The Net Effect of The Industrial Revolution

Negative.

• The lives of the factory workers were not very good, because it was dirty and also dangerous.
• There were death and serious injuries involved.
• The working hours for all the workers were a very long time, and there were not much income for them.
• Children were forced to work because they were small and could go to fix things under working machines.

Positive.

· Families got money, and houses to live in.

· For the supplies, the other people got more to buy and use for their daily household jobs.

· Products have been produced in mass production and in a commodity.

· Instead of the child going to work alone to work for the family, all the family got to do their work together.

· Lives would run by clocks, so people could get to work on time.