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Industrial Revolution Dbq Essay

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The Industrial revolution was a turnign point on history that altered the ways mankind worked forever. Many countries were affected by the industrial revolution, but England and Japan were two that had a great impact on the world. In England the Industrial Revolution started around 1800s. While in Japan, the Industrial Revolution started around the 1900s. Women inboth places were put through long hours with very little breaks. The smoke the factories put off was very thick and was very bad for the health of the workers. If not for the men, woman, and children working in mills everything would be different today all over the world. Their were many differences between the workers in England and the workers in Japan. The differences can be categorized into four groups: working conditions, gender/age, wage/salary, and background. When looking at the differences you can also see some resemblances between the two places. …show more content…

Especially the women and children. The work space and living spaces during the industrial revolution were dirty, smoky and small. The experiences between the Japanese and the English are almost icentical in their work spaces. They were also similar in how people of higher authorities would boss them around. Document E states, In England the workers worked from 5:30 am and finnished at 8 pm with breaks from 30-50 minutes for breakfast and dinner, thats it. ALso in Document E, the Japanese worked from 4:30am to 6 pm on a normal day and on a busy days they were kept to 10 pm. Sometimes massing up to 14 hours at a time. They only were alloud 15 minute for lunch and a ten minute break from 3:30 - 3:40. They had very little breaks that were spread

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