Industrial Revolution Pros And Cons

Roxanne Salazar
World History
Ms. Emma
June 9, 2015
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION The Industrial Revolution was absolutely important to the progress of the world and the growth of people 's way of living from the 1800s all the way to present day. Many sacrifices and changes had to be made to be able to allow technological advancements to change the world. Many of this created many life opportunities, and overall life improvement along with happiness. The world began an astonishing transformation from hand tools, and handmade items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change obviously helped to change the way we lived. But with it the so called "Industrial Revolution" brought many disadvantages as well, "Pollution,
Steam engines were invented, these made a faster mode of transportation; they eventually replaced carriages with horses. With steam engines, cities were able to have more sources of water, they were not required to travel long distances to get a hold of it anymore. This made it possible for people to move further away and start cities. The machinery started to become something people would not only work with but talk about every day, and this made it easier for it to become socially accepted even faster. Art and culture also had their own revolution and art was drastically transformed into many different and unique styles. "The first industrial revolution had not just England; it had drastically forever changed the world."(McFurney 1) England was now ready for another change, as life with machinery had just beginned to be assimilated into society. It wasn 't yet known that the second industrial revolution was already on its way to
Once a dangerous infection was set in, there was nothing left in doctor’s hands to do. Various diseases couldn 't be stopped or controlled because of limited research due to lack of technology. "By the beginning of the 1850 's however, vaccinations were discovered and started to be administered"(Hughes 4), tested mainly on people older than 70 years old. Once they were known to be safe then they would be administered to children. Many advances were made for the good improvement of people 's lives and at this point in the second industrial revolution X rays were also discovered and provided doctors with a not only quicker but less complicated or difficult way of diagnosing medical problems. "Along with this discovery Louis Pasteur fabricated pasteurization; which is a way to eliminate all germs in milk"(Hughes 4), and is currently still used today. The technique involves heating the milk to very high powered temperatures to slow the fermentation process, which in fact kills all the bacteria. Pasteurization now days keeps millions of people from serious and even deadly