The industrial revolution shaped our world. It did bring out new ways of doing things and eventually turned the world into what it is today, but before all of that change happened, in the middle of the industrial revolution is the working class. They worked long hours in dangerous factories for little pay, they came home to tiny tenements that their entire family lived in. Almost everyone in the family would have worked; even the children had jobs in factories or were on the street selling products. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive effects on society because of child labor Laws, it was actually a negative consequence for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were Poor/ Horrible working condition, Child labor/ dangerous jobs and the pollution from the factories. A negative effect that industrialization brought was poor/ horrible working conditions that the working class had to go through.
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In Elizabeth Bentley’s testimony to end child labour, “C: What were your hours of labour in that mill? B: From 5 in the morning till 9 at night, when they were thronged.” (Document 7) Children worked long hours to support their family and most did not go to school because of work. Too the owners of the factory, it did matter to them that they were working children, they were able to pay them less then both women and men. Another example of poor/horrible working conditions, “Child Labor photograph by Lewis W. Hine shows, children working in a machine bigger than themselves, and in an incredibly unsafe workplace, one of the children balancing on a milk crate while working on the machine.” (Document 8) The children often found themselves working in a dangerous machine. All workers not just children had to work on the death traps called machines. Another example of horrible working conditions was, “I [Mary Paul] am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work.” (Document 1) To cut down on payment factory owners gave their employees with a lot of work to cut down on costs. The owners did not care how unsafe the factory was they fired anyone who got injured and hired another employee in their place without a second thought. It wasn’t until later when labor unions and child labor laws became active that working became safer for the employees. Another negative effect that industrialization brought was child labor and dangerous jobs. An example of child labor is, “C: What time did you begin work at the factory? B: When I was six years old.” (Document 7) Children started work at a really young age and worked for a long time after that. One of the reasons that child labor was used was because they could be hired a lot less then grown men and women, and were hired based off of the fact that they could be payed less. Another example of child labor and dangerous jobs is, “C: You are considerably deformed in person as a consequence of this labour? B: Yes I am. C: And what time did it come on? B: I was about 13 years old when it began coming, and it has got worse since; it is five years since my mother died, and my mother was never able to get me a good pair of stays to hold me up, and when my mother died I had to do for myself, and got me a pair.” (Document 7) Children got injured and deformed on the job and just got layed off, and were not able to work anymore. The owners of the factories did not care about safety of any of that they were looking for the cheapest labor, so that they could make more money. “ Child Labor photograph by Lewis W. Hine, shows two young children working on a machine bigger than themselves.” (Document 8) Children worked to support their family, because without their income their parents would not have been able to pay the bills. Sadly children were needed to work to support their family because everyone not just the children were paid poorly. Child labor and dangerous jobs are a perfect example of industrialization because it shows what the working class had to go through in the industrial revolution to get to the point we are
In Elizabeth Bentley’s testimony to end child labour, “C: What were your hours of labour in that mill? B: From 5 in the morning till 9 at night, when they were thronged.” (Document 7) Children worked long hours to support their family and most did not go to school because of work. Too the owners of the factory, it did matter to them that they were working children, they were able to pay them less then both women and men. Another example of poor/horrible working conditions, “Child Labor photograph by Lewis W. Hine shows, children working in a machine bigger than themselves, and in an incredibly unsafe workplace, one of the children balancing on a milk crate while working on the machine.” (Document 8) The children often found themselves working in a dangerous machine. All workers not just children had to work on the death traps called machines. Another example of horrible working conditions was, “I [Mary Paul] am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work.” (Document 1) To cut down on payment factory owners gave their employees with a lot of work to cut down on costs. The owners did not care how unsafe the factory was they fired anyone who got injured and hired another employee in their place without a second thought. It wasn’t until later when labor unions and child labor laws became active that working became safer for the employees. Another negative effect that industrialization brought was child labor and dangerous jobs. An example of child labor is, “C: What time did you begin work at the factory? B: When I was six years old.” (Document 7) Children started work at a really young age and worked for a long time after that. One of the reasons that child labor was used was because they could be hired a lot less then grown men and women, and were hired based off of the fact that they could be payed less. Another example of child labor and dangerous jobs is, “C: You are considerably deformed in person as a consequence of this labour? B: Yes I am. C: And what time did it come on? B: I was about 13 years old when it began coming, and it has got worse since; it is five years since my mother died, and my mother was never able to get me a good pair of stays to hold me up, and when my mother died I had to do for myself, and got me a pair.” (Document 7) Children got injured and deformed on the job and just got layed off, and were not able to work anymore. The owners of the factories did not care about safety of any of that they were looking for the cheapest labor, so that they could make more money. “ Child Labor photograph by Lewis W. Hine, shows two young children working on a machine bigger than themselves.” (Document 8) Children worked to support their family, because without their income their parents would not have been able to pay the bills. Sadly children were needed to work to support their family because everyone not just the children were paid poorly. Child labor and dangerous jobs are a perfect example of industrialization because it shows what the working class had to go through in the industrial revolution to get to the point we are