Cyrel B.

Lavarro
BSED-III SOCIAL STUDIES

The Effects of Industrialization on Society

The Industrial Revolution changed society from an agriculture based community into a thriving
urban city through many interrelated changes. One of the most important changes was the quantity
and rate of products produced to meet the rising demand. Large industrial factories increased
efficiency and productivity, which caused a shift in economy. Karl Marx’s believed that the new
changes overturned established economies as well as society. He voiced his view through the
Communist Manifesto to show people the negative effect industrialization was having on society.

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, society and economics were largely determined by land and
agriculture. Growth was slow and people relied on traditional means to survive. The majority of
societies were farmers who raised crops and animals for a living. However, in the eighteenth
century, the population exploded and grew at a significant rate. The four primary factors behind
this growth are: a decline in death rate, an increase in the birth rate, the virtual elimination of
plagues, and an increase in the availability of food [[i]]. This burst of population created an
excessive amount of workers, who were not needed in the agriculture society. The need for
workers in agriculture decreased due to the advances in technology and tools. A large number of
people as well as perspective farmers had to find jobs elsewhere. This is one of the important
factors in the shift of the population from rural areas to the more urban cities.
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ADVANTAGES
 The society changed from agricultural based community to urban city.
 Large industrial factories increased efficiency and productivity, which caused a shift in
economy. Resulting in more in demand jobs most likely in the manufacturing corporation.
 Aside from agriculture and animal husbandry as a source of income, the people learned to
use machines to speed up their work.
 A large number of people as well as perspective farmers had to find jobs elsewhere

DISADVANTAGES
 a decline in death rate, an increase in the birth rate, the virtual elimination of plagues, and
an increase in the availability of food
 This burst of population created an excessive amount of workers, who were not needed in
the agriculture society.