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The Industrial Revolution can be characterized by the transition to new manufacturing processes during the 18th and early 19th century. Accordingly, the Industrial Revolution brought many material benefits including, machines, which made work more efficient, it allowed mass production of goods, which made goods more affordable, and transportation was significantly improved, allowing easier travel between locations. However, the material benefits of the Industrial Revolution were outweighed by its social costs at the time due to harsh working conditions, the problem of poverty, and the growing issue of social inequality. Although the Industrial Revolution can be viewed as beneficial, the benefits were essentially outweighed by the social …show more content…
Poverty was an issue which resulted from bad habits, that affected many people during the Industrial period. In Document 5, by Samuel Smiles, it states that there is an enormous mass of poverty due to people not preparing for the future and not making use of given benefits. This proves how people did not work hard and only thought about surviving day, which led to everlasting poverty that was unresolvable. In Document 6, the testimony by Robert Willan states that they have seen youths playing pitch-and-toss, which is a gambling game, many days a week. The testimony also states they have known an English family which has a father, a mother, and twelve children, who all sleep in one room on a straw bed. The testimony lastly states that sexual intercourse at a young age, gambling, and drinking all essentially lead the way to poverty. This shows how children during the industrial revolution practiced bad habits such as gambling, which led to future poverty for them. This also proves that many families during the Industrial Revolution were so poor they had to share one room with one big bed, no matter what how big the family. This testimony overall, shows how bad habits such as those mentioned, were the leading causes of poverty during the Industrial Revolution. Another cause of the poverty during this Industrial Revolution was very low wages from work. In Document 1, by Adam Smith, …show more content…
There were two main classes in the Industrial time period, which included the Middle class and the Lower or Working class. Both of these classes rivaled each other as there were many known differences.In Document 4, by Karl Marx, it states that the state only serves the bourgeoisie’s interests. The Document also states that due to the division of labor, the lower class wages decreases and he is exploited by the middle class. The Document then states that the lower class workers begin to form trade unions and other associations with the purpose to fight the middle class. This shows that the Middle class had more privileges than the lower class, being able to vote and represent while the lower class could not. It also shows how the lower class was being used by the middle class in benefit for only the middle class. This lastly shows how the lower class wanted to address the problem of inequality and started forming the organizations in order to overthrow the middle classes. In Document 5, by Samuel Smiles, it states that the people who feed the lower people, feel no compassion, and the people who are fed, return no gratitude. The document also states that there is a wide gulf between the middle class and the lower class. Lastly, the document states that an immense proportion of the lower class are uncivilized. This proves how the middle class and lower class had no respect for each
The Industrial Revolution can be characterized by the transition to new manufacturing processes during the 18th and early 19th century. Accordingly, the Industrial Revolution brought many material benefits including, machines, which made work more efficient, it allowed mass production of goods, which made goods more affordable, and transportation was significantly improved, allowing easier travel between locations. However, the material benefits of the Industrial Revolution were outweighed by its social costs at the time due to harsh working conditions, the problem of poverty, and the growing issue of social inequality. Although the Industrial Revolution can be viewed as beneficial, the benefits were essentially outweighed by the social …show more content…
Poverty was an issue which resulted from bad habits, that affected many people during the Industrial period. In Document 5, by Samuel Smiles, it states that there is an enormous mass of poverty due to people not preparing for the future and not making use of given benefits. This proves how people did not work hard and only thought about surviving day, which led to everlasting poverty that was unresolvable. In Document 6, the testimony by Robert Willan states that they have seen youths playing pitch-and-toss, which is a gambling game, many days a week. The testimony also states they have known an English family which has a father, a mother, and twelve children, who all sleep in one room on a straw bed. The testimony lastly states that sexual intercourse at a young age, gambling, and drinking all essentially lead the way to poverty. This shows how children during the industrial revolution practiced bad habits such as gambling, which led to future poverty for them. This also proves that many families during the Industrial Revolution were so poor they had to share one room with one big bed, no matter what how big the family. This testimony overall, shows how bad habits such as those mentioned, were the leading causes of poverty during the Industrial Revolution. Another cause of the poverty during this Industrial Revolution was very low wages from work. In Document 1, by Adam Smith, …show more content…
There were two main classes in the Industrial time period, which included the Middle class and the Lower or Working class. Both of these classes rivaled each other as there were many known differences.In Document 4, by Karl Marx, it states that the state only serves the bourgeoisie’s interests. The Document also states that due to the division of labor, the lower class wages decreases and he is exploited by the middle class. The Document then states that the lower class workers begin to form trade unions and other associations with the purpose to fight the middle class. This shows that the Middle class had more privileges than the lower class, being able to vote and represent while the lower class could not. It also shows how the lower class was being used by the middle class in benefit for only the middle class. This lastly shows how the lower class wanted to address the problem of inequality and started forming the organizations in order to overthrow the middle classes. In Document 5, by Samuel Smiles, it states that the people who feed the lower people, feel no compassion, and the people who are fed, return no gratitude. The document also states that there is a wide gulf between the middle class and the lower class. Lastly, the document states that an immense proportion of the lower class are uncivilized. This proves how the middle class and lower class had no respect for each