Industrial Revolution Dbq Analysis

The Industrial Revolution occurred in the 1800's when the United States was advancing in many aspects, during this period many positive and negative things happened in the US, impacting us greatly today. There were many viewpoints of this time period from all different social status, making it so the Industrial Revolution benefited some more than others, this formed different opinions on what was positive and what was negative. If you were a factory worker it might have not been as pleasant of an experience for you as it was for your boss, the factory owner. This time may have been a great period of economic growth, but it still had a wide selection of negatives along with the positives.

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Cooper was asked many questions like how old he was when he started working in the mills, which he replied with saying he has worked in the mills since he was 10 years old. Throughout the testimony Cooper stated that an average work day was 16 hours long, he received one time period to eat in the middle, and that he had no time to attend day school, making it so he could not write (Doc 1). Because of this employers now know that it is important for their workers to have times to eat so they can work properly, and that education is very important in the workforce. The workers in these mills also received no sick days, making it so they had not days off even when they were physically unable to complete tasks (Dallek p.127). Cooper was not the only one who had suffered through terrible working conditions, Joseph Hebergam was also affected. In his testimony to the Sadler Committee, Hebergam stated that he was only expected to live one more year, his doctor told him that his lungs were damaged, because of the dust in the factories, and his legs were unable to support the weight of his bones because he was being

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