The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 19th to the early 20th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport . The onset of the Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was eventually influenced in some way.
Some people would agree with the statement because of many things which were improved during the Industrial Revolution, but some didnt see this. This would be because many childern died in factories and were very badly treated. Small boys and girls are seen here working at tip punching machines with their fingers in consant danger of being punched off one or twice every second. Children were beaten with whips, sticks and poles. Working hours were extemely long and workers were exhausted. The overseers were the ones who watched the workers working to make sure they were doing their jobs correctly, if not there were punishments, harsh punishments.
I agree the conditions were bad at the begining but people were treated better towards the end.
I disagree with the statement because the factories did get better over time. Factory Conditions also became safer and working hours were cut. Other people would disagree with the statement too because they would have noticed condtions improving and cleaner factories.
Robert Owen was a great factory owner, he made sure children got an education by building a new school called New Lanark. He made sure children were at least 10 years of age before he let them start work.
Parliament also passed many acts during the industrial revolution to help improve working conditions in factories. The table below shows the maximum time of working hours per day this only applied in cotton factories.
Conclusion
I think personally that factory conditions got alot better and that I disagree with the statement. I say this because of the things Parliament did and how Robert Owen improved factory conditions all over the U.K.