Not only was the Industrial Revolution a time for railroads and physical changes in work spaces but also for social and work dynamic adaptations as well. Factories and new relationships were built. The Industrial Revolution contributed inventions that pushed people to evolve in the way they did. The Industrial Revolution constructed positive effects by improving daily life, increasing thriving commercial businesses, enhancing society’s personality, and providing experiences that help ameliorate society with each generation.…
The Industrial Revolution was a time in history which took place from the 18th to 19th century (Revolution, 2015). It was a period of time when many new inventions were introduced into the world. The revolutionary new technologies that started off being created in Britain, began to spread to other European countries causing the Industrial Revolution to have a significant impact in a variety of places. Some of the main events that triggered the Industrial Revolution include the invention of the Spinning Jenny and the steam engine. These inventions had a very significant effect on society as they led to the beginning of big industries such as the cotton industry and also by producing power to drive transport and machinery. The creation of these inventions started mass production, helped with advancements in manufacturing and began urbanisation (Van, Tol, Ottery and Keith, 2012).…
The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. It created jobs for many people, less people were on the streets with no job. It gave people hope in improvement in their life. People had jobs now that paid money and since so many people had jobs, more products were produced. This lead to cheaper, mass produced items, so many products were produced that the prices decreased and people were able to afford new thing like clothes and other things they wanted. In the picture from the 1900s showing a man in nice clothes with a shiny car. The man doesn't have rag clothes, it's a nice suit with no rips or tears. With long term positive effects, child labor laws have been produced. Because of all the injuries children went through during the Industrialization, laws have been made to make working conditions better and kids can't work until a certain age.…
“The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” Stephen Gardiner succinctly describes the Industrial Revolution with this quote as a phenomenal turning point in the world. Between the 1700s and the 1800s, Britain’s onset of The Industrial Revolution forever changed life for humanity throughout the world. There were several negative and positive effects of The Industrial Revolution on society. Living conditions, mass production, and public health of the working class were dismal at the start of the Industrial Revolution, but profound dynamic changes occurred creating positive outcomes at the end of the Industrial Revolution.…
The Industrial Revolution greatly affected our society in both good and bad ways. It was a movement where machines changed many people’s way of life as well as the methods in which we manufactured it. In the beginning of this boom of productivity, there were many ways where the negative effects far outweighed the positive.…
Another consequence of the Industrial Revolution was the result of pollution from all of the new factories. Smog was created by the burning of coal to run the factories, causing many people to develop respiratory issues. The smog…
Health hazards in the industrial revolution were great as people often lost fingers and hands. Some children also were killed by the machines. It was also hazardous because the people were more packed than a can of sardines which made space to work awful increasing the chances of injury. This soon became such an important issue that in 1833 a factory act was made stopping children from under 9 from working, children 9-13 could only work 8 ho8urs per day, ages 14-18 could not work more than 12 hours per day. Also all children were to go school for no less than 2 hours a day. In 1912 America made the children’s bureau and this made it the government’s responsibility to monitor children’s labor.…
Change and innovation are the keystones of a strong nation. The wave of modernization that swept through Europe and the rest of the world completely altered the foundation of what was believed to be a prevailing society at the time. New jobs, a stimulated economy, and a redefined social class system all resulted from the illustrious Industrial Revolution. While the Industrial Revolution and the overwhelming surge of nationalism may have sparked the beginning of our modern society and led more traditional countries into a new era, the disastrous health and environmental issues that resulted led to unprecedented hardships that continue to face the world today.…
The Industrial Revolution was one of the most if not the most important period in the United States o America. Multiple advancement's took place during the time of the Industrial Revolution, which is the main reason for all of our resources and transportation ways in the present day. Along with the advancements, The Industrial Revolution also brought many negative side effects to America. Negative impacts such as child labor, urban sprawl, human waste and sewage issues. For cities such as Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit urban sprawling became an issue.…
100years ago children went out to work at a very young age. They worked in places such as mines, factories and mills. There is now a legal age limit where children cannot work below the age of. Working class or poor…
The Industrial Revolution is a major factor in why our nation is like it is today. We are a nation formed under capitalism, and the industrial revolution was the epitome of capitalism. It was the start of big business, big cities, and big pay checks for some. A lot of good things and some bad things came form the revolution. It seemed that a positive usually went hand in hand with a negative. For instance the use of mass production gave us products quicker and more efficient but it lead to unsafe working conditions and child labor. Also the revolution made some people very rich but the change to the city nearly wiped them out. Even though there are pros and cons to many aspects of the revolution I believe that over all the Industrial Revolution was a positive thing; with the improvements in technology, new inventions, and the growing idea if you worked hard enough you could succeed.…
The Industrial revolution is something that led several countries to have economic success. Innumerable crucial discoveries and ideas were produced during that time period that affect a person’s life today. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of the pollution and unequal pay, it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization’s positive effects were availability of goods, increase of job opportunities, and advancements in technology.…
In the late 1700s, The Industrial Revolution began in England, which had an immense range of negative and positive effects on the social and also economic life of the people in England. The results have been looked at form many different point of views, including the factory workers themselves, the factory owners, the government, and others who looked upon the conditions in the industrial cities at the time. This essay will evaluate the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution.…
Some may argue that the Industrial Revolution had mostly negative effects because it made lives worse because of pollution, high risk of death, and child labor/poor working conditions. The positives that came out of it overshadow the negatives however. Improved technology, better transportation systems, and more…
16. Consider the relationships and contact of European societies with Asia, Africa, and the New World from 1492 to 1914. What are the changes and continuities in these relationships? What did the Europeans want in each area of the world? How was the European trading systems different from the earlier systems involving Dar-Al-Islam? What effects did these contacts have on the Europeans? On the societies contacted? You might want to make a chart of these causes and effects. How did the patterns of world trade change from 1492 to 1914?…