Was it worth it?

The second industrial revolution brought many new types of inventions and innovations to America. However It also caused many problems due to pollution, deadly working conditions, and we humans had to get use to it. In the article Polluting the Environment, it says "coal mining produces chemicals such as iron sulfates that enter streams and kill plants and animals living in the area."  This shows that the pollution is causing the death of plants and animals which is a terrible thing because once one animal goes away, everything else in the food web of its habitat goes down with it and before we know it everything would be gone. Also, in making human junk it shows how children are mistreated and forced into labor, turning them into "junk". This shows how industrialization, and innovation is turning children into “junk” that only knows the scary reality of how dangerous working conditions are, and has many illnesses from these horrible working conditions. In Report on Industrial Accidents in Pittsburgh it explains how 526 were killed and 500 more were injured. This shows that the working conditions and pollution were both very deadly. In all the second industrial revolution was terrible, and unworthy of its price.

The Industrial Revolution... Was it Worth the Cost?

The Industrial Revolution had some good sides, leading to things we use everyday. Even though we have these cool things, they were definitely not worth the cost, and could have been created without the price adults and especially children had to pay.
This affected not only people, but children especially. In a poster by Lewis Wickes Hine, it shows a photo of sad and dirty children, and explains that children did not get the proper treatment or pay that they deserved. Instead of getting lots of money, these children most likely had injuries or possibly diseases. Because of the low pay, families had to move into Therefore, it was not worth the cost of putting people's children in danger.
The Industrial Revolution affected a huge part of our world, the environment. With all the smoke from the factories going into the air, it caused pollution and somewhat made it harder for people to breathe. This is what caused most diseases for those who did and didn't work. Industrialization was not worth harming others.
With all the jobs and smoke in the air, many tragedies occurred. Between this, 526 people died and 509 were injured, according to a report by Crystal Eastman. This lead to depression of families and those injured. Some families would pull their children out of these jobs because of the danger, and they were not able to afford much at all. It was not worth it to be inured to killed through this time.
It was not worth the cost of what the Industrial Revolution did to many, and it should have never happened. Many were killed, injured, left with no money. The environment was polluted as well, and many easily got diseases. What we have today was not worth the poor lives of those living in the Industrial Revolution.

Was It Worth the Cost?

I do not believe that the benefits of new technologies from industrialization were worth the costs. One of the reasons it did not benefit is because it ruined the future of children who worked there. According to a picture by Lewis Wickes Hine, children become junk when they work in factories, and get barely any wages. It affected their future because they wouldn’t be able to get an education. This was because they had to get money to support their family. But also they will get barely any money at all, which could only support their family. Other things that were affected by this change is the environment. According to article titles, “Polluting the Environment,” the environment was affected heavily by pollution. Pollution spread through rivers contracting diseases. They contained iron sulfates, which killed plants and animals surrounding the area. The air got polluted from smokestacks in factories, which made it hard to see. Lastly, many accidents happened due to the increase in factories. According to the accident report written by Crystal Eastman, in three months, over 500 men have been killed while working. This means that many jobs have extremely unsafe working conditions. It also shows that bosses are unaware of the safety of their machines.

It Was Worth The Price.....or Was It?

New technologies from industrialization were NOT worth the price!

            The picture of the factory smokestack supports my argument because these smokestacks caused pollution. The picture shows negativity of how it was not worth the cost because now there is pollution everywhere.

            This excerpt from the accident report also supports my argument because Crystal Eastman described how industrial accidents impacted children.

          The “Making Human Junk” poster impacted everybody because the author on this poster was basically telling everyone that human junk was being made, and they were very negative about it.

Was industrialization worth the cost?

