How Does Industrialization Affect Society
Although the Industrial Revolution is viewed as a positive event that occurred in history it can be argued that it played a larger negative effect on society.
Background Info
While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of job opportunities and advancements in technology, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were long term physical effects of poor working conditions, child labor, and various types of pollution. With the exponential rise of factories around the world, the workers had to service long hours and endure poor working conditions that led to long term physical effects.
“C: Did your deformity come upon you with much pain and weariness? B: Yes, I cannot express the pain all the time it was …show more content…
B: For about a year”(Document 7). CMx2
Along with brutal hours of work and laboring in unsafe conditions both groups of children and adults had to undergo a wide variety of pollution. It is imperative to realize that with the amount of factories, that were now scattered around the states, there was bound to be various types of pollution that could be harmful to people.
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing “the amount of railroad track increased dramatically in Britain, the Continental Europe, and the United States.” (Document 5). CMx2
As a result of factories coming about in America pollution was quick to follow thus leading to the fact that the Industrial Revolution played a more negative effect on society. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of job opportunities and advancements in technology, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were long term physical effects of poor working conditions, child labor, and various types of pollution.
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Background Info
While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of job opportunities and advancements in technology, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were long term physical effects of poor working conditions, child labor, and various types of pollution. With the exponential rise of factories around the world, the workers had to service long hours and endure poor working conditions that led to long term physical effects.
“C: Did your deformity come upon you with much pain and weariness? B: Yes, I cannot express the pain all the time it was …show more content…
B: For about a year”(Document 7). CMx2
Along with brutal hours of work and laboring in unsafe conditions both groups of children and adults had to undergo a wide variety of pollution. It is imperative to realize that with the amount of factories, that were now scattered around the states, there was bound to be various types of pollution that could be harmful to people.
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing “the amount of railroad track increased dramatically in Britain, the Continental Europe, and the United States.” (Document 5). CMx2
As a result of factories coming about in America pollution was quick to follow thus leading to the fact that the Industrial Revolution played a more negative effect on society. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of job opportunities and advancements in technology, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were long term physical effects of poor working conditions, child labor, and various types of pollution.
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