Positives and Negatives of Industrial Revolution Essay

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    The Industrial revolution was known as the era to be the change from the use of hand methods of manufacturing to machine methods. The American Industrial Revolution changed the United States citizens from an agricultural people to one that was very industrialized. People started to perform much of their work in factories and on machines. The Revolution brought many changes to the societies that experienced the process of industrialization. Overall, the American Industrial revolution was a great…

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    benefits that came out of the Industrial Revolution. However, in the end, it resulted in more negative effects which outweighed the positive ones. The Industrial Revolution brought immediate negative effects including shifts of family life it and great damage towards the surrounding environment. Also, the Industrial Revolution had long term negative effects including the dangerous effects it had on the “new imperialism” many years later. When the Industrial Revolution got started in Britain…

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    As Europeans colonized much of the world, their empires became more and more fueled by the Industrial Revolution. The developments of the Industrial Revolution that most impacted Imperialism was the Maxim Gun, Modern Manufacturing, and Child Labour. The industrial revolution began in the textile industry and during the course of history people have changed the manufacturing process dramatically. Instead of items being produced by hand, the owners of the facilities created ways to have machines…

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    During the Industrial Revolution, Japanese silk factories were very popular jobs for most women. The Industrial Revolution was the widely expanded production of machine-made goods that commenced in England in the mid 1700’s. Japan and England weren’t the only places being affected by the revolution, the United States and continental Europe were affected as well. Japan didn’t industrialize until more than a century after it arrived in Europe. Women working in the factory faced many hardships…

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    Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society, it was actually a positive thing for society. Children got laws to not work unless they were an adult, more jobs started to come and, better sources of food and nutrition started to happen. Transportation became more efficient as many new inventions started to being made. Industrialization’s positive effects were more jobs, More inventions, and more efficient transportation. One of the primarily positive reasons of…

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    The Industrial Revolution was an era of technological advancements which came through different areas of work which helped transition society into a more machine reliant mind-set. These technological advancements did not merely transition society but assisted economic growth and change during the era to varying extents throughout each field. In the Industrial Revolution, technological advancements such as the introduction of steam power, introduction of machines in agriculture and implementation…

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    actual economic power. The Industrial Revolution, happening some time around the late 1700s-mid 1800s, marked Americas move from a country of handcrafters and farmers to an economic powerhouse of a country backed by the massive production of it’s factories. While some might argue that industrialization had primarily negative effects because of the excessive use of and the lack of limits on child labour, it was actually a positive thing for society. Industrialization 's positive effects were…

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    centuries. Of course, there were some negative aspects; child labor and pollution were major problems during the Industrial Revolution. Despite this, many positive consequences arose after and during the movement. While some historians may argue that industrialization had primarily negative consequences on society, the movement had many more positive aspects, including new forms of technology, more jobs, and improved methods of transportation. The Industrial Revolution brought multiple waves…

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    nineteenth centuries the Industrial Revolution gave rise to changes that radically altered society and its way of life. Before the Industrial Revolution, people produced their own furniture, clothing, food, and tools. Manufacturing was generally done in homes or small shops using hand tools or simple machines. Most people lived in small, rural communities and the average person’s existence revolved around farming. The ordinary person had a very small income. The Industrial Revolution saw…

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    Life in this period has been described as “years of suffering and deprivation, as that “bleak age” in which the “evils of the Industrial Revolution” made themselves manifest”. However, this cold and unjust period gradually came to an end with the intervention of the government and implementation of new legislations that gave workers rights and privileges in their workplaces. The Coal Mines Act of 1842, for example, was passed to ensure that in coal mines “no female was to be employed…

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