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The Industrial Revolution brought severe consequences to society. Factory owners, needing cheap, unskilled labor, profited greatly by using children and women to run the machines. By the age of 6, many children were already working 14 hours a day in factories. Obviously, the Industrial Revolution had both good and bad sides. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century made an overall positive impact on Western society. The introduction of factories and the assembly line, new inventions, the development of electricity, and the railroads all contributed to faster, more efficient production of goods and materials. While the Industrial Revolution also contributed to such problems as child labor and urban overcrowding, even these resulted in such positive effects as the funding of schools and the passage of child labor laws. As a result, the Industrial Revolution enhanced both economic production and the way in which people lived.

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