Industrial Revolution Dbq Analysis

The Industrial Revolution has been primarily just to make fixes to problems that the country had and turned out to work for the most part. Nevertheless in the process of the Industrial Revolution started out producing a lot of problems than trying to fix problems. The Industrial Revolution was wanted to be used as a tool to get rid of all the problems with the country at the time. To sum this all up, the Industrial Revolution seemed like a great idea at first and may have solved many problems, but it made a lot of problems in the process, and that’s why I personally think that the Industrial Revolution had a more negative effect on people when it was first introduced. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences …show more content…
Since the productions of more factories in the cities, more people came to the city just to get a job in the factory. Everything seems to be positive and a perfect living condition for people, until they found out the outcome of working in the factories. Once the people worked in the factories, they figured out quickly that it was not the perfect atmosphere for them to work with. Firstly, the cautions of the machines in the factories had no safety features at all, and people got seriously injured. “COMMITTEE: It is very common to have weak ankles and crooked knees? BENTLEY: Yes, very common indeed.” (Document 7) That was an example of Elizabeth Bentley talking to the committee about her working experiences. She ended up deformed, and saying that it was common for people to have weak ankles and crooked knees just for working in a factory. Then, people found out that they pay roll was very low. On top of that, people had to work for extensive amounts of hours a day. Not only did the machines themselves cause unsafe conditions, health conditions, and child labor were also in place. “COMMITTEE: What time did you begin work at the factory? BENTLEY: When I was six years old.” (Document 7) Again, Bentley stated that she started working in the factory when she was six years old. That age is significantly low compared to know how the minimum age to work is around sixteen …show more content…
The growth of factories where a heavily important attribute to the Industrial Revolution, because it provided the production of goods to be fast and efficient. Not only that, but factories also allowed job openings for people so they could have a job. At the time, that idea was pure gold, and started out okay, but needed to be approved upon. “…industrial growth brought with it a host of environmental pollutions problems.” (Document 3) As soon as people began making factories, the more people would come to the city and work in the factories. When the factories themselves grew larger and larger, so did the pollution in the air caused by the factories. The way of receiving goods, may have been a lot quicker and cheaper to produce, but the pollution was getting dire and dire by the minute. “…by the late 1800’s America emerged as the world’s largest industrial power.” (Document 3) At this point, America had just achieved having the most industrial power. America should have also thought out that enough was enough and should have limited themselves to the production of factories. Not only did the air get polluted, but their own water got polluted too, which spread diseases quickly. And to think that that was all that was polluted, wrong! The soil qualities were getting in bad conditions. Which made farmers have hardly any good and healthy soil to plant in. To