Industrial Age

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Was the Industrial Age good or bad? The Industrial Age has both good points and bad points. However, I myself think the Industrial Age has more bad parts to it than good parts. First of all, I’m going to talk about the good parts of the Industrial Age then I’m going to tell you about the bad part of the Industrial Age. There are many ways people could help the Industrial Age be better also.
Although there aren’t that many positive effects of the Industrial Revolution there are some. The biggest positive effect of the Industrial Revolution was all the new inventions made during that time. Some of these inventions are the loom, the flying shuttle, the jenny, and the cotton gin. These new inventions improved factories’ efficiency and they also increased productivity in factories. In the beginning of the Industrial Age new technology and inventions were pretty affordable for people to buy. Architecture also improved. The last positive effects of the Industrial Revolution were that the city populations increased, and ownership of land was not the chief distinction between social classes.
There are a lot of positive effects of the Industrial Revolution, but I think there are more negative effects than positive ones. Every day I wondered if the stories about how bad the workers in the factories were treated were true or not so, I went to visit some of these factories to see if these stories were true or not. When I arrived at one of these factories I was appalled when I saw dozens of children working in dangerous jobs. When doing their (the children) jobs they could’ve accidentally get their fingers, or another body part, cut off very easily, and in the conditions- dusty, polluted air- these children could catch diseases easily also. These children also had the lowest wages out of all the people (men, women, and children). In another factory I found out that workers were risking losing their limbs from loud, u...