Question

What were the impacts of industrialisation on the life of the working class?

Answer 1

Instructions: The answer to this question can be broken into 3 main parts:

1. Impact of industrialisation on working conditions of people
2. Impact of industrialisation on agriculture and craft sectors.
3. Impacts of industrialisation on social and mental aspects of people.

Solution:

• Industrialisation changed the way of life of the people who belonged from the working class and seriously challenged their dignity.
• With industrialisation, a huge part of manpower was replaced by machines and this led to a decrease in the income and also made the jobs less secure.
• As people were no longer able to understand what they were producing and the use of the products that were made by them, they developed a sense of dissatisfaction.
• Due to industrialisation people had to work for longer hours under ignorant foremen and managers.
• After the introduction of the machine, other sectors like agriculture and craft production did not get the same importance that it used to get before.
• Due to the low income, the people were living in poor conditions where they were much more prone to diseases.