Pros And Cons Of The Industrial Revolution

Some other unfortunate events was the growth of the urban poor, children switched from working on farms or in homes to working in factories, brick yards, and coal mines. The jobs became much more difficult to do and more dangerous to work at. Workers were overworked, nearly starved, and beaten. “They were often “strapped” or beaten” (Doc 1).

There was an abundance of workers, and the items they were producing were being found in homes across the country. Industry was making a lot of money, but due to the number of able workers, these same companies believed that they did not need to treat them well. The workers were putting in ten to twelve hours a day, five and a half, or six days a week (p. 9). The working conditions

Before the days of labor laws and unions, there was a time in which laws were not able to keep up with a rapidly changing industrial economy. As machinery and technology advanced, so did the possible amount of revenue being generated. Unfortunately, this machinery made it so unexperienced workers, such as children and teenagers, could work hours on end creating products. With little legislation in place, these vulnerable workers were exploited in factories and mills. Many individuals, such as Florence Kelley, called for change by creating speeches that would be presented in large conventions and rallies.

The Industrial Revolution brought awful working conditions to those who worked in factories and elsewhere. Working conditions for adults and kids were drudgery. “I am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work” (Document 1) People were expected to do hard work each day no less. If there was a break it was limited, people were not treated fairly. Breaks were ideally rare in majority of the jobs.

During the late 18th through the19th century, the industrial revolution created many changes in regards to labor. Many people of the working class were affected positively in the way of new jobs, better quality products, and quality of life (Doc3, Doc4, Doc 5). While others lost family or experienced a decrease in the quality of life (Doc1, Doc2, Doc7). Some workers soon became dependent on technological machinery (Doc 6, Doc 8, Doc 9). Many workers lives during The Industrial Revolution were changed for the positive as many people such as children had a chance to enrich their lives because they were given a purpose (Doc 3).

Unlike today, the government took little interest in creating safety standards or in regulating how businesses treated workers. The typical industrial employee worked long hours under dangerous conditions for little pay. Many workers were poor immigrants who had little choice but to keep working despite the conditions. If

The Industrial Revolution brought about significant changes to European society from 1750 to 1900 CE. The period witnessed the growth of factories, the rise of capitalism, and advancements in technology, which altered the lives of people across the continent. This essay evaluates the effects of the Industrial Revolution on European society. The Industrial Revolution brought significant changes to European society, with positive effects on the workplace and standard of living but negative impacts on workers' health and safety, particularly for children. The need for change in working conditions resulted in the Coal Mines Act of 1842, highlighting the complex and multifaceted effects of the Industrial Revolution on European society.

This was important to big businesses because they had a handle on the actions of citizens once again. With laborers knowing death was a possibility of resistance, they backed down. Conditions of living were just as bad as in the workplace, as Jacob Riis, a muckraker, expressed through his writing. Riis, an immigrant from Denmark, wrote about the filthy slums immigrants were forced to live in because of the unfair wages.**Although the industrial revolution brought about great change in the way we did things, such as the use of machines, the conditions in which these mechanisms were used remained the same in the late 1800’s and early 1900s.

Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution were unhealthy and dangerous for the low-skilled workers. This is seen most prominently in Joseph Hebergam’s 1832 testimony before Parliament, where in response

Marx and Engels then follow with a series of rhetorical questions: “Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not been hurled back from the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries (1)?” Combined with the notion that holding power leads to corruption and immorality, the questions asked presents the reader with the impression that the communist party is being purposefully targeted by influential authorities. Marx and Engels further appeal to the emotions of their readers by adding that “The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has… left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”(4).”

These workers faced dangers everyday and received little pay. At the same time, many other people also had more money and leisure time. Henry George’s book, Progress and Poverty, talks about this divide. “ It was as though an immense wedge were being forced, not underneath society, but through society. Those who are above the point of separation are elevated, but those who are below are crushed down” (Document 3).

An example of this blatant disregard for consequences in advocation for industrial advancements is the mass exploitation of child workers during the Industrial Revolution. During this period, in advocation for industrialization and economic growth, many children were employed and forced to work up to sixteen hours a day in poor work conditions and were never given a proper education. In document one, in an interview with the Sadler committee in 1832, one of the victims of this child exploitation who had to work in a mill would state, “[I began working in the mills] when I was ten years of age… we began at five in the morning and stopped at nine at night…we were frequently strapped.” (A form of punishment by whipping.) In addition, when asked about his education, the worker would state, “We had no time to go to day school, I can read, but cannot write.”

The life of an industrial worker was very hard. Workers had to work long shifts and get paid very little. Some worked ten to twelve hours a day, six days a week, and made less than one dollar per hour. Along with long hours and little pay, there was no regulation for breaks, safety, or age. Due to this, one in eleven workers died on the job.

Truth is what they did to those children was cruel. When the industrial revolution started a new way of social division developed in which individuals were members of a socially determined class, meaning the class in which you were born. The educated public people saw themselves as the backbone of the middle class and the people saw themselves as the

Industrial capitalism robs labourers from their human capabilities and what they can contribute to the world. Workers will lose a sense of themselves and of who they are, instead of fulfilling their needs, they deny themselves, rather than feeling joy they are depressed, they are also mentally and physically