Was the Price Right?

The benefits of the Industrial Revolution was not worth the costs. One reason that made the Industrial Revolution not worth the costs was because of pollution. Since many new types of technology was invented during the Industrial Revolution, likewise, there had to be more factories, which meant more people working, and not just adults. Kids as well were hired to work in sweatshops and factories, and because the kids had to work to keep their families alive, they never got any education, which later in life lead to bad and low paying jobs, which is why on this poster, it says that kids are turning into “human junk.” they were in conditions that could kill their fragile bodies, while at the same time, they got an even lower pay! Which now leads us to pollution. Another horrible cost of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution created so many new types of technology, but new technology meant more factories. And more factories meant more pollution. The pollution was taking over the air, making it harder to see, spreading many different kinds of diseases, and causing many deaths. The new technology wasn’t worth taking many people’s lives away from them, when they were working all day, some of the night and having to starve. And aside from humans, pollution also affected the environment. Pollution eliminated oxygen from the air, which wasn’t just the cause of humans dying, but animals too. Many animals died because of this pollution. When animals drank from the streams,they could drink something that may have contaminated the water, and die. For example, one animal species may go extinct, leading to the whole food chain collapsing, and possibly less food for humans to eat. The benefits of the Industrial Revolution was not worth the costs that the people had to pay for it.