The Industrial Revolution changed the way people lived and worked, and how they got the products the wanted to by. It did this by transportation, weaving, and cotton production. There were a few negatives to all these positives though. Some of them are child labor and the bad environments the people had to work in.
Our exhibit was about transportation during the Industrial Revolution. The first source my group got was a picture of a railroad and an explosion. The illustration showed how in order to make room for all the new types of transportation, like railroads, they had to blow up a lot of land. The second source was a debate between William Wordsworth and Samuel Smiles. Wordsworth was against the building of the railways because it destroyed the land. Smiles was on board with building the railways because he felt it made England more connected. The third source was a diagram of the use of coal inside a steam engine. This showed you how the finding of coal was essential to creating the steam engine. The fourth source was a map that showed where coal, metal goods, and woolen cloth were produced.You need a way to get from place to place, so canals were the answer. The map showed you all the different canals in the area. Our fifth source was a letter written by Robert Fulton about his first journey on a steam boat. He talked about how efficient it was. He went 150 miles in 32 hours, which was much faster than he had ever been able to travel before. Our sixth and final source was a timeline of how transportation evolved to become canals and railroads. It showed the rapid development of both canals and railroads. Which were the main sources of transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
Our exhibit title was “From Countrysides to the Big City”. We picked this title because before the Industrial Revolution England and the US were mostly countrysides with farms because there were no factories to work in. When people see our exhibit I hope they learn that The Industrial Revolution was a very important time period for the people in In England and the US.
Group A did their project on weaving. The problem with weaving during the Industrial Revolution was that there was not enough supply for the demand of wool that was needed. This problem was solved with the spinning jenny. The spinning wheel was not fast enough, so when they invented the spinning jenny it could do the work of eight other people which increased the production of wool.
Group C was about how industrialization was not always a good thing. The environments that the workers had to deal with were filthy, and very dangerous. Their exhibit taught me that although industrialization was helping the economy, it was hurting the people.
Group D's exhibit showed the devastation of child labor. During the industrial revolution people cared more about materialistic things, like money, than the health of young children.
Group E showed me how dangerous making cotton was. Everyone needed cotton, but the only people who would do the work was slaves. The slaves did not want to do the work, but they had no choice in the matter. At the time cotton was the biggest material being traded around the world, so they needed people to make it. Their exhibit taught me that although slavery was horrible, it was necessary for the production of cotton.
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| This picture shows how slavery was essential to the growth and development of the US and England. |
Although the Industrial Revolution's inventions are still widely used today, they had many negative effects that cannot be ignored.
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