Was The Industrial Revolution Helpful Or Harmful?

As Stephen Gardiner once said, “The industrial revolution was another one of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” The Industrial Revolution was in fact an extraordinary jump in the development of the U.S. It created a foundation for what the U.S is today socially, economically, and politically. The Industrial Revolution played a major role in the industrialization and modernization and still has effects to this day. These effects lead to more trade, better transportation, and modernization. It also had had many negative effects on America and England as well. These effects mainly focus on the social side of the Industrial Revolution. These effects include child labor, unfair wage, poor living conditions and poverty. When both the positive and negative effects are put together as a whole, the positive effects outweigh the negative. Mainly because they had a bigger effect on America and the world as a whole, and still affect us today. Because of the Industrial Revolution wages are more fair, living conditions are better, Manufacturing has drastically improved and children are no longer allowed to work in factories.

The Industrial Revolution was a positive time in history. Throughout this time period because or three main reasons innovation; they invented many things we use today and things that changed how we lived. Second, the growth in population this incorporated for families to make more money and companies to rise up. Finally, the revolution made the standard of life so much better. People were able to travel and live in comfort

There are those who see the Industrial Revolution as a negative part of history, though in reality it was a magnificent thing. With the new jobs, and affordable production of goods, America was advancing with flying colors. Without these fundamentals of the Industrial Revolution, America would not be close to as wealthy and powerful as it is today. The new jobs, laws, ways of production, and machines, helped America grow with confidence. The Industrial Revolution was arguably the most important events in American

The Industrial Revolution was a time in American history when people started to work with machines and in factories at their jobs. There were many astounding and horrible things that came with it though. Overall, I believe that the Industrial Revolution had a negative impact because it brought child labor, poor living conditions, and accidents/ injuries on the world.

Due to mechanization and more jobs for more people, immigration to America rose extremely quickly, which completely changed the economic structure of America. People from around the world immigrated to America to achieve the “American Dream” (to become successful in America) and with wages and jobs rising, immigration drastically flourished. Factories needed more people to work and build items quickly. Mass production and mechanization led to Taylorism, managing people in a work environment and pushing for as much efficiency as possible. With more people making money, the wealth pool in America expanded to lower classes and American society also modernized. The industrial age improved the lives of everyone, since wages increased, society completely improved. Better housing and higher life expectancy showed how the industrial age improved the lives of the working class. During the height of the industrial revolution, achieving success became easier to accomplish for all Americans due to the rise of wages and economic

In 1750 our country, Great Britain, began its industrial revolution. The country was changed forever. Before 1750, most people had lived in the countryside and worked in a family business but in 1750 people flocked into towns to get jobs. New machinery had been invented and the richer classes used this as a way to make lots of money by setting up factories filled with these machines. It was out with the old and in with the new. New machinery, new materials and new discoveries.

The Industrial Revolution changed the world forever. From the Industrial period, we had some good outcomes. The Revolution helped by making things faster and not as much hand made items. This led up to the invention of a machine and that helped us advance in technology. There were new advancements in medicine. It increased the wealth and power in Europe and the United States. While

The industrialization created a lot of wealth for the business owners and also as a byproduct increased the standard of living for consumers allowing the government to increase taxes without affecting the consumer. By allowing large corporations to mass produce goods, not only were the goods higher quality but there was a larger variety of goods and the goods were cheaper. As a result of this, the everyday consumer could by goods for a fraction of the cost they had before. By increasing the variety and decreasing the cost of these goods it increased the standard of living for all consumers and producers. This is yet another benefit of the fantastic industrial revolution. (The editors of the encyclopedia Britannica, Industrial revolution) As a result of this decrease in price of goods, the government was able to tax the goods more. As a result of the goods being already so cheap, it did not bother the average consumer. Overall industrialization was able to better the lifestyle of both the consumer and the producer well benefitting them as a whole by increasing taxes without taking any extra money out of their pockets. This of course is a great system for any society and led to innovations because of the security and comfort of everyday life. This allowed even more advances in

Combining inventions/innovations like the cotton gin, steam engine, canals, and manufactural restructuring even the lower classes during this time were able to consume goods that were not available to them prior (Industrial Revolution Lecture). The new mass production and transportation means would make trading these goods much easier, which enabled the widespread use and consumption of materials such as textiles to the masses. Now the commoners would be able to have their own silverware and underwear, which would subsequently cause better health and sanitary conditions among society as a whole (Industrial Revolution Lecture). And although citizens were being forced into urban settings the majority of the urbanization that occurred was voluntary. Employment skyrocketed because of the factories, and rural citizens no longer risked starving if their crops had a bad year.

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and the way production was ultimately accomplished. Harriet Martineau believed that the Industrial Revolution enhanced the lives for the poor and brought advancements. Charles Dickens felt the Industrial Revolution was not beneficial England. He believed it didn’t improve conditions, it only made them worse for the working people. Karl Marx and Fredrick Engles were more concentrated on the idea that in order for a change to take place, people needed to abandon existing social views. All of these authors explored different views of the Industrial Revolution.

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 lead the foundation for some of the technology we have today. It is also created jobs for many, and made small cities double overnight. All those listed makes the Industrial Revolution seem great however it was not all too pleasant and many people from children to adults lost their lives due to this technology boom, over population also happen due to this revolution as well. Thankfully most of the awful things the Industrial Revolution created is now either non-existing or changed for the better.

The Industrial Revolution was a period in which there was a rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It is widely controversial whether this was a beneficial or harmful to western society. The revolution caused many unnecessary deaths of children and also adults, provided little to no sanitary conditions and the industries destroyed the ecosystems of many towns. These very reasons back up why the Industrial Revolution was such a harmful period in western history.

This was definitely one of the biggest revolutions ever. Huge industries went to Europe and paid workers low wages to work and create materials much faster and efficient than ever before. It was much faster because unlike ever before they used machines to produce materials instead of trying to produce it by hand. There were some good and bad things that came with this revolution. Many people lost their business because they could not produce items as effectively and the machines could and therefor they lost their business. The working conditions were awful for the workers. Many of the machines were dangerous to use and because of that some of the workers were badly injured or killed; also the conditions were very dirty which caused sickness for the workers. The wages of the workers were very low which cause the poverty to be very high. Even though there were bad things that came with the Industrial revolution, there were also a lot of pivotal inventions that changed the production of goods forever. One of the main inventions was the “Spinning Jenny” invented by James Hargreaves in 1764. This contraption made it to where you could spin more than one ball of yarn at a time to make it much more efficient

The Industrial Revolution was the start of many of the things we know and love today like the steam engine and faster communication. We use ideas and technology that started in the Industrial Revolution every day. To most of us the Industrial Revolution was a blessing because it brought us out of the dark ages and into this fabulous modern life, even though most people do not get to reap the benefits from this time. It unequally benefitted the people who live in modernized countries today compared to those who don’t even live with a reliable source of food and water. The Industrial Revolution has had some very negative effects on our history and how we live now.