Positives and Negatives of Industrial Revolution Essay

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    Is Greed Good? The industrial revolution occurred in America during the late 1800’s. The industrial revolution brought about rapid development by the introduction of machinery. Along with the industrial revolution came greed.This poses the question, Is greed good? Greed is only good if it is not excessive. The industrial revolution brought many positive outcomes. Advanced technology helped create new inventions such as, the telephone and incandescent light bulb. These inventions…

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    Although the Industrial Revolution had many negative effects such as child labor and poor living and working conditions, the overall long term benefits of urbanization, and the advancement of new technology outweighed the negative. Throughout the Industrial Revolution, which took place between the years 1750-1914, there was a lot of change and growth in America and Europe. Inventions in the area of machinery, and manufacturing and producing goods were created which help us today. Due to…

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    Beginning in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Great Britain initiated the Industrial Revolution. This revolution greatly increased the production of goods and made working in factory more efficient, and it turned Britain from an agriculture society to an industrial society. The Industrial Revolution also had a wide range of both positive and negative effects in which it affected the social and economic life of people live in England. These outcomes have been taken in and evaluated by…

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    Although many say that the industrial had a positive impact to the world generally, there were many negative and positive effects as a result of the industrial revolution. As the textile industry was growing, it had a major contribution to the Britain's economic stance. Oxford university states that "One of the key factors that led to the industrial revolution in Britain was its authority and wealth as an empire (12)." As stated, Britain did have a lot of support from its dominated nations and…

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    The Industrial Revolution had mostly negative effects but there were some positive outcomes. There was good and bad situations happening to the workers such as getting paid and having a good environment. Also some workers got hurt by the machines and would get sick since the machine caused pollution. One of the positive effects during the Industrial Revolution was that the workers in the factories had a good environment that was clean and safe . Every other worker was doing their job. In…

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    The Industrial Revolution has had one of the greatest impacts in America 's History. The impact was so positive it has affected the world, including most of all, The United States. The U.S was still new to the world and figuring things out. The Industrial Revolution made it possible for the U.S to re-gain power and grow stronger as a Nation. Although, others may argue that the Revolution has had more negative than positive, the positive has had more of long term effects on the society/the way…

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    Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of child labor, it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization’s positive effects were new laws to improve working conditions, production increased, and merchandise became cheaper. There were numerous negatives that the Industrial Revolution brought with it; nonetheless the positives out-weigh it in today’s society. Because of the child labor during the Industrial Revolution today’s society now has laws…

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    The industrial revolution completely reinvented the factory community.The reason that the industrial revolution was started was to make factories produce more income and a greater variety of products. They did this by making production faster, crowding more people in a workspace, and paying them close to nothing. While the Industrial revolution had some positive effects, it also had many negative effects resulting with problems we are dealing with still today. Some of the positive effects of…

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    The Industrial Revolution was extremely beneficial for the progress of the world starting in the 1800s all the way to current day. Sacrifices were made, which allowed technological progresses to happen during the Industrial Revolution. This created happiness, life opportunities, and an over-all positive improvement of life. The effects of the Age of Revolutions were mostly negative due to the exploration of inhumane treatments in Europe and the working conditions. However it was somewhat…

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    The Industrial Revolution of the 1800s had numerous effects on society during those times, which were both positive and negative. It’s been debated by historians whether or not they had a greater positive than negative effect on society and vice versa. Both arguments are rich in evidence and can persuade people very easily. While some may argue that Industrialization had primarily negative effects for society because of better financial opportunities and new technologies, it was actually a…

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