Most people regard industrialization as a positive development capable of generating great wealth and revitalizing run-down areas. Mention industrialization today, and it brings to mind large factories organized with the latest technologies in mass producing. Along with these visions comes the promise of more jobs for the community, higher rates of pay, and financial stability. One can only think of the positive influences on a community that the opening of a new factory could bring, …showed first 75 words of 797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 797 total…not all there was to the Industrial Revolution, but it was a major factor. These were some changing times. There were those who believed that society would benefit greatly from this industrialization, and others who feared that human life would become devalued in some way by it. In the end however, the benefits that industrialization and manufacture brought to the country far outweighed the downsides, and brought the nation into a whole new era. References: