Industrialization Dbq

Overall, I think Industrialization had a greater negative effect on society. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of new inventions, it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were unsafe working conditions, horrible pollution, and separated family life. To start off with, unsafe working conditions was a very negative effect of Industrialization. According to the picture on Document #8, the child in the picture is working barefoot on a machine. The machine looks very, very unsafe for the child. The child looks about six years old. Back then, it didn’t matter the age of the worker, people had to work; working was not an option. In the picture, the child is working with
It looks to me that there is a bar for children to stand on in order to reach the machine. The child in the picture is standing on something different, a milk crate. The child is standing on a milk crate because he cannot reach the machine. She is barefoot so that she can get a good grip on the crate, which would prevent falling. Also to add in with that, keep in mind that the machine is much larger than the children working on them. While it’s required for every child now a days to have an education, back then children were required to work in factories without getting an education. Only rich families would put their kids through school, and there were only a few rich families back then. Along with that thought, Document #7 is an interview on Elizabeth Bentley, a working woman at Leeds. In the interview, the committee asked, “Were you perfectly straight and healthy before you worked at a mill?” she answered with “yes I was as straight as a little girl as ever went up and down town” (Document #7). The committee also asked, “Did your deformity come upon you with much pain and weariness?” she answered, “Yes, I cannot express the