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By Esbeyda Del Rio
Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Positive Effects:
Increased world productivity
Growth of railroads (faster and more efficient
transportation of goods and people)
New entrepreneurs emerged (more money = more
technology/inventions)
New inventions improved quality of life for many
Labor eventually organized (unions) to improve working
conditions
Laws were enacted to enforce health and safety codes in
cities and factories
New opportunities for women
Rise of the middle class – size, power, and wealth
expanded
Social structure becomes more flexible
The poor and other low social classes can now move up in
the social structure
Negative Effects:
Child labor used in factories & mines
Miserable (dirty, cramped) and dangerous (fingers, limbs,
& lives lost) working conditions
Monotonous work with heavy, noisy, repetitive machinery
Long working hours – six days a week, with little pay
Rigid schedules ruled each day
Gas, candle & oil lamps created soot and smoke in
factories
Diseases such as pneumonia & tuberculosis spread
through factories
Labor unrest leads to demonstrations (sometimes violent)
Strikes take place
Women were paid less than men (were actually preferred)
Indentured workers
Employers had a more impersonal relationship with
employees
Tenement housing was poorly constructed, crowded, and
cold
Human and industrial waste contaminated water supplies –
typhoid and cholera spread
Air pollution increased over cities and industrial areas
Technological changes eroded the balance of power in
Europe
Contributed to the growth of imperialism and communism
(Marx’s & Engels’ theories)
Produced weaponry that gave Western nations a military
advantage over developing nations
Title: effects of the Industrial Revolution notes
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