Industrial Revolution DBQ

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Jordan McLain DBQ During the 19th and 20th centuries, England and Japan experienced an industrial revolution that had an enormous impact on their societies especially women and young girls. The industrial revolution was a result of many new inventions, technological advancements, and factory production. The industrial revolution allowed agricultural workers to become factory workers including the female population. For instance, the female population of England and Japan mostly worked in the textile industry however the circumstances were different for each society. During the Industrial Revolution women and children in England and Japan orked in factories, the circumstances differed for each society such as the working conditions, background…show more content…
Document 6 discusses a mothers opinion about her three teenage kids work hours at Wilson’s Mill. Mrs. Smith a caring mother who loves her children but she says she would never reduce their hours because their wages would reduce and the family would no longer be able to afford house rent, fire fuel, clothes, and food. Her family and herself claim they don’t complain about factory work but they do complain about low wages. Document 7 displays a comparison between the average daily wage of a male to a female Loom Operator worker at the Hyde mill in England, in pence. According to document 7, male workers would receive 40 pence and the female workers 26 pence, usually female workers would earn 1/3 the amount of a males salary. Document 8 displayed comparisons between the average daily wage of a male to female cotton mill worker and a seasonal agricultural wageworker at a factory in Japan, in sen. According to document 8, male cotton mill workers would receive 17 and female cotton mill workers 9 sen. Male seasonal agricultural wageworker would earn 16 sen and female seasonal agricultural wageworker would earn 9 sen. Document 9 gives an example of what food you could afford with your wage from your factory job. For instance, in Wigan, England a pound of oatmeal cost 1 penny and in Nagano, Japan a quart of rice costs 1 cent. A female textile worker from Hyde (England) could buy 12 servings of oats from one hour’s worth of wages; a female cotton mill worker from Japan could buy 15 servings of rice from one hour’s worth of wages. In conclusion, Japan was able to feed their people better based upon their wages. If document 7 had shown more of a variety of English male and female
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