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Industrial Revolution Dbq

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The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700’s through the early 1900’s. Labor was big because there were a lot of people with right skill. Natural resources were used because there was economic value. Also, they had lots of coal for steam power and they had iron to make tools. Another example was that they had wealthy people to invest. The Industrial Revolution was all about rapid changes in how the product were made and sold using machines. Although the effects of the Industrial Revolution somewhat were negative economically since the working conditions were unsafe for factory workers there were more economical positive effects . For examples there was more product, there was an increase in demand for products which lead to more …show more content…

One example of why the Industrial Revolution was negative is that some of the factory workers were tired and it would cause them to finger and sometimes even limbs.This was horrible because they were working long hours. They would work up to 16 hours a day, with no break. By the time they would work on the machines they would be so exhausted that would lose focus and they would chop a finger or limb. This example shows the economic effects of the Industrial Revolution were negative because people would work long hours then working in the machines they could run a high risk of accidentally cutting a finger or limb off. This affected the workers because if the were to cut a limb off they would be able to do a lot of activities that they used to do. However the Industrial Revolution was mostly positive because assembly lines were invented. This was good because it sped up the rate of what cars were made.This effect is positive because before the assembly line it took a long to put something together. Also, factory workers were finishing things faster and they were making money for companies and leaving the customer happy too. This left the customer happy because they got something that way wanted fast and easy.For example, in image #4 they show an assembly line with workers putting together the cars. This is good for the customers because they are happy with the product and the factories make money

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