No, the benefits of new technologies from industrialization was not worth all the struggle and sacrifices. One problem the industrialization created was air pollution. Air pollution affected the air and everyone living during the 20th century. All the pollution was created by the enormous amount of factories, which created dangerous jobs for many immigrants. According to “Polluting the Environment” “During the 1900’s, air pollution became so serious in cities, that some cities needed streetlights to see during the day.” Not only did the pollution affect the air but also affected the water. Sewage entered the water. The polluted water caused many diseases like typhoid fever. A picture photographed by Detroit Publishing Company, it shows strips of smokes coming out of the smokestacks of many factories along the road. Another serious problem that industrialization created was child labor. Child labor was a serious problem for all the families that has been through child labor. Child labor was a cruel act for families and children. Child labor created quite a stir. There were many risks to child labor which created many deaths and injuries towards children. A poster created by Lewis Wickes Hine about “Making Human Junk” shows pictures of children being treated poorly. This poster describes children working in factories, “junk”. What’s cruel about child labor is that children who do work in factories spend their lives in dangerous working conditions instead of being free and getting an education through a school. Children are paid low wages, they have no future. A serious downside to child labor are the diseases that you can get from working in such horrible and dangerous working conditions. Children are too young to work!! Aside from child labor, just average horrible working conditions can injure or kill many. According to an excerpt on industrial accidents, an accident killed 526 men and injured 509 men. For these reasons, industrialization was definitely not worth the cost.
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