What are the social, economic, and political effects of the Industrial Revolution. List Examples of each?

Answer 1

economic:
~increase in production of goods
~increase in industry variety
~increase in middle class
~increase in inventions because of a want to produce even faster
~more slavery and employment
~Eli whitney's cotton gin seeded cotton faster than ever before but required more slave power to pick cotton faster
~inventions to help increase productivity in farms decreased the need for farmers so more people went to work in factories

Social:
~Pay was low
~Labor reforms adressing age of workers and work hours
~Cities were formed around factories and people moved out of rural areas to work in factories