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The Negative Effects Of The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution made radical changes in the lives of many individuals during this time. It divided the population into 3 groups: the children and the working class who suffered the most hardships, and the middle class who benefited from it.

The middle class had slightly more pleasant experiences than the children and working class of the industrial revolution. The middle class included factory owners, doctors, lawyers, and skilled workers. Factory owners made a lot of money as they were the ones who employed children as workers and made workers wages lower. They earned massive amounts of money from the mass production of goods without having to pay much wages at all, which allowed for them to buy houses further away from the disease-ridden
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