11/3 - Focus The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to the way people lived. New class structures developed with the rise of the middle class. Urbanization saw many moving the country to the city. Many of the working class lived under terrible conditions. Points for Discussion: Explain how industrialization led to the growth of the middle class. Critical Lens: The Middle Class is essential to a strong economy. Term to Know: Essential

Impacts of Industrial Revolution

Impacts of Industrial Revolution New means of transportation and growing international trade makes nations more interdependent

Impacts of Industrial Revolution Middle Class begins to grow Cities begin to grow Suburbs begin to grow

Impacts of Industrial Revolution Horrible working conditions for working class

Impacts of Industrial Revolution Long hours for working class – 12 – 16 hour days

Impacts of Industrial Revolution Rise in Child Labor

Industrial Revolution Child Labor

Impacts of Industrial Revolutions Dangerous working conditions with no compensation if injured

Impacts of Industrial Revolution Pollution and Slums

Impacts of the Industrial Revolution Industry went unchecked by governments (liaise-faire economics)

. . . The factory owners did not have the power to compel anybody to take a factory job. They could only hire people who were ready to work for the wages offered to them. Low as these wage rates were, they were nonetheless much more than these paupers could earn in any other field open to them. It is a distortion of facts to say that the factories carried off the housewives from the nurseries and the kitchens and the children from their play. These women had nothing to cook with and [nothing] to feed their children. These children were destitute [poor] and starving. Their only refuge was the factory. It saved them, in the strict sense of the term, from death by starvation. . . . - Explain the meaning of this passage

Closure In your opinion, explain whether you believe the positive impacts of the Industrial Revolution outweigh the negative impacts. Should the government have stepped in to make sure work places were safe? (Minimum one paragraph)