Question

Write a short note on the impact of the Industrial Revolution.

Answer 1

Instructions: Write about the following 3 impacts:

1. Working class strikes
2. Haymarket Massacre
3. Impact on India

Solution:

Working class strikes

• The long hours and low wages led to the formation of labour unions.
• The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in West Virginia.

Haymarket Massacre

• A labour protest took place on 4th May 1886 at Haymarket Square in Chicago.
• It began as a peaceful rally and resulted in the massacre of several workers by the police.

Impact on India

• The British exploited resources from Bengal and the Carnatic.
• Indian weavers were thrown out of employment due to the influx of British-made cheap cotton fabrics.