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Industrial Revolution Dbq Essay

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The industrial revolution was an important step for England and the other countries in Europe in the 19th century. It has been debated that the industrial revolution had either a positive or a negative effect on the general public in England, but that depends the on the type of people you ask. During this time the rise of railroads was coming to power due the new invention of the steam engine which made the locomotive efficient. This allowed the spread of railroads to be built all around the country to make transportation easier and faster, this allowed people to move products from the factories from point A to point B easier and faster which made things more efficient. With all the railroads being built it helped the general public because …show more content…

In document 5 (Source: Edward ChadWick) it states that the lower class workers were underpaid and that the wages they received wasn't enough because they were getting under paid. That a lower class worker could not be able to live a long and healthy life span due to the lowe wages they were getting paid and with that in mind the workers wouldn't have enough money to afford a clean and sanitized house with essential utilities to live a clean, healthy life. The workers who worked in the factories would be succumbed to horrible and unjust treatment and unsafe, unsanitary conditions. In document 6 (Source: Joseph Hebergam-interview by Michael Sandler and his House of Commons Committee on 7th July, 1832), The Interview reveals on how bad the conditions for the workers were, and how they were beaten and how they overworked them each day. Joseph states that he started working in a factory at the age seven like most other children at the time would start to work, that he would have to work from five in the morning till eight at night and having only one, thirty minute lunch break at noon. Like most factories and mills at the time these workers would be worked all day long which would cause health issue giving them pain in the arms and legs due to them being over worked, and most of the times the workers wouldn’t

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