The Net Effect of the Industrial Revolution

Negative:

• Kids were employed to do dangerous jobs
• Factories were dirty and dangerous
• More people suffered injuries and there were more deaths than on the farms
• There were long working hours in the factories
• The factory workers didn't have many rights
• People were thrown in to jail without any or much evidence against them
• Machines started replacing humans, so many people lost their jobs
• The police shot protesting laborers
  

Positive:

• People that worked in factories got housing in the city
• Families worked together in factories
• More products were available to the public
• Lives were run by clocks, so people could be sure they were on time
• Country's economies grew
• People who started a business could make a lot of money
• There started being competition between businesses, so high quality products were being produced
• Because large amounts of people started living together, new friendships were formed and people learned to cooperate