How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect The Poor

The Industrial Revolution hurt the poor because they were dying from getting the disease Cholera, and they had to live in very small foul smelling slums. Although no single individual is responsible for the Industrial Revolution. The Revolution occurred due to the confluence of several factors in England in the mid 18th century. The Industrial Revolution was caused from many events leading up to it but it was not particularly an individuals fault. The Industrial Revolution hurt the poor because they lived in very small homes. According to the textbook “They went home to small, cramped row houses or tenants in overcrowded neighborhoods” (pg.205). During the industrial Revolution people had to live in houses that were crammed together and their houses were small and overpopulated with people. In addition, their were “Whole families that were often crammed into a single room”. The people with larger families had a difficult time in these small homes because they were all crammed into one room and they didn't have any other
The death populated started to increase in England during the mid 1800’s. “Disease accounted for many deaths in industrial cities during the Industrial Revolution. With a chronic lack of hygiene, little knowledge of sanitary care and no knowledge as to what caused diseases, diseases such as cholera”. People didn't keep their hygiene good because they weren't aware of the consequences of getting diseases and even possible dying. Although “As the cities became more populated, so the problem got worse”. The problem of getting diseases increased rapidly because the cities were becoming populated very fast which caused for the homes to get smaller and easier to get sick from one another. The diseases were causing the death population to increase rapidly because of all the new