The Role Of Factory Workers During The Industrial Revolution

However the industrial revolution was not all good. The working class had no other option but to turn up at the factories for work. The factory system resulted in over-crowding and unhygienic conditions and also the development of slum areas. Many factory owners who needed cheap, unskilled labour, profited greatly by using children and women to run the machines and because they were small and could fit in tunnels as well not only that they were more suited for factory life because they could adopt more quickly and easily than men. By the age of 6, many children were already working twelve hours a day in factories. These children had no free time to do anything plus they earned low wages. Hardly any of the children went to school they had to work in factories to earn money. Quite a lot of the people who worked at factories got sick and died because of the toxic fumes in the factories. While others were severely injured because the machines didn't have safety guards so many children got killed by machinery when they fell asleep and got caught up in the machines. Many of the children who were orphans, hired by the employers would

At the time living conditions during the Industrial Revolution were poor. In Manchester the houses are overcrowded (Document 2). Most people lacked beds, food, clothing and more (Document 7). Most people spent 12-14 hours in a factory working with little to none breaks, enclosed rooms that are polluted, and not good pay. (Document 7). This

With how dangerous the factory's work conditions are people died everyday. This would often stress others out. Even if your loved ones died you couldn't stop your work to grieve for them because you would either be fired or not get paid. These death also caused many riots to help fix factories work conditions. But good things came out of these factories as well. Many resources can from them. These materials made it possible to create new materials to help make our lives more easier and convenient. These technological advancements help us get to where we are to and greatly impacted our modern day

The Industrial Revolution was a predominantly negative period in history, greatly affecting the lives of the poor working-class. Starting in 1750, rapid urbanization occurred, resulting in the higher and middle-class benefiting; but only because they were rich before it began. The working-class, however, became even more unfortunate as the era went on and were forced to become factory workers or miners. These men, women and children all faced harsh environmental factors, including the new technology of advanced machines and a shift in their family lifestyle.

The industrial revolution affected the working conditions, living conditions and economic life on the average worker in the 1800s.

They were unable to have lives because farmers believed that workers should only focus on their jobs and nothing else. The industrial revolution brought a gift to the people, machines. Machines helped change the lives of the people during the industrial revolution. In document 4, it states “you are surrounded. With an infinite number of comforts and conveniences with no existence two or three centuries ago”. The industrial revolution made the life of people easier because machines were invented to help them out. The houses they lived in were better quality than they ever had before. They were able to have more clothes and domestic utensils due to machines mass producing their everyday things they need. Also, they were able to easily travel from one place to another without having to pay significant money. The industrial revolution helped changed the way people were

During the industrial revolution there was new technology being created such as the flying shuttle which allowed you to weave faster but was also very dangerous if it got loose, possibly and injury to the head. People were making more money then usually which was great but the working hours and conditions were not so good especially for children. Children were not making as much money as adults. Children's jobs were

The Industrial Revolution was a very gloomy time period. There were many horrible things going on at this time. One major thing was child labor. Child labor was happening everywhere. Also the dangerous working conditions for the many workers and the long, tiring hours the people had to work in those harmful polluted factories.

Men, Women, and Children were dying in the industrial revolution. In 1880 through 1920 some of the biggest monopolies were operating in full force making steal, cars, clothes, and other essentials for their modern day life. All of the factories had some kind of steam engine whether it was to power a sewing machine or a conveyor belt. No matter what the job the machines where all dangerous the machines could just cut you or it could suck you in chew you up into a past and spit you out and stomp you into the ground. People where payed next to nothing, worked long hours and 6 days a week.

The American colonies were a bit behind Britain, mainly because the abundance of land and lack

Throughout the Industrial Revolution, factory owners used children as workers in the factories. They endured harsh working conditions and dangerous situations. Consequently, many times, dangerous jobs adults could not do would hurt the children. They were small enough to fit is tight places and had small hands that could work in the machines; most of these places adults cannot fit. In addition, factory owners paid the children little because the children could not defend their pay. So, overall the factory owners treated the children as subhuman and “used” as workers, instead of being fairly treated as a child. These children never lived their childhood, but went straight to work. To document these harsh conditions and try to bring about reform, Lewis Hine photographed children in the mills. He displayed their harsh working conditions for all people to show that children are not living their childhood. In this paper, I will discuss two photographs that had the initial purpose of reform, but after much circulation and viewing, became an icon to child labor. Americans viewed these images so much, they lost their ability to strike change in the people, and because a common image to see. However, these images still brought reform even though they caused desensitization in people. Although there are other theories that oppose Sontag’s application to photographs of children in the Industrial Revolution because they are so heartbreaking, this paper argues how two photographs taken

During the American Industrial Revolution beginning in the eighteenth century, laborers typically put in a 10-16 hour workday for very low wages. As manufacturers began to implement more efficient systems, workers were forced to labor long hours. In the summer of 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions called for an eight-hour workday. Interestingly, a law granting federal and Illinois workers an eight-hour workday was established 17 years prior but it was never enforced. Illinois employers forced their workers to sign waivers by passing the law. Soon thereafter, several protests were held, including The Haymarket Affair, on May 4, 1886 in Chicago.

The industrial revolution working times were rough because the employers would set wages as low as they wanted to because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid because they needed money and any type of money would do . Child laborers often worked to help support their families,

The Industrial Revolution had many negative affects on people. Many people worked from home before the Revolution. Raw materials were delivered to people's cottages and the weavers would process the wool in their homes. This was an advantage for the workers because they would make their own schedules and work at their own pace; however, for these same reasons, they were disadvantages for business owners. The Industrial Revolution made it possible to move the jobs from cottages to factories where they business owners can oversee the workers and account for their time. Some people considered the factory jobs a blessing while others considered it a hardship. The work day was long, conditions were unsanitary and food was sparse.

The industrial revolution was the introduction of new manufacturing processes between around 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 as a specific end is still debated. Before the introduction of new manufacturing processes the majority of manufacturing was done in people’s home by skilled workers such as weavers but with the advancement in heavy machinery and the increasing use of steam power these skilled workers were no longer needed. What I will be discussing in this essay is whether or not the exploitation of these workers was necessary in order to improve quality of life.