The Industrial Revolution in the took place in the 18th and 19th century and many people sought work in factories. The conditions and the daily life of the workers at this time are preserved in various ways. The differences of what took place are due to the perspective of different types of people. Some believe that the factory workers had everything they needed and were living blissfully. While others say that they were in extremely hostile environments and were abused by their superiors. There is reason to believe that the factories and their workers during the Industrial Revolution were unsuitable and dangerous for anyone to work in. The workers at the factories during this time had to endure unsettling events in their lives due to the conditions of the factories during this era. Accounts of children working in these factories depict an unsafe environment. For example one account said that a brother and his sister got caught in a machine and endured severe injuries, the boy’s legs, arms and face was destroyed and killed …show more content…
The quality of life had been reduced to disease ridden place because there was no order to these urban areas. There is no space for living in these urban areas, London being no exception at the time. Despite being littered with pollution the goods people demanded came at a decent and cheap price through the factories. The new machinery at the time (flying shuttle, spinning frame, etc) reduced the amount manual labor for the people and reduced the price significantly for quality goods. And people began to get jobs that pay higher prices (doc 8). The impact of these factories are devastating to the workers, particularly the children who run the dangerous operation as well as the people who live nearby to the pollution producing factories. People are getting sick and some have to work hard to get paid next to
Davis starts by describing the workers in a unhealthy and rather revolting way; their health condition a result of the factory conditions: “..thousands of them, massed, vile, slimy lives, like those of the torpid lizards in yonder stagnant water-butt..” Davis later goes on to use a graphic lines of similes to describe the mill from a factory worker’s eyes. “Fire in every horrible form: pits of flame waving in the wind; liquid metal-flames writhing in tortuous streams through the sand; wide cauldrons filled with boiling fire, over which bent ghastly wretches stirring the strange brewing; and through all, crowds of half-clad men, looking like revengeful ghosts in the red light, hurried, throwing masses of glittering fire. It was like a street in Hell.” The author later even describes the factory from a point of view from a man of a the richer class: “One could fancy these red smouldering lights to be the half-shut eyes of wild beasts, and the spectral figures their victims in the den.”
The industrial revolution had mainly negative effects. The industrial revolution was a time in world history that has technically never ended. It is the time when society started to mass produce goods in order to provide enough goods for the booming population. People started to move from villages to cities where factories were looking for workers. New medical advances were made and people began to live longer. While some might argue that industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of the increased amount of new and cheaper products, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were the dangerous and sometimes lethal work areas, poor living conditions and cramped housing,
In the Revolution factories had bad accidents. In factories, workers would often get hurt working. There were several cases of lung disease/ cancer. For example, in
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain is recognized as a period of great industrial capitalism, machine development, and emergence of the working class.1 The growth of factories began shortly after Richard Arkwright patented the spinning frame in 1769.2 Factories allowed for hundreds of unskilled workers to find jobs running machines and drastically changed their lifestyles as jobs moved away from rural areas. The putting-out system, where jobs were subcontracted, slowly came to an end because work became centralized in factories. 3 Few industries continued on with domestic manufacturing such as the iron industry. At the height of the Industrial Revolution, few laws had been passed to protect all workers.
The dangers of the factories to working children were very real. In document one it outlines the life a child worker from the perspective of William Cooper. In his testimony it was said that he had been working since he was ten years old. Their working hours were five in the mornings to nine at night. It also states that out of the many hours the now eighteen year old had been working, only one forty minute period in those sixteen hours were used as a free meal time. In document one it states “At times we were frequently strapped.” This was used as a response when Cooper was asked if there were steps taken to keep them awake and attentive. In document two it states that there were frequent accidents happening due to the large and intricate
America was not the official united states of America until George Washington was unanimously elected as president in 1789. Overtime, the country has improved, starting from a weak government due to the articles of confederation, and transitioning into a strong democratic government. Just as the first government style was not stellar, throughout the earlier times in the history of America, people have struggled to deal with finding suitable jobs with proper conditions and earning money to provide for their families. Work in the 1750s consisted of maintaining the farm, watering the crops, and harvesting the crops for money. It was easier for people to be able to work in vicinities near their homes. Certain crops required extra care and time
Document 3 contains a picture of factory polluting the air from the coal; the factory is also next to a small body of water, which suggests water pollution as well has agricultural issues from watering the crops. (Document 3) This contributes to people’s awful quality of life because of the severe pollution causing illness and lack of nutrition. Not only does the contaminated water cause atrocious quality of life, but so does the air pollution. It is possible that a vast amount of people in that town suffered from respiratory issues because of the smoke there were inhaling; especially people living in close proximity. The picture in Document 6 shows a crowded household and close neighboring rooms and buildings. (Document 6) Considering the houses are very close together, there is a strong risk of spreading illness. The poor quality of the picture does not show all of the details of the picture, but based on multiple recorded experiences during that time, one can assume the housing was not in decent shape. Not only were people forced to live in cheap, unhealthy housing, they also gained an abundant amount of medical issues because of their jobs. “It is very common to have weak ankles and crooked knees? B: Yes, very common indeed…C: Where are you now? B: In the poorhouse.” (Document 7) Elizabeth Bentley testifies that she was a victim of poor quality of life
The Industrial Revolution in America began to develop in the mid-eighteen hundreds after the Civil War. Prior to this industrial growth the work force was mainly based in agriculture, especially in the South (“Industrial Revolution”). The advancement in machinery and manufacturing on a large scale changed the structure of the work force. Families began to leave the farm and relocate to larger settings to work in the ever-growing industries. One area that saw a major change in the work force was textile manufacturing. Towns in the early nineteen hundreds were established around mills, and workers were subjected to strenuous working conditions. It would take decades before these issues were addressed. Until then, people worked and struggled for a life for themselves and their families. While conditions were harsh in the textile industry, it was the sense of community that sustained life in the mill villages.
