Industrial Revolution Pros/Cons

One of our essential questions this quarter is: What is the “net effect” of the Industrial Revolution? To begin thinking about this question please begin to create a list of positives and negatives of the Industrial Revolution. Make sure you explain yourself well enough that a person not familiar with the IR would be able to understand your ideas from reading your post.


Pros

• In the beginning, more women and children were needed to work, so more people had jobs which meant more money.
• Industries began to boom, causing entire countries to become wealthier.
• When machines were introduced, products could be made more efficiently, for a cheaper price.
• Faster transportation, so goods could be transported quicker and goods could be solder faster.
  

Cons

• Because machines produced goods faster, more people lost their jobs.
• Children were forced to work, because of their small size, so they were forced to climb into machines, which was very dangerous.
• Countries became polluted due to excess use of coal.
• Destroyed arable land to make factories.