The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point in history that took place between 1760 and the mid 1800’s. During this time frame, a variety of different machines were invented and put in factories to make workers and everyday people’s lives easier. These machines had to be run by people such as women and even children because the men were mostly in coal mines. Some of the many negative consequences about these new jobs and new machines being invented were; child labor, physical abuse on the job, and unsafe working conditions. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because more jobs became available, it was actually a negative thing. Child labor made children work and diminished them …show more content…
In a photograph taken by Lewis Hine, he shows us “how dangerous the machines are that the children are working on and that they were practically working inside of them” (Document 8). Being in a room full of dust and sweat, small children could get all of the dust and lint stuck in their lungs. With no windows, this work habit is highly unsafe for the children. It is actually unsafe for anyone who is stuck in a small room with no windows for thirteen hours a day. In the same interview, Elizabeth Bentley was asked, “To explain what she had to do while working in the flax mill” (Document 7). Her answer was, “When the frames are full, they have to stop the frames, and take the full bobbins off, and carry them to the roller, and then put empty ones on, and set the frame going again” (Document 8). A six year old child doing all this work was a disaster waiting to happen because children could easily get hurt or hurt another person. The Industrial Revolution had positive outcomes of more jobs, but these new jobs brought some positives but many more negatives for the people. Child labor today is not as bad as the issue was centuries ago, but it still affects millions of children all over the world. The use of children in the work force was like putting a newborn rat in a maze and trying to make it find its own way
The Industrial Revolution began in England during the 18th Century. This revolution started out in England, and spread throughout Europe and North America. Many technologic and agricultural advances were made during this time. Factories became the main source of production, rather than in home workers. This resulted in many people living in rural areas to move into industrialized cities, which was called rural to urban migration. The Industrial Revolution started in England due to its supply of natural resources, advanced technology and inventions, and political freedom.
America had a huge industrial revolution in the late 1800”s. Many changes happened to our great nation, which factored into this. The evidence clearly shows that advancements in new technology, a large wave of immigrants into our country and new views of our government, helped to promote America’s huge industrial growth from the period of 1860-1900.
“Children worked in very dangerous conditions in the picture represent in document 8” (Document 8). The children working in the factories have to be careful not to get their limbs or foreign objects lodged into the machines. If they got injured or ill and had to miss work in order to properly recuperate. “You are considerably deformed in person as a consequence of this labor? Yes I am” (Document 7), a woman that worked in a flax mill as a young girl was left deformed from all the harsh labor that was forced upon her while growing up. Not only did the parents have to work in order to be able to provide for their family, but their children had to work in order to contribute to be able to put food on the table for the whole family due to the parents lack of pay. “Children were uneducated and were unable to attend school as seen in document 6” (Document 6). Because of the lack of education many adults were illiterate, which caused many problems for example, learning basic life skills would be more difficult and time consuming because people are unable to self-educate by reading informational books on how to acquire basic skills “I am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work” (Document 1) Children were over worked the girl that spoke in the text about was forced to do the work of four separation girls all in one. Furthermore is unhealthy for anyone at any age
Industrialization was an important era where the economy started to develop new machines, factories, and more labor productivity. A time where hand made objects were being replaced by assembly lines and machines. This era started to develop a lot of labor productivity, this made the population increase and made immigrants come from all over the world to work for very long hours and gain very little. This development caused monopolies to be created and take control over labor. It benefited the monopolies because they were gaining a lot of money by their businesses but for the workers it was a disaster because their income wasn't enough to support a whole family. During these time of the era is when child labor began increasing because they had
The Industrial Revolution, as described by Stephen Gardiner, was “another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” During this time period, some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society. Industrialization involved the use of child labor, negatively affected the environment, and had harsh working conditions in factories. However, I will counter that it actually had a greater positive effect for society. As a result of Industrialization, the United States rose to become the world’s largest economic power and people were able to enjoy new amenities that weren’t previously available.
Although many people had jobs, the occupations weren’t very safe or healthy. In Document 8, we are presented with a photo, taken by Lewis Hine, two children working on some sort of machinery. This can be interpreted as a something very risky. The fact that they are children is also
The Industrial Revolution was marked as the biggest shift from an agrarian, handcrafted economy, to an economy dominated by machines. The Industrial Revolution began during the 1700s in Great Britain when King George III was in power. The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects such as the invention of the railroad. It also had many negative effects like how many got sick and died because of the working conditions. Out of all the positive and the negative effects the lasting effects were major. One of the most major lasting effects was the environmental laws that were put in place to stop all of the pollution and trash in the sewage.
The era of Industrial Revolution began in the 1700’s. It started by knew and changing ways of agriculture. Which lead to less people on the farms so the Industrial Revolution could happen. It started in England which had more resources than all the of countries at the time, also a connection to lots of rivers, and also with the help of new inventions that helped start the Industrial Revolution.
The industrial revolution was a period of tremendous growth and prosperity through the modernization and creation of factories. The advancements were monumental for economic growth, but negatively affected its workers. Workers were forced to work tremendously long hours with many safety hazards. Although, the working conditions have overall improved since the eighteen hundreds issues still arise. For example, the first document I read discussed a fatal fire in Bangladesh.
After the boom of the textile industry, to keep up with the demand, children were hired to tend the fields. At work they were exposed to many harsh fertilizers and chemicals, sharp tools, and dangerous equipment, which increased their injury risk greatly. Although it was and still is very common for children to help out around the family farm, it was considered child labour once their small jobs turn into a whole day of work and starts to interrupt their education, which was very common during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Although labour laws around agriculture have been placed, we still see children slaving to the land; this is a direct result of the fourteen percent of cotton field workers that were under the age of ten during the industrial
The food these children ate also affected their health. The owners of the factories were responsible for providing their food, however they would not allow them to take a break to eat. They were expected to work and eat at the same time. “We had to eat our food in the mill. It was frequently covered by flues from the wool; and in that case they had to be blown off with the mouth, and picked off with the fingers, before it could be eaten” (Crabtree). They were usually fed oatcakes and soup and would have to try to pick the dust off
The Industrial Revolution is improving the economy in many different aspects, but it is holding our community back in numerous ways such as child labor, inhumane working conditions, and low wages. From working 12-14 hour days in factories that are covered head to toe in dirt to families spending little or no time together, the new ways of production is greatly hurting our economy. Not just adults but children are also forced to work in buildings that are over 80 degrees, and if they slack on their job then they could get fired or injured to an extent of no recovery. Men, women, and children are spending their days in brick yards, coal mines, and textile factories that are contaminated and dangerous. They can inhale poisonous gases
The Industrial Revolution-the time of fear, torture, and death. During the Industrial Revolution, 1760 to 1840, children worked in unsanitary mines and were threatened by the chance of drowning, suffocating and inhaling poisonous gas everyday. Child labor and abuse is only one reason why the negatives of the Industrial revolution greatly outweigh its positives.The Industrial revolutions poor working conditions,unsanitary living, child labor and environmental damage is why its negatives greatly outweigh its positives.
It was characterised by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods. It is evident that child labour had negative impacts during the Industrial Revolution on the education and quality of life of the children involved and some aspects are still being upheld to this day.
Children worked in terrible health conditions, factories without a proper ventilation and defectives supplies of