Effects of the Industrial Revolution

Urbanization Small villages  towns and cities Crowded buildings the change from rural countryside to dense cities Small villages  towns and cities Crowded buildings Poor sewage or sanitation system Rotting garbage Disease

PROBLEMS FACED BY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS Poor Working Conditions. Working was often extremely hazardous. There were few safeguards around machinery. Thousands of workers were injured or killed in accidents each year. Long Hours. Working hours were very long. Employees faced a six-day week with between 10 and 14 hours of work a day. Boring, Repetitive Tasks. As industrialists sought to achieve greater speed & efficiency, the worker became nothing more than a human machine. Work became less skilled, more repetitive monotonous and boring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CReDRHDYhk8 (tedious work) PROBLEMS FACED BY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS Low Wages. Employers hired the cheapest possible laborers. Women and children were especially low-paid. Child laborers missed sunshine, fresh air, play and the chance to better their lives through schooling. Lack of Security. The worker could be fired at any time for any reason. There was no unemployment insurance, health insurance, old-age pensions, paid holidays or paid sick days.

Child Labor Reasons for Child Labor Paid Less Money $ 2. Easier to Control 3. Can Fit into Smaller Places

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Big Business Corporations – many investors own shares called stocks. (RRs, cars, steel, energy, telegraph and telephone) As industries grew, some businesses wanted to eliminate competition. Monopoly – A company or group of companies that has complete control over a particular field of business. Why are monopolies bad for consumers?

Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Labor Unions: organization [created] to protect the workers. Workers were beaten, worked long hours, in poor conditions, for little pay. Collective Bargaining: negotiation between an employer and trade union Legislation Socialism Marxism/Communism

Reactions to Conditions in Factories Parliament Legislation Factory Act of 1833: Limited the working day for children. B/w ages 9 and 13 boys and girls could not work longer than 8 hour days. For children age 14 to 18, the limit was 12 hour days. 1842 Mines Act: Made it illegal to hire women to work in mines. Made 13 minimum age to hire boys.

Effects of the Industrial Revolution

Effects of the Industrial Revolution Positive Effects New technology (steam engine, cotton gin, etc.) Cheaper prices- people can buy more stuff! Rise of the middle class Urbanization- growth of cities and large towns (good and bad!) Improved transportation Labor Unions to protect people’s rights Negative Effects Imperialism- taking over of new territory for more raw materials (good for mother country, bad for colony) Poor working conditions in factories Rise of child labor Increase in urban poverty Slums New Economic and Political ideologies emerge (Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism)

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