The work conditions during the Industrial Revolution had an intense and often harmful effect on children who were forced to work. The main reason that factory owners employed children was because of their small size‚ so they could fit into small spaces and use their hands to unclog machines if they were jammed. Children were also cheap to employ‚ and they usually agreed to punishment‚ unlike the adults working. One of the most common jobs that children had to pursue was working in the textile industry
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The industrial revolution brought about significantly social changes in Britain. It is obvious that a class of industrialists‚ ship owners‚ merchants accumulated great weath. However‚ many researchers devoted their time in investigating the effects to ordinary people. According to a post of Nardinelli (n.d)‚ there was an argument on the time when living condition were improved. “The pessimists claim no marked improvement in standards of living until the 1840s or 1850s. Most optimists‚ by contrast
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resources and great geography‚ the birth of the Industrial Revolution began in England. It was also where new inventions that forever changed the agricultural world. This led to the low demand for farmers and many people were moving to cities to find work in factories‚ which spearheaded the industrial movement. The Industrial Revolution was a negative for society because of the poor factory jobs‚ dangerous coal mines‚ and horrible living conditions. The people of England who lived in the more rural
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Professor Henry Clark HIST 1220 13 April 2014 Paper Option B The characterization of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution has been a source of great debate for many since the early nineteenth century. Some have argued that working conditions during the period were despicable and unhealthy while others claim that the mere presence of factories was an indicator of social and economic growth‚ a welcome change to the agriculturally based and less affluent society of
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The Industrial Revolution had many problems with its cities and citizens due to urbanization‚ child labor‚ working conditions‚ and wages. The first problem was the average man’s working conditions and wages. In the factories an average worker had to work 6 days a week‚ serving 12-14 hours of labor everyday with poor pay. Machinery was extremely dangerous‚ filthy‚ and lung disease was common. As a result of these poor conditions in the factories‚ workers were either fired‚ dead‚ or lost a limb. Despite
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The industrial revolution was the turning point in modern life‚ as we know it today. This era in history was the time when inventions that changed the world were created‚ formed and developed. This was also the point in time when medicine advanced and diseases were controlled and later became extinct in most countries in the world today. Some significant changes were made in the area of Living conditions and health/disease. Living conditions before‚ during and after the industrial revolution The
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Progressive reform was an era (1890s-1920s) of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States. It was a series of efforts by middle-class men and women who became unified by one common goal‚ which was to address inequality problems that existing in the working-class. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines progressivism as: the principles and practices of progressives (favoring or advocating progress‚ change‚ improvement‚ or reform‚ as opposed to wishing to maintain things as
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How successful were Alexander reforms in transforming Russian Society by 1881? 24 marks Alexander came to power in 1855‚ but before he became Tsar Alexander witnessed the shameful defeat against Britain‚ France and Turkey in the Crimean War in 1854 This had given him the opportunity to observe some of the problems which Russia faced; Alexander believed that changes had to be made towards modernisation. The population of the Russian Empire was 74 million
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Who Were the Progressives? (ca. 1890s-1910s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians’ argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation’s cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York)‚ the Progressives carried out efforts
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The Industrial Revolution was an outbreak of machinery and processes that changed who could work‚ and how much money they could earn. Before the Industrial Revolution adult men would work for pay and earn the money for their families. During the Industrial 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
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