Industrial Revolution In The 1800's

The growing population, and work environment today, make us feel safe in the positions that we have in our job, but that wasn’t always the case, especially if you worked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800’s. This is the time period, when the working conditions were terrible and millions of people found their pay inside of huge factories. Hundreds of people stood in lines in front of factories to get a job, for any amount of money. Many of the workers that were hired, weren't skilled and received a pay of about 10 cents an hour. Women received less pay than men, in a fourteen hour shift, working 6 days of the week. Children received less pay than their parents, and worked the same amount of hours.

Factories were not the best