Was The Industrial Revolution Good or Bad?
The industrial revolution started the trend of long working hours, bad working conditions, and child labor. Substituted skilled workers with unskilled. Rapid urbanization led to unsanitary living conditions (creation of slums, no clean water, growing population without the proper infrastructure to support it) which further lead to the outbreak of diseases such as cholera.
The industrial revolution was both good and bad. For example it was good because the diet of the average worker had improved drastically. Meat was no longer a rarity and peoples diets improved. As production increased, clothing dropped in price and the working class was able to afford them. More jobs were available so people begin to bring home more family income. The industrial revolution benefitted the country’s economy because the trade was even more home based. Now for the negatives– yes as we all know, the industrial revolution brought forward child labor and really harsh city living conditions and working conditions. Children were a prime candidate for becoming workers in the mills because they were small and could reach into small places, they were easy to manipulate and didn’t need to be paid as much. Through all this negative there is a positive, child labor laws were created preventing children from facing these harsh working environments.
