Industrialization Dbq Essay

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries industrialization was a big thing in Japan. This industrialization had economic, political and social effects on Japan. According to document 1, “The Constitution of the Empire of Japan: The Meiji Constitution (1890-1947)one political change was a written constitution was formed. In 1868 this constitution was created to show how Japan is a capable of deserving respect while keeping their own power.

Even though the people running the factories made money because of child labor, It was unfair to youngsters because they could have gotten sick or injured and they didn't get to learn. Meanwhile, The people running the factories didn't have to work as hard. Children had to work long hours for little to no pay. They have the chance of getting hurt,or get sick because of the conditions of the factory.

This did not give the workers much time to have a life or any kind of relationship outside of the factory. In addition to the days being extremely long, they rarely received any breaks or time given to themselves. ¨given fifteen minutes for breakfast... They were allowed fifteen minutes for lunch... And a ten minute break...

The labour conditions for children were also considerably less hygienic and safe with the vast majority operating in enclosed spaces amid large machinery that posed danger to their lives. In 1812 the Felling Colliery disaster saw 81 fatalities (records are incomplete), Figure 5 gives details of the ages of some workers and the numbers killed in the disaster. What is most noticeable is that the youngest recorded age of a fatality is 8 years old and over half of workers killed had an average age of 17 or lower, demonstrating the extent to which children were

Chimney sweeps where horribly they had all the dirt and grime from fires and a major risk of getting hurt. According to “victorianchildren.org” the job of sweeping the chimney may have been the most dangerous job for children in the 1800’s, especially when the child first started doing the job. The people who did chimney sweeps rarely made it to middle ages. Orphans were taken and put to work cleaning the chimneys, but when they got to big they were put back on the streets, and children often outgrow the job by nine to ten years of age(Price). They coal mines weren’t as bad as the chimney sweeps, but still many risks are with this jobs to.

Industrialization’s negative effects were child labor, long working hours, and damage the environment with pollution. The horrendous conditions of child labor were a large effect on society in a negative way. An example of this is in an excerpt from a letter by a Lowell Mill girl, Mary Paul, “I am at work in a spinning room

The industrial revolution took place in the 18th century and carried into the 19th century. During these times, more and more machines were introduced to replace labor by hand. Daily life was improved for thousands of people across the country. But along with these new machines came many negatives, as well as positives. In the following paragraphs, these examples will be listed.

During this time, many people were so poor and lived in awful conditions and also worked in awful conditions. Since,

Firstly children at the age of 7 started working factories in document 4 “I think the youngest child is about 7”. That is obscured having a 7 year old doing that type of hard work ; Secondly for children to be doing 13 hours of long hard work labor in summer, workings from daylight to dark in winter that's crazy !!!. Finally There's so much noise, clatter since the 500 looms being in operation all day . So with all that mess and noise being in 1 of those rooms for 15-20 minutes is enough to make you sweat buckets. This is why the industrial Revolution had many effects but this one particular was a negative effect for the workers living in the cruel conditions of the factories

After people noticed the treacherous working conditions for kids in the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s, many individuals took action to address this dreadful problem. During this time, the working conditions were dreadful. For example, Syble Filter had his finger cut off at the age of 17 when a machine started unexpectedly (Doc. 3). Another example of these terrible conditions is when very young children (boys especially) got caught in the machine or fell into a moving machine (Doc.2).

Wages for those who labored in factories were low and working conditions could be dangerous and monotonous. Unskilled workers had little job security and were easily replaceable. Children were part of the labor force and often worked long hours and were used for such highly hazardous tasks as cleaning the machinery. In the early 1860s, an estimated one-fifth of the workers in Britain’s textile industry were younger than 15. Industrialization also meant that artisans and craftsmen were no longer required for producing goods of their expertise.

The Industrial Revolution, although, helped us take our economy to the next level, created harsh lives for the young workers that worked in the factories. The factories were unsafe because in “History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain” by Edward Baines, it talks about how the children that worked would get eaten by the spinners and overlookers and had the same food every day while working 13 to 15 hours. By getting beaten everyday and working up to 15 hours a day they had weak limbs, making them grow inmobil and crippled. In the testimony of Joseph Herbergram, he stated that he, too, had damaged his lungs and leg muscles, couldn 't carry the weight of his own bones and became crippled. His damaged was caused by the dust in the factory

The people working in these factories weren’t just adults, many of them were actually children. Children from age 4 and up were allowed to work in these factories. Most factories would have children work because they had tiny fingers and hands, and they were able to fit into tiny areas that adult hands could not fit in. These children would mostly work in cramped, dark, and damp areas; these children would not have a very long or happy life. Hard labour, and the high cost of food and other items like stuff for hygiene, made life difficult and most children did not have a long life.

Overall the industrialization had a greater positive affect on society because of child labor. It was cruel that the kids had to work in the factories. (They worked from five in the morning until seven at night when there were other activities . Document 7)( When there were no activities going on will they were working it would be from six in the morning until seven at night. Document 7)( They had only forty minutes of lunch and had to drink water when they got the chance too.

“Factory life was not healthy for working class families during the industrial revolution because of people visiting factories and seeing it wasn 't child friendly”. Child labor was a part of the industrial revolution they were mistreated and overworked. Two documents [The house of lords Dr.Ward] and [John Birley newspaper article] can support the evidence we need to prove that child labor was horrible. When the house of lords asks Dr.Ward “have you observed that children in the factories have particular accidents”Dr. Ward followed with his answer “When i was a surgeon in the infirmary,accidents were very often admitted to the infirmary,though the children 's hands and arms having been caught in the machinery;In many instances the