that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because more jobs were available‚ it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were child labor‚ little to no education and pollution from factories. There were many downsides to child labor. “I am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work.” (Document 1) This young lady was being overworked! She is doing the work of four and yet considered lucky. “C: You
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During this time the average life span was decreased by a decade from 50 to 40 years of age. Through the introductions of factories and the use of coal for power created massive amounts of pollution and sickness for the people at the time‚ because of the mass production in factories and at the rate that materials were being used‚ caused coal and many natural resources to deplete at a rapid rate‚ from 1700 to 1900 approximately 250 million tonnes of coal
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enthusiastic participants of the new pleasures that were offered to consumers in the brand-new century. Essentially‚ these young women added a stage to the female life cycle that had not previously existed ñadolescence (Lunbeck 781). In the 1890s‚ female factory workers were seen as a serious economic and social threat.
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The industrial era has invaded Britain. Many families have been separated and rarely see each other anymore. Factories are becoming dangerous environments now. But‚ despite all this Britain has become the world’s greatest manufacturer and most rapidly growing in population and technology. The overall effects of the revolution on individuals and society are a mix of positive and negative. Cotton is now Britain’s greatest industry. Merchants all over the world are purchasing Britain cotton
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involved from the start. At first‚ when spinning was moved into factories and involved large machines‚ men often displaced women. Later unmarried women‚ mostly in the 1820’s‚ became employed in factories‚ where they constituted the majority of workers. Their new jobs‚ however‚ demanded fewer skills tan those they had previously exercised in the home production of textiles. There was thus a certain paradox in the impact of the factory on women: It opened many new jobs but lowered the levels of skills
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Revolution children‚ women‚ and immigrants started working for pay‚ though the working conditions weren’t healthy. During the Industrial Revolution many more factories were made‚ meaning more people were needed to be employed. Many people moved to around the mills and factories increasing population. Most of the work done in the factories and mills required less human labor than before the Industrial Revolution. This meant that not just adult men could work. In the cotton mills at Lowell many young
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money to succeed. The child labor laws during the Industrial Revolution weren’t as strict as they were today. Before the industrial revolution children typically worked on family farms. During the industrial revolution children worked in unsafe factories which were often polluted and over heated. Most children were expected to work as much as adults which was anywhere from 12 to 16 hours. “History.com Staff. “Child Labor.” History.com‚ A&E Television Networks‚ 2009” Women during the Industrial Revolution
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couldn’t support his family. For this reason‚ “children as young as age six needed to work.” Working-class families were separated by the need of having to work at low wages in factories. England didn’t provide clean a working environment in its factories. “The plants were usually fueled by coal‚ which meant that the factories‚ inside and out‚ were often covered in black dust.” Overall‚ the Industrial Revolution was harmful to England because the city became overcrowded in the first half of the nineteenth
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Hewlett-Packard was looking around Asia for low-cost location to produce electronic components that were to be manufactured using labor intensive processes. The company looked at several Asian locations and eventually settled on Singapore‚ opening its first factory there in 1970. Although Singapore did not have the lowest labor costs ini the region‚ costs were low relative to north America. Plus‚ the singapore location had several important
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architecture‚ began making buildings which grew upwards instead of outwards. This allowed more housing in compact cities for the newly arrived countrymen searching for jobs. However‚ not all reactions to the Industrial Revolution were positive. Factories had poor working conditions‚ including long hours and low wages‚ in addition to poor living conditions. With less time designated to homemaking
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