The Industrial Revolution has been seen as one of the greatest events to occur in the history of modern society. The innovation of many new items that helped people perform certain duties more quickly, aimed the world to be able to create many more goods in a much shorter time period. Industrial Revolution impact on the world was that it launched the world economy into an uncontrollable situation, in which individuals had access to a much wider variety of goods and services given to them by businesses. The strike the event had on the worker’s life was not necessarily a good or bad thing. With the creation of new, more fast-paced technology, workers were able to more easily accomplish certain tasks that would been more timely …show more content…
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They wanted to boost profits. One simple way for a company to do this was to hire cheap labor. Many factories did this by targeting women and children as they could be paid less than men without any backlash. The workers that were hired to these positions, mostly women, were subjected to some very harsh work conditions. They were subject to horrible work environments including facilities called machine shops, which were badly lit and ventilated for greater production. They were forced to work in unsafe conditions where an individual could easily be killed if they misused the equipment they used for their work. It was not unfamiliar of for the workers to be expected to work for as long as 16 hours a day under threats of being fired or even physically beaten if they did not finish their work with great pace. Even after all their effort in the workplace, it was not unheard of for a person to be paid as little as a dollar for their day’s work (Social Studies Help Center,