Topic: Did the industrial revolution affect the way people lived and worked in the 19th century for the better or for the worse? Explain your answers by providing examples. From most people's view the industirial revolution is most famous for the inventions of machines that helped workers produse their products better instead of much needed labour from workers.This had many pros and cons and is therefore both affected people in the 19th century both for the worse but for some for the good.
One advantage people had was that due to the invention of machines,workers could now make their products within a shorter period of time and could make their products in larger 
quantities.One good example would be women who made cloth by hand.picture of a women making cloth by hand After new machines such as the spining machine was invented, women could now produce more cloth in a shorter periods of time compared to their previous way of making cloth by hand which was usualy tedious and often produced only enough cloth for themselves
. However this meant that the lives of these women were faced with more challenges and also resulted in the suffering of homelife as women faced with the double burden of factory work, followed by domestic chores and child care. These women were also faced with predujice and resulted in having a lesser income then those of men as Men assumed supervisory roles over women and received higher wages. picture of a man maitaing a spinning machine These machines were often located in factories thus more employment was also needed.However education of young children suffered cause of the demands of work.These factories were also extremely dangerous and unsanitary and often resulted in fatal accidents and the suffering of many children and employees.
quantities.One good example would be women who made cloth by hand.picture of a women making cloth by hand After new machines such as the spining machine was invented, women could now produce more cloth in a shorter periods of time compared to their previous way of making cloth by hand which was usualy tedious and often produced only enough cloth for themselves
. However this meant that the lives of these women were faced with more challenges and also resulted in the suffering of homelife as women faced with the double burden of factory work, followed by domestic chores and child care. These women were also faced with predujice and resulted in having a lesser income then those of men as Men assumed supervisory roles over women and received higher wages. picture of a man maitaing a spinning machine These machines were often located in factories thus more employment was also needed.However education of young children suffered cause of the demands of work.These factories were also extremely dangerous and unsanitary and often resulted in fatal accidents and the suffering of many children and employees.These factories produces smoke which also polluted the air .Even the new transportation machines such as the steam train invented needed the use of steam from burnt coal and thus also produced smoke that polluted the air.But the new steam based transportation vehicles helped people to travel longer distances for a shorter time to look for markets and raw materials . I conclude that the industrial revolution may have helped the growth in material health for people but however it had also affected their natrual way of living as it had an impact on their families , the environment , the education of young children and the safety of their working space.
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