Was the industrial revolution a good or bad thing? Please be as detailed in your response and your supporting?

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data/informational examples as possible. Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

Please also extend your answer to include how it affected the standard quality of life. Thank you.

Answer 1

I'm sure we all enjoy the benefits that the Industrial Revolution spawned--rapid travel (first the train and now jets); quicker communication (the telephone and wire services); cheaper clothing (mass production of cloth), and, of course, our motor vehicles.

However, despite these manufacturing (and other technological advances that impacted many other fields, such as medicine) strides, there was, as in any revolution, social upheaval.

For one thing, people who may have farmed land for generations went to the cities to work in the factories, and this led, first of all, to severe culture shock. Just for starters, everything in the city was expensive--the food country folk got from their gardens and livestock now had to be purchased. Then, workers often had to settle for poor housing, because few of them (at least just starting out) could afford to buy a home in a decent area. Add to this the problems of disposing of the garbage and other waste produced by the newcomers, and you can quickly see the down side--crowding, poverty, and disease.

Many young women also came to the cities seeking work, and more tha just a few of them ended up as prostitutes. Of course, this added to the problem of disease because even then there were what we call today STD's, and no way to cure them at all--remember, antibiotics are the child of the 20th century.

So, in all fairness, one must view the Industrial Revolution from both sides of the coin. It led to great advances, but also a great many social ills--some of which are stilll with us today.

Answer 2

ever day life was completely changed. with the help of machinery, people were able to do their jobs easier. as a result, more development was possible in every area of life. people then moved to the cities to work in factories, since they didn't all have to help on the farms and with other tedious jobs.

overall, the industrial revolution was good because it got us to where we are today. i would rather have the modern conveniences as opposed to working on a farm... that is... most of the time... but, there are always down sides, such as pollution.

read the info from the link below. it has more details than i could ever explain to you.

Answer 3

There were two industrial revolutions.
One of them was in the 18th century, with the introduction of primitive steam engines.
The second one was even bigger. machines got better and stronger, and as a result, we had what you now call standardisation, which paved the way for massproduction and the beginings of globalisation.
Right now there's the information revolutio, but the second industrial is still the most important one.

Answer 4

First, define good and bad.