"The effects of the industrial revution"

Essay by skinnybonesHigh School, 10th grade March 2005

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The Industrial Revolution had a great impact on the people all around the world. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 18th century and spread throughout the world. Many nations had to respond to the challenges of the Industrial Revolution and the imperialism of the West that had spawned. People had to face the significant consequences that were created through this time in history. The nature of these consequences and their effect on various people throughout the world were very similar.

Throughout different places in the world the people that worked as laborers had to go through many harsh conditions that affected their health conditions. The working conditions were not fair at all because if the owners of the factories wanted the work to get done they needed to have workers to have the ability to work. The working conditions that they had only caused the majority of the workers to have health problems.

According to the testimony of a female worker that the children were excessively fatigued by the labor since they would not get more than four hours of sleep. There were other harsh things that the workers had to face like the rigorous environment. From the novel, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair it describes the effects of the labor conditions in the meat- packing industry on the workers. The fertilizers would get would get into the people's system that caused them to have really bad headaches. Even though the headaches were really painful they will continue to work until it got to the point that the pain was too much that could not work any more. There was also other ways that the people in power caused the laborers to have health problems. According to Max Havelaar that strangers from the West came to Java and...