I think that the new technologies from industrialization were not worth the costs. The poster titled “Making Human Junk” by Lewis Wickes Hine, (1913-1914) shows how child labor is exampled. Before children went to go work at factories they were happy and were energetic. Once they go through the process of working the end up being drained from energy.  The children weren’t going to have a future and they had low wages. After working through the conditions of factories the result was that they turned into “Junk.” This is child labor due to the amount of hours worked, the low wages, and also how they have to deal with all the terrible conditions. Likewise, The Report on Industrial Accidents composed by Crystal Eastman (1916) says that from July 1, 1906 to June 30, 1907 that 526 men were killed from work related accidents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In addition to that, 509 men were injured from similar accidents. The opening of factories led to severe deaths. 60% of the men who died didn’t reach the prime of their working life. This means that they were still young when they passed away and there was still many years for them to work. The cause of industrialization led to many deaths and injuries of innocent people. Also, in the photograph by Detroit Publishing Company titled “Factory Smokestacks” (1890-1901) it shows how there is a lot of thick black smoke releasing from the multiple factories. There is three factories polluting into the air which is very harmful into the environment. In the bottom of the image you can see there is grass and flowers. The pollution kills plants and leads to brown and very unattractive plants. Lastly, in the article “Polluting the Environment”, the escalating number of factories led to an abundance of people arriving into the city. Many homes used coal to heat their homes and the burning coal was ejected into the atmosphere as smoke and soot. By the early 1900’s the air was contaminated with pollution in industrial cities that there was a need for streetlights during the day. Coal mining produces chemicals like iron sulfates which enter the streams and kill plants and animals in the area. As you can see industrialization can cause horrible things. For example, industrialization can lead to child labor, deaths or injuries, and pollution. In my opinion I think that industrialization was not worth the cost and we could have found better technologies.

Industrialization, Was it Worth the Cost?

Though industrialization did start a whole new era of 20st century gadgets, the entire process of industrialization was not worth the cost. According to the article “Polluting the Environment,” pollution was a huge problem during the Industrial Revolution.  During the time of the Industrial Revolution, pollution was the worst that it had ever been.  This was because there was a greater number of factories that were established.  These factories let out so much pollution that street lights were needed on every street.  Also, the chemicals let into the air gave out diseases though the air.  The picture “Factory Smokestacks” published by the Detroit Publishing Company, illustrates all this information.  The smoke that is being produced by the factory is let into the air by the smokestacks which, as a result, caused many people to get diseases like typhoid fever.  This pollution also affected the water and hurt all the animals under the water.  Pollution was one of the many reasons that the industrialization was not worth the cost.  Along with the problem of pollution though factories, factories are also the culprit of the next issue, the numerous-work accidents. An Excerpt from “Report on Industrial Accidents in Pittsburgh” published by Crystal Eastman indicates that working in a factory is unsave.  In 1907, 526 men died by work-accident, and 509 men were injured. They got injured by all of the harsh conditions of the factory and dangerous machines that the factory used. This hurt many more people and the entire society because many of the jobs that the Industrial Revolution provided were unsafe and these jobs were mainly the ones to choose from.  Likewise, children working in factories was another issue due to the Industrial Revolution.  In the photograph “Making Human Junk,” by Lewis Hine Wickes, it shows the process of how kids look before and after working in a factory.  This picture is yet another visual representation of the damage that industrialization did to the children of America. By looking dirty and tired, this picture shows the price of a job at a young age.  Also working at these factories are preventing the children to receive an education or pursue their dreams.  For all of these reasons and more, the Industrial Revolution was not worth the cost.

Was this worth the cost? NOPE

I do not believe that the benefits of new technologies from industrialization were worth the costs. “Making human Junk” was a poster was created by Lewis Wickes Hine during 1913-14. This was to draw attention to child labor. In the poster “Making human Junk” the children were said to have low wages and no future. The children were put to work to earn money for their families. The impact of this was turning the children into human “junk.” A report by Crystal Eastman said that there were 526 men killed during three months.  Imagine what it would do in one year. The hospitals received 509 men injured, not including the deaths. The outcome of this was danger and risking others lives. The picture by Detroit Publishing Co. shows that the factories are polluting the air. As more and more factories came up more and more pollution came with it. The outcomes of this was endangering people that were working there, destroying the environment, and also polluting the air around.