Industrial Revolution 2/7/18

BELLWORK: BLOCK List three problems that existed within urban areas. How did the railroad impact the Industrial Revolution? Describe two advances made to communication during the Industrial Revolution How did electricity impact society? THINKER: Based on what you know about living conditions, make a prediction  what were working conditions like in the factories? Why?

Transportation and Communication The Industrial Revolution was also characterized by advances in transportation and communication. Transcontinental Railroad: U.S. railroad running from the east to west coast The increase in railroads allowed goods to be shipped faster and cheaper. Telegraph: Samuel Morse perfected it using a system called Morse Code Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell; by 1900 (30 years after its invention), 1.5 million telephones were in use.

Working Conditions Laborers Worked in factories, mills, and mines worked at least 60 hours a week for an average pay of about 20 cents an hour, and had no benefits

Working Conditions: Child Labor Children received no education, instead they worked in factories. Starting at the age of 5, both boys and girls, began working in coal mines. Most would die before the age of 25. Children working in textile factories, walked an average of 30 miles a day.

Environmental Problems With the race for industrialization, many countries began to exploit their natural resources (especially coal, oil, and gas) all with little regard to the environment. Air Water Land

Environmental Problems - Air Coal was needed to power the steam engines that would run machines and