Industrial Revolution DBQ

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution consequently began as a result of Great Britain’s wealth, resources, population, education, and access to trade. Although Industrial Revolution improved the rate of wages and life expectancy, due to the deformities, life-threatening punishments, and atrocious accident that occurred within the working facility.

During the Industrial Revolution, the people lived poorly and indignantly, but however were given the chance to provide a little more for themselves by the higher wages given and the Public Health Laws that increased life expectancy. On the map(doc 5) it graphs the increase of higher wages between 1850-1900, showing a constant rate between 1860-1890. As a result of the increase in wages, citizens were able to provide better opportunities for themselves, also giving citizens a chance to buy more necessities. Furthermore, in document 4, the graph shows the life expectancy from 1850s-1890s in locations such as Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, and

West Derby. Analyzing this graph it can be inferred that such conditions as these were poor if people were only living but, so long, upon implementing the Public Health Laws, all four cities shown critical achievement in the average lifespan, proving most positive. In conclusion, life expectancy and higher wages increased the living conditions certainly for the majority folk, consequently the people were able to make better livings with the chances they were given.
In Great Britain the people were critically underfed and worked hard resulting in the horrific deformities for example hallowed bones which went all ways, such as the loss of height and deaths of newborn due to distorted pelvis in female bodies. According to paragraph 1, in Deformities, it states, “the bones were soft that they will bend in any direction.” Upon reading this text anyone can see that the Industrial Revolution was superiorly more negative than positive, because in the environment that these children worked in, they were underpaid which consequently led to severe malnutrition resulting in deformities like these. Also in paragraph 2 of Deformities, it states, “Often the painful duty of the surgeon to destroy the life of the child in order that he may preserve the life of the mother.” The mother’s in Great Britain were also deprived of food, which unfortunately led to the distorted bones of the mother that brutally and miserably resulted in the killing of a newborn child, in order to hopefully preserve that of the mother’s. Overall, the Industrial Revolution bit off more than it can chew ironically, seeing as how the people couldn’t eat themselves, resulting in the unfortunate and unsuspecting deaths of children and babies.
The employers of the Industrial Revolution were brutal and unforgiving in the work environment when dealing with children and maidens incapable of doing their job that resulted in harsh beatings and killings. As stated in paragraph 3 of Punishments, it states, “Kicked her where he should not do, and it caused her to wear away till she died .” The punishments for failing to do jobs were brutal during this age, as proven by the fact that lots of servants and children died by the combination of harsh working conditions and brutal beatings of the employers. Also it states in paragraph 1, “The master started beating me with a stick over the head till it was full of lumps and bled.” Everyday was a traumatizing experience for the children, because the master basically held themselves so high that they were cruel and savage behaving towards the children resulting in broken body parts if they were so lucky to escape with their lives. In sum, punishment was an inexcusable brutal mentality that came across the minds of employers, that regrettably led to the permanently traumatized children and even more unfortunately ended some maiden’s and children’s lives.
Furthermore, the factories that child worked in that were so called innovative, because of the new machines that were made then, also led to heinous accidents because of how careless the manager’s were.

As stated in Doc 2, “He saw her whirled round and round with the shaft, he heard the bone of her arms, legs, etc. successively snap asunder, crushed, seemingly to atoms…” This horrifying scene is proof that the Industrial Revolution wasn’t all sunshine for some people and dejectedly gave them hell to the point of it costing them their lives. Also stated in Doc 4, “He was cut to bits; his whole body went in , and was mangled.” Evidently, the lively status of the children were uncared for completely, excluding the other children that worked with them, instead the children were viewed as expendable assets. In sum, the society that these children grew up in was oppressive and unbearable, also unfortunately this led to disastrous accident from machines they worked

with.
While the Industrial Revolution seemingly turn out to be a great contribution to history in Great Britain’s time due to increased wages and vitality, unfortunately this also led to graphic deformities, brutal punishments, and appalling accidents. Furthermore, the evidence collected has shown that the Industrial Revolution may have fundamentally affected the whole environment with higher wages and better life expectancy, but however had also caused miserable pain to the children that worked in environments that caused them to experience deformities, punishments, and terrible accidents. This era is definitely impactful and memorable in history because of how it showed that innovation is also one of humanity's imperfections because of how it still forces children to work in factories like the workshops in Asia. Therefore, the Industrial Revolution was primarily a brutal and appalling innovation, especially for children, but however had positive long-term effect like higher wages and extended longevity.