HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Workers in cities were forced to work long hours during all seasons of the year.
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The machine technologies improved the life span of workers.
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More people moved out of polluted cities and into the countryside.
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New inventions improved the conditions of workers in the city.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters. Working conditions were difficult and exposed employees to many risks and dangers, including cramped work areas with poor ventilation, trauma from machinery, toxic exposures to heavy metals, dust, and solvents.
Detailed explanation-2: -The next issue that working people had to face was the equally horrible living conditions in industrial towns and cities. The living conditions in the cities and towns were miserable and characterized by: overcrowding, poor sanitation, spread of diseases, and pollution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The early industrial age brought terrible hardships. In time, however, reformers pressed for laws to improve working conditions. Labor unions won the right to bargain with employers for better wages, hours, and working conditions. Eventually working-class men gained the right to vote, which gave them political power.
Detailed explanation-4: -Development of banking, health and education facilities. Pollution. Land and water degradation.