Industrial Revolution Good Or Bad

A Progress There’s really no reason for the Industrial Revolution to be considered a problem. The Industrial Revolution did much more good than bad; even when things were bad, they eventually got better. There were many instances where the Industrial Revolution did good and/or fixed the wrong that occurred. For example, diseases and viruses were being discovered, meaning people began to open their eyes which led to the many advances in the medical field which led to people becoming healthier and living longer. Not only that but a little something called Collective Bargaining came into play, forever changing the lives of workers. Many new inventions came into play as well. In most cases, these inventions helped shape the future, such as the
Pasteur educated the world in many ways, bacteria being one of them. In the 19th century, most scientists believed that bacteria arose mainly in dead plants and animals, but not Pasteur. Pasteur was doing research on fermentation at the time, and he noticed that fermentation seemed to occur more quickly in liquids that weren’t sealed off in containers. Which lead to his hypothesis that bacteria might be introduced to liquids via the air rather than in the liquid itself. To test his hypothesis he filled two containers with a certain soup he knew were prone to bacterial growth, he tightly sealed one and the other he left open. The bacteria only grew in the container that wasn’t sealed, proving his hypothesis correct. Next, Pasteur focused on creating vaccines for many diseases such as rabies, a fatal disease of the nervous system contracted through animal bites. He couldn’t find any bacteria, however he did find another type of germ which we now call a virus. Somehow he managed to find a cure which he tested out on a boy who was bitten by a dog in 1885. Pasteur wrote a book called The Germ Theory And Its Application To Medicine And Surgery which urged doctors to take precautions with their sanitation. Pasteur and many other scientists made their mark on the Industrial Revolution and the world we know
Some of which include: the abolition of child labor, eight hour workdays, and government regulation of working environments. However, it didn’t happen just like that, there was a long process that happened before. There was a mass amount of boycotts during the Industrial Revolution which caused governments to pass laws that improved working conditions for the workers. Along with boycotts, there were strikes as well. One of which is The Match Girl Strike where 1,400 Bryant & May match girls challenged working conditions and the system of fines that urged emergencies of factories in London. The Factory Act was a law that limited working hours for teenagers to only twelve hours a day, adults to fifteen hours a day, and prevented children under nine from working at all. Collective bargaining, where workers could negotiate their: working hours, salaries, benefits, and also improve working