What was the significance of the Industrial Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution is responsible for the way basically everything works today. How we acquire potable water, process foods, make modern clothing, gadgets, toys, electonics, etc.; how we mass produce and purchase those commodities/”stuff”; how we travel, learn, or listen to music; and how we eliminate germs and waste — all these things are the result of the Industrial Revolution.We have time zones because the invention of railroads required precise schedules (standard time) for arrivals and departures, and loading/unloading cargo, in order for the system to run smoothly. That created new towns, opened up commerce where there hadn't been any, and connected distant regions to each other — regions which previously had been isolated (such as the American East and West).Modern cities exist because Andrew Carnegie revolutionized steel, discovering a way to mass produce it cheaply and therefore use it to make skyscrapers, suspension bridges, and so on. John D. Rockefeller and others turned oil into a major energy commodity, something we use to run modern transportation and appliances.Today's computers are possible because of a coding system called binary, and binary was only possible because industrialists had invented a physical predecessor to binary in the textile looms in the 1800s. The efficiency of these machines paved the way for, and evolved into, both the Internet and the system of global capitalism and money markets on which we all depend, and which shape the way we live financially.On and on and on the list goes. The Industrial Revolution has shaped almost every physical thing you can look at, and every activity in which you engage.
What was the most significant effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Invention of new an faster transportation
Second Industrial Revolution?
The introduction of electricity and machines driven by electricity, in the citis the streetcars, the electric light,electric machings and household goods,and most of all the use of electricity in the factories. There were other aspects,too in the bulding industiy, and the production of steel made it possible to build steel bridges, transport ways (railroads) and sky-scrapers. HySt2812
French Revolution or Industrial Revolution?
This is a tough comparison, both are really interesting and really important to history. Just to give you some ideas, the French Revolution really marked some monumental social advancements, and of course it has an important place in the age of Revolutions and the Enlightenment period in which (like the American Revolution) the ideas of the Philosophes (like Voltaire, Montesquieu) came to life. It also proved that the old regime in France simply could not work anymore, and the system in France which the wealth was in very small numbers was not going last, people wanted more rights and equality. I think i would go with the French Revolution now thinking about it because you could draw on much of the Enlightened thinkers that inspired the ideas of the revolution.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect society?
Effects of the industrial revolution were primarily bad. It had numerous ill affects on the society.Firstly there were cases of abuse of children and women and it was considered a new norm for factory owners.Factory owners were happy to employ children as they were too small to resist anything they were asked of.Factory owners can deter them by beating if they show some sign of resistance. Also because they were physically small it was easy to employ them to work with machines as their small hands can go to the smallest of the cavity of machines. They were made to work for 18 hours a day which took their entire childhood away from them.The unprecedented economical growth made capitalism flourish. There were little or no government regulations against factory owners and they were free to pursue any path which took them to profit.Because people were made to work 18 hours a day therefore workers had very little or no time to share some moments with family. This lead to the breakdown of family units. Because of this children received very little education, had poor cultural and moral values, had poor growth, and were sickly.Living conditions of workers were pathetic, they were living in slums with no sanitation facilities.During the early phase of Industrial Revolution almost 50% children died before the age of two.However not all the affects were negative as there were many families who benefited a lot from huge industrial profits, by 1820 most workers started getting better wages.Material conditions of many families accelerated.Later government intervened to curb the practices of child labour.In the year 1832 Sadler committee undertook an investigation and found that there were serious cases of human rights abuse, it suggested that there has to be reform in order to stop this.I'm listing those reforms and act.Health and Morals of Apprentice Act.It reduced the working hours to 12 hours a day with no night work.Employers were to provide education, decent clothing and accommodation to workers.Inspectors were appointed to keep a check.Factory Act.No children under the age of nine to work.Children under the age of 13 to work no more than 9 hours per day.Children under 18 were not to work at night.Women were to work no more than 56 hours per week.I hope answer served the purpose well. For any doubts or clarifications kindly ping me in comments section. I'll be happy to help.Thank you.Aditya Shrivastava (आदित्य श्रीवास्तव)
A major result of the Industrial Revolution was the:?
Yes, definetely. The Industrial Revolution needed workers to power the new machinery, such as looms and spinning wheels. In urban areas, factories were built, and farmers moved to the cities to get jobs. There was a concentration of workers in the cities because you could actually get a wage, unlike working in rural areas. A is wrong because craft guilds were formed during the Middle Ages, before the Renaissance. C is incorrect because the Agricultural Revolution began in the early 1700s, while the Industrial Revolution began afterwards, in the mid 1800's.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect politics?
Oh my...you could write entire books on this topic. But I'll give you a short list:Internal politicsrise of at least two new social classes; workers and industrialists which led to a complete redrawing of the political map (e.g. rise of new - e.g. socialist - movements)nobility was losing its influencepreviously small cities and even entire regions rose into prominence because they became industrial centersgreater efficiency of farming lead to massive decrease of people who worked on the fields as farmerspeople who weren't needed anymore on the fields moved en masse to the cities where new factories rose othersForeign politicsthe states that lived through the industrial revolution earlier had a massive head start compared to others (e.g. England), those who didn't fell to nothingness (e.g. China)some regions became more prominent which lead to greater competition between nations for those regionsthe hungry industrial sector demanded new resources which was one of the reasons for rapid colonization of many parts of the world (Africa is a good example)others
The two most important effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Cities and towns became bigger as people moved from the countryside to the cities to get jobs in the new factories,thus increasing the urban population.
What are some negative results of the Industrial Revolution?
The industrial revolution resulted in a great deal of negative (and positive) outcomes. Some negative outcomes have dissipated; some are still playing out in developing countries; some are still unresolved in advanced countries. Basically I think you can group negative outcomes into two categories: environment and labor. Environmental degradationAt the start of the Industrial Revolution people didn't really grasp the negative environmental impacts of industrial waste products and the emissions from burning coal. Smog was and still is a huge problem, resulting in respiratory diseases and elevated levels of cancer. Climate change is a result of the industrial revolution, and wasn't acknowledged as a problem until fairly recently.People also tended to live in closer quarters near factories to make it easier to get to and from work. As a result, pollution from human and industrial waste was a huge problem. For example, the Thames river was absolutely disgusting in the 1800s -- especially in the summer (see the Great Stink). Unsanitary conditions led to the spread of diseases like cholera and artist depictions like the one below:Terrible working conditionsFactories were not the best working environments. They were dirty, dangerous, and workers were typically expected to work long hours for very little pay. Factories also employed children because they were cheap and able to perform jobs that larger people couldn't. It's likely these conditions that inspired Karl Marx to predict that capitalism -- which flourished during the industrial revolution -- would eventually lead to a workers' revolt, which would subsequently lead to communism. So far, his prediction has not come true, but in general we do have significantly more government regulations to uphold acceptable working standards.On the other hand the industrial revolution produced many positive outcomes. The division of labor resulted in a massive increase in productivity and has made it possible to build all of the machines, medicines, and gadgets that have extended life expectancies and generally improved living standards.Like I said, we're still grappling with pretty much all of these problems. Whether industrial production can be done sustainably is still up for debate (see concepts like the Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology).