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Cost Of Industrialization

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Industrialization is the development of industries in a country or region. There were both costs and benefits of industrialization in the Industrial Revolution. The costs of industrialization, there was a lot of child labor and the factories were very unhealthy for anyone who worked in them. There were a lot of benefits as well. It made the cities grow in population, and it needed a new form of transportation therefore the railroads were created. The advantages do outweigh the disadvantages but not how they were back then.

The benefits of industrialization are a big deal, creation of railroads and the cities grew. These are two things that are still very useful in today’s time. In the World History Textbook, written by Spielvogel, he writes, …show more content…

In the World History textbook it says, “factory owners sometimes sought entire families, including children, to work in their factories” (Spielvogel 366). In today’s time, child labor is against the law. Children should not be working in factories because they’re small and they could get hurt very easily. Another cost would be that the factories were very unhealthy for anyone who worked there. The textbook states, “industrial workers faced wretched working conditions. Work hours ranged from 12 to 16 hours a day, six hours a week” (Spielvogel 369). That means they only get one day off and they don’t get to sleep very much. The textbook describes cotton mills to be the worst factories, “the worst conditions were in the cotton mills, where the temperatures were especially harmful” (367). The cotton mills were very dangerous for the people who worked there and even children worked in them.

The benefits of industrialization do not outweigh the costs, as they were back then. Nothing can outweigh child labor or how unhealthy the factories are. Children were working in the factories and that in itself is bad, but with the factories being extremely unhealthy, it made it way worse for them. If industrialization happened it today’s time, where child labor is illegal and they do health inspections, then the benefits would outweigh the

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