Industrial Revolution Unit 5 Industrial Revolution

Before the Industrial Revolution All work was done at HOME (cottage industry) Power was supplied by HUMANS and ANIMALS Before the Industrial Revolution

During the Industrial Revolution Began in England England had: Workers Raw materials (rivers, coal) Money The first inventions had to do with: Textiles and farming The Factory System: Most of the work was done by women and children Worked 12 – 14 hours a day and 6 days a week During the Industrial Revolution

After the Industrial Revolution Most people lived in cities (Urbanization) Work was no longer done by hand in people’s houses but in factories by machines Power was supplied by steam and water Cities were nasty Population increased People began to live longer After the Industrial Revolution

Life Before the Industrial Revolution

Life AFTER the Industrial Revolution

Child Labor These boys worked in the mines Photo was taken in the early 1900’s The camera was invented in 1888

Look at their feet – no shoes

Most of the time the owners did not turn off the machines Most of the time the owners did not turn off the machines. They made the children fix them while they were still running. The company saved money this way. If a child got hurt, they would just fire them.

Ways children died in the coal mines A trapper, only 10 years old killed in an explosion. A horse driver aged 11. Crushed by horse. A driver, aged 14 fell off limmers and was crushed between the tubs and a door. A token keeper aged 14. Crushed by surface wagons on branches. A screenboy aged 12. Crushed by surface wagons. A trapper aged 12. Crushed by tubs. A driver aged 12. Horse fell on him. A bank boy aged 11. Caught by cage. A driver aged 12. Head crushed between tub top and a plank while riding on limmers. A trapper aged 13. Head crushed between cage and bunton while riding to bank. Tub Cleaner, aged 13. Fell down the shaft off a pumping engine. Boy aged 14, drowned. Boy, aged 7. Killed in an explosion. Trapper , aged 9. Killed in an explosion. Driver, aged 14. Crushed against wall by a horse. Screen Boy, aged 15. Head crushed between a tub and screen legs ; too little room Ways children died in the coal mines

What were cities like? Small houses / apartments no sewers, went to bathroom in street no trash service, threw trash in street animals roamed streets freely disease spreads easily--problems with hundreds of people dying from the flu and cholera

% of People living in towns before & after the Industrial Revolution 13% 83% % of People living in towns before & after the Industrial Revolution

Population before and after the Industrial Revolution 7 million 37 mil Population before and after the Industrial Revolution

Life Expectancy before and after the Industrial Revolution Men 31 Women 33 Men 45 Women 48 Life Expectancy before and after the Industrial Revolution

Before After Babies died 65% Babies lived 35% Babies died 15% Babies lived 85% Numbers of babies that died at birth before and after the Industrial Revolution

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