Industrial Conditions

The Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution: The changes resulting from the change from domestic production by hand to the use of machines in factories To industrialize a nation needs: a large number of workers ( supported by a large agricultural surplus Capital (money for machinery and factories) Resources – iron, coal and water power at first – other resources later Political stability to protect factories and trade transportation

The Spread of Industrialization England first to industrialize – late 1700s Textile factories Germany, France and US followed – early 1800s

1. Changing working conditions. Loss of independence.

2. Urbanization – cities grow around concentration of labor.

3. Greater availability of goods (more stuff)

4. Different roles for men and women.

5. Environmental impact

6. New class system – workers, growing middle class, small upper class of industrialists Tenement housing

Inside a Tenement

Inside A Tenement

Inside a Tenement

Boston, 1890

Breakers, Newport and Biltmore, Asheville, 1890

In a chart explain how these factors contributed to the Industrial Revolution Agricultural Revolution; crop rotation, enclosure movement, seed drills Abundant natural resources British banking system Technological advances in textiles: spinning jenney, water frame Transportation developments: roads and steam engines

The Industrial Revolution What country was the first to industrialize? What was the first product of the first factories? What was the power source of the industrial revolution?

The Industrial Revolution In what way were the preconditions for industrialization present in England and the US? Why haven’t all countries been able to industrialize?

The Industrial Revolution As demand for cotton increased, the demand for what else increased?

Effects of Industrialization What were the two key achievements of Eli Whitney? Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution? What were the living conditions in the cities of the Industrial Revolution? What do you imagine working conditions in nineteenth century factories were like? Be descriptive!

Business District, 1890

A High School Football Team, 1890

Pennsylvania Breaker Boys

A Boy of the Mines

A Less Fashionable Avenue, Mulberry Bend New York

A Basement Saloon

Warm-Up, April 30 Read pages 633 and 634 and answer the following 1. What was the first nation affected by the Industrial Revolution? During what century did this occur? 2. What were three agricultural changes that increased food production and limited the number of farmers needed to grow crops? 3. What natural resources were needed to industrialize? 4. What are the four factors of production needed for industrialization

Explain the achievements and impact of each of the following. James Watt - 636 Robert Fulton - 636 Richard Trevithick - 637 I.M. Singer - 637 Samuel Morse - 637 Alexander Bell - 637 7. Henry Ford - 673 8. Guglielmo Marconi - 673 9. Wright Brothers - 674 10. Thomas Edison - 673 11. Louis Pasteur -675 12. Joseph Lister -675 13. Cyrus McCormick - 637