Industrial Times
Have you ever thought about what life was like back in Europe during the 1750s-1830s? Did it include horses and very tight houses? Or trains and palaces? Well chances are doing these times you would see both. During the Industrial Revolution everything changed. The Industrial Revolution was a period in which rural societies in Europe became urban and industrial. It biggest change in Europe’s society during this time. Throughout this time there were many different innovations that took place. Some were positive and some were negative. The Industrial Revolution marked a shift in society and how they did things. Some factors of the Industrial Revolution is the working conditions and wages, child labor, role of women, conditions in coal mines, urbanization, education, and modernized buildings and inventions. After the revolution many aspects were different, but were they different for the better or worse? There were many positive and negative effects that came from the Industrial Revolution.
One of the positive effects that came from the Industrial Revolution is modern buildings and inventions. The rise in population forced the developers to build homes for the many people moving to the city. Urban middle class people lived in homes that screamed wealth. The upper class built their homes west of the factories in order to separate themselves from the poor and so that the factories smokestacks would blow away from them. Not only were there new
The Industrial revolution had many positive effects on the US and its citizens. One major positive effect of it was how the Industrial revolution is how it gave the US the ability to mass produce manufactured goods inside the US which in turn helped the US economy (Doc 5) and (Doc 3). It boosted the economy, because it increased the amount of people buying things from the US because it was making a lot of products and it increased trade within. A second positive effect on the US was how big businesses and manufacturers in cities would sometimes try to help the community it’s in by building houses and renting them out for cheap and it would employ many people so the size and population of the community would increase, therefore increasing the diversity of it (Doc 2). Since the owner would employ many and the rent was cheap, the workers and their families might have a chance to, if the money is used wisely, increase in amount of money they have and possibly leave and be higher in the social classes because of the industrial revolution. One final but still major positive effect of it was how it caused the flow of people into cities otherwise known as urbanization, which supplied the people needed for the factories and mills and urbanization caused
The Industrial Revolution not only changed business and economics, but urban lifestyle. The changes occurring were mostly negative, however, and constructed a need for reform. These were times where the product and consumer demand drove business, not socialist working reforms This is all best seen in Manchester where worker’s living conditions deteriorated to improve the business until they were initially met with meager reform, all while the city kept expanding to accomodate. The worker’s living conditions largely deteriorated as Manchester was forced to expand.
The industrial revolution also led to urbanization and too many workers looking for jobs during the industrial revolution's time period. The industrial revolution caused bad living conditions because of urbanization, too many people moving to one place too fast. In document 3 it states “the streets are usually paved, full of holes, filthy and
The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. One of them being the invention of the railroad. The railroad changed the way of transportation. It helped people get around quicker and cheaper (Document 5). Also with the Industrial Revolution the houses started getting built better and the clothes got cheaper Document 5). So with this the standard of living for the people improved. Standard of living is the
England's previous success from the Agricultural Revolution gave leeway to the Industrial Revolution of the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds. Previous landowners and investors of the Agricultural Revolution were able to start or participate Corporations and Businesses to seek great profit. New machinery and technological innovations were frequent due to the demand for faster, more efficient technology. Working class families, who were arguably the sole reason for the grand success of the Industrial Revolution, moved from their farms into crowded and dirty urban towns to work long hours in harsh factories for little pay in hopes of one day living a decent life, while the middle class gained many luxuries and lived lavish lifestyles
The Industrial Revolution during the years of 1815-1840 in America was the process of moving from handcrafted goods to the production of goods through mass production and machine work. The Industrial Revolution changed the operation of the North, transforming small towns along waterways into booming mill cities but carried negative consequences. These changes came with new opportunities for those who were in search of new work due to the decline of farm work. These people in need of jobs found work in the mills, allowing the mills to mass produce items, bringing in profit for the mill owner to expand to other booming cities. With the new form of life, came many social consequences for mill workers.
According to this pro industry novel “houses are better built”, “clothes are cheaper”, and there is “an infinite number of domestic utensils”. Furthermore, one can “travel cheaply from place to place… ten times quicker than two hundred years ago.” This is likely to show how beneficial the Revolution had been on the everyday of the British people. The new excess of goods greatly raised the standard of living for the working people. This is undoubtedly a positive and the effect of the Industrial Revolution was massive economic growth.
As like other things that changed in the Industrial Revolution, society had a major change in how people lived, acted, and how life in general was working in factories. Since the population was growing more and more, they needed more crops and food to live off of. Because of this, the farming industry grew and most people started to
The Industrial Revolution has been viewed as one of the most influential events to occur on to the economic world in the history of modern society. The invention of many new items that all helped people performed certain tasks more efficiently lead the world to be able to produce many more goods in a much shorter time frame. The impact of the Industrial Revolution on the world as a whole was that it catapulted the world economy into an almost frenzy like state, in which people had access to a much wider variety of goods and services offered to them by businesses. The impact that this event had on the worker’s life was not necessarily a good or bad thing, however. With
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700’s. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions, products, and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. These results have been assessed from many viewpoints such as the factory workers, the factory owners, the government, and other people who observed the conditions in industrial cities.
The industrial revolution was without a doubt one of humanities greatest achievements, with the rise of machine labor humans could now produce far greater quantities of goods in less time than ever before, however, industrialization also had countless adverse effects on the lives of many working-class citizens which are often never discussed. Therefore, the goal of this essay will be to shed some light on the negative effect of industrialization, and examine labor reform movements that came to be as a result of the inhumane treatment that most workers experienced at this time.
During the Industrial Revolution the urban population saw a major increase, mainly because of people needing a job in order to support the family and pay for basic necessities. As people began to move into small towns, these towns turned into large cities that mass produce goods like iron and coal. One of the largest growing cities
The era known as the Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England. It is almost impossible to imagine what the world would be like if the effects of the Industrial Revolution were swept away. Electric lights would go out. Automobiles and airplanes would vanish. Telephones, radios, and television would disappear. Most of the stocks on the shelves of department stores would be gone. Over the course of a century, Britain went from a largely rural, agrarian population to a country of industrialized towns, factories, mines and workshops. Britain was, in fact, already beginning to develop a
The Industrial Revolution began in the eighteenth century marking the transformation of economic power and productivity. Not only was there concentration on agriculture, as their main source of an economy, and started to concern themselves with commerce, trade, and exploration of new technologies. Working toward great financial success to make a profit. Even though the machinery was new the main power source was human labor. Production took place in homes and small workshops. The primary labor force was drawn specifically to the young, as the industrial revolution began in semi-normal locations. The effects of the Industrial revolution were harsh on children, and it made people feel like all they
The Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative impacts on society. The positive include cheaper clothes, more job opportunities, and improvement in transportation. And the negative would include exploitation of women and children, workers work long hours and environmental damages. These are just a few that I believe had an impact on the Industrial Revolution.