The factory whistle blows right in the middle of your favorite dream. You wake up in a startle as you glance at the clock. 5:30 am. You rush to get out of bed, seeing that you have to get to work in 30 minutes. You splash some water on your face, brush your teeth, put on some fine factory clothes, pull your hair back, grab an apple and run as fast as a gazelle. The Industrial Revolution had both positive and negatives on the lives of adults and children during that time period.
Imagine being forced to work in conditions that might cause you to lose a limb, to be beaten daily, or to be left with long term respiratory conditions. These terrible conditions were realities to families who worked in textile factories in the 1700’s. England was the first to adopt textile factories which would benefit with mass production of cotton material. According to the power point, “Industrial Revolution; Life in English Factories”, low and unskilled workers, often children, ran the machines and moved material, this helped lower the cost of goods. During this time, commissions investigated the working conditions of the factories.
The Inhuman working conditions of the Industrial Revolution clearly demonstrates the suffering of the working class. For example, The Ashton Chronicle by John Birley 1849, “Frank once beat me till he frightened himself, he though he has killed me” this describes the brutal beatings from not doing work
The Industrial Revolution was a time of great change and increased efficiency. No more would be goods be produced by sole means of farming and agriculture, but now by the use of machinery and factories. Technology was beginning to increase along with the food supply as well as the population. However, this increase in population would greatly impact the social aspect of that time. Urbanization was becoming much more widespread. Cities were becoming overwhelmingly crowded and there was an increase in disease as well as harsh child labor. Although child labor would be reduced somewhat due to unions, the Industrial Revolution still contained both it’s positive and negative results.
The novella is set in the early 1800’s, which is during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution marked a period of technological advancement. As technology advancement increased, work at factories became popular. Workers began to abandon their craft and moved to urban areas to find jobs. Also, fewer workers were needed because machines began to replace their craft. Workers who lost their jobs due to the machines felt dehumanized because their craft was deteriorating. Furthermore, human connections also decreased as a result of the factory work scene.
The revolution of the 18th and 19th century saw an immense transformation in science, technology and our economy, hence, the transformation from a Neolithic economy to an industrial economy. The revolution impacted on the social-economic in terms of the industrial research and development. Before the revolution labour was manly manual force however, the first revolution saw the materlisation of machines. For examples, the introduction of steam engines provided powered energy used in replacement of manual labour, therefore ...
For example, more industrialization meant more factories, and more factories led to more pollution. The waste produced by factories was expelled into the water as well as into the air, as described by Professor Michael Faraday (Document 1). Faraday was greatly affected by the contamination of the air and water that he observed because never before had anyone seen such filth in nature. In addition, Document 6 portrays the filth of the city from the factories. This filth was a curse to all people because they became more prone to disease due to the increase in contaminants in the air and the decrease of air quality. Furthermore, the Industrial Revolution also decreased the living standards of workers (OI: “Urbanization”). Poor families were forced to live in small tenements because they could not afford to live an extravagant life. These tenements lacked in many ways, including space and sanitation. Due to the packed conditions, diseases spread rapidly. Overall, the housing of the working class was unpleasant and many fell ill to diseases because the risk of developing a disease in a cramped environment was higher. In Document 2, it is evident that the tenements were not an ideal living space. Document 6 portrays that factories were ideally designed for the machines and not for the workers, and as a result the working conditions were also harsh. Working shifts were beyond the control of the workers and the job was not necessarily stable because workers could be fired at any time for any reason (OI: “Working Conditions”). Moreover, the working environment was cramped and caused many problems to arise, such as the death of workers. The working class suffered greatly from the consequences of the Industrial Revolution. However, they also experienced many improvements in life such as the decrease in