Social Class And The Social Impact Of Industrial Revolution

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SOCIAL IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

I will begin by defining what industrial revolution is

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Wikipedia

In this easy, I’m going to be taking about the social impacts of industrial revolution.
I’ll group this into population, class.,

Class:
The industrial revolution brought about wealth for entrepreneurs. Millions of people (workers) lived in Properties. As time went on, the standard of living increased and this enabled society as a whole to benefit from industrial revolution.
The workers who fueled industrial revolution lived a pretty horrific life before the industrial revolution as poverty, …show more content…

The bourgeoisies come from a variety of background: the bourgeoisies include merchants, investors who were putting their money into the market as entrepreneurs , and “rags-to-riches” who were admired for getting their sales up based on their hard work.
The middle class lived in clean neighborhoods and were comfortable enough with their household income. Women stayed home to raise their children. Women didn’t really need to I into the work force.

The working class lived in a totally different environment. They lived in a crowded, dirty and unhealthy environment. Their environment are often Smokey from the toxic gas produced by factories. The working used to live in tenements (they were often packed into crowded rooms). They were seriously exposed to diseases because of their poor environmental condition. The situation for the working class was totally difficult. They lived in tenements (multiple buldongds) many packed into a crowded room and sanitation was certainly not available and garbage will just be thrown over the back of the …show more content…

These children started fending for their families at their young age because the families needed the money. They were useful in the factories in areas like carrying out maintainable work (because their little hands could get into deferent parts of machines). These children were also paid very little for whatever work they did in factories. Like the adults, children also worked in bad environments inhaling dust and lint which was very bad for their health. Some children also found theirselves working in the lines for long hours in dark environments. This really affected the children because they were not getting proper food, rest and most importantly , care. Education was something that never went through the kind of some of these children. After the beginnings of the industrial t revolutions, actions were taken by the government to improve the conditions of gen children working j the factory. These laws were passed in the 1800s. Graciously, the work hours for children reduced to twelve hours daily. Children under the age of eight were not allowed to work in the cotton mills. More laws later came up I the 1830s and 1840s. This laws reduced hours for children and also had a shade on women at this point in time. Working at Ken was also reduced for women. Deferent inspectors were sent intk factories to make sure employers are following the rules set and made way for the children to be

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