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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



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