The work conditions during the Industrial Revolution had an intense and often harmful effect on children who were forced to work. The main reason that factory owners employed children was because of their small size‚ so they could fit into small spaces and use their hands to unclog machines if they were jammed. Children were also cheap to employ‚ and they usually agreed to punishment‚ unlike the adults working. One of the most common jobs that children had to pursue was working in the textile industry
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significant technological advancements‚ economic transformations‚ and social upheavals. During the industrial revolution‚ the lives of the working class were negatively impacted. The working class was made up of both children and adults during this period. Firstly‚ the children‚ found themselves pushed into a new era of labor characterized by harsh working conditions‚ long working hours‚ and subjection to injuries. Secondly‚ the adult miners‚ found themselves faced with the possibility of death‚ being crushed
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environment and things were not as stabled as they should’ve been. Some factors that had a negative effect on society includes‚ working conditions‚ child labor and unstable homes. Due to these conditions‚ many people struggled to make a living. One of the main concerns that will be discussed is the working conditions that the workers had to deal with. These working conditions were terrible. More factories were on the rise‚ which in turn demanded workforce. People were willing to work at all means so
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citizens due to urbanization‚ child labor‚ working conditions‚ and wages. The first problem was the average man’s working conditions and wages. In the factories an average worker had to work 6 days a week‚ serving 12-14 hours of labor everyday with poor pay. Machinery was extremely dangerous‚ filthy‚ and lung disease was common. As a result of these poor conditions in the factories‚ workers were either fired‚ dead‚ or lost a limb. Despite the conditions in the factories children had it worse. In
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positive effect on the economic structure in term of increasing the industrial productivity. However‚ the poorly organized factory system during the revolution had a negative effect in the social structure in term of the employment structure and working conditions. This paper will examine the negative aspects of the factory system‚ and the development of the early stage trade union. The paper argues that the failure of government
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The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 was written by Friedrich Engels in 1844. Born in 1820‚ Engels was a German philosopher and scholar who moved to Manchester when he was twenty two in 1842. Engels became well acquainted with Karl Marx in 1844 in Paris‚ the two would later go on to publish the famous Manifesto of the Communist Party in 1848. At the time of the publication of Engels’ book‚ Britain was in the midst of the industrial revolution which brought about rapid urbanisation
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The following text is an extract from Friedrich Engels’ book The Condition of Working Class in England‚ 1845 published in 1868-69. As the title indicates us‚ this text deals with England’s condition after the Industrial Revolution. Indeed the Industrial Revolution brought many changes in the industry of the country but also in social terms. This revolution made controversy because
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In factories the working conditions of workers were not good. Workers would have cut off limbs ad even worst they could be killed if they were not careful when working. Also the workers would have long hours with little to no breaks and if they were to lack on their job they would be punished. As stated in the excerpt‚ Okaya Japan (1900)‚ workers
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Could you imagine working for as long as 18 hours a day‚ six days a week? How about in 80 degree weather‚ doing tedious and often dangerous work? To make matters worse‚ what would it be like to be constantly hungry and tired‚ knowing that you would face harsh and hurtful punishments if you didn’t meet the demands? During much of the Industrial revolution‚ this scenario was the norm for men‚ women‚ and children of the working class. The pay was barely enough to live on‚ and the workers returned home
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working and living conditions during the industrial revolution -Extremely bad. -In the book " The Jungle " by Upton Sinclair‚ the author detailed the appalling conditions faced by the workers of the meat-packaging industry. "There were men who worked in the cooking rooms‚ in the midst of steam and sickening odors‚ by artificial light; in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for two years‚ but the supply was renewed every hour. There were the beef-luggers‚ who carried two-hundred-pound
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