Industrialization Dbq Analysis

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The Industrial Revolution is a technological phenomenon that still continues to this day, in the form of its fourth to fifth wave. Ever since the late 1700s, our society has evolved over nearly two and a half centuries, for better or for worse. However, most of the negatives then have disappeared into obscurity and the positives have only grown more and more. So while some might argue that Industrialization had primarily negative consequences for society because of child workers and the poor conditions, it was actually a good thing for society because of the availability of goods, the advancements in technology and the new job market. The industrialization of all nations was important to help products get shipped to different places. For …show more content…
An instance of this is in the novel The American Nation displayed the transportation improvements, as it states, “Railroad travel was fast. Going to San Francisco from New York City took only six days. Before the railroads, the trip took months.” (Document 5) After its invention, railroads became the major form of transportation because of it being faster than boats and it didn’t have to rely on rivers or any other body of water. It could go where others could not even hope to achieve, like going through mountains or travelling past valleys faster than the old horse carriage. As a bonus, there was no need to worry about the quality of the road or the weather (except for maybe ice). It assisted people to reach places faster to visit their families and also businesses (exporting process became less of a hassle). Speaking of businesses, these new developments of better factory machines sowed the seed for more opportunities as, “Our houses are better built, your clothes are cheaper, you have an infinite number of domestic utensils.” (Document 9) Most of the housings were constructed by private companies and not the government, so they were able to access better tech with private capital, as opposed to the government’s public funding via taxes. With those machines, building quality was improved significantly, and it’s not just that. …show more content…
A Lowell mill girl known as Mary Paul describes this the best way possible, she writes to her father that, “I am at work in a spinning room tending four sides of warp which is one girl’s work. The overseer tells me that he never had a girl get along better than I do … I have a very good boarding place, have enough to eat … The girls are all kind and obliging … I think that the factory is the best place for me and if any girl wants employment, I advise them to come to Lowell.” (Document 1) Not only does Mary Paul have a decent roof to live under, but she also has food on the table, and to further cement the point, all she has to do is pick up little spindles of threads and replace them on the machine. This was something the jobs allowed for, and it created the things mentioned before like a new middle class, and a company’s product could be distributed faster. In fact, going back to the picture of “the riverside mill in the small village that Encarta made, we can see this effect.” (Document 3) Let’s think about what the small town looked like before the installation of that factory…it must’ve been barren. However, after the factory was built, not only did it make the place less dull, but seeing all the houses nearby, now there’s a new occupation around without the need to drive the horse buggy for miles to go to a small shop that probably doesn’t have much to do.
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