Positive Effects
Technological
advances
New communication system
New forms of transportation
Changed society from mostly agricultural to mostly industrial
Prices of goods were lowered
Negative Effects
Poor working conditions
Child labor
Pollution increased
Class tensions grew
Cities lacked sanitary codes
Epidemics swept through the city
Factories created more jobs
Cities grew in population
Children were able to work but with bad conditions
Effects of the Industrial Revolution
(author: Devon Ferreira)
