4. On top of all of that Source #6 says that they had to move to very far places and most of the time it was very far from their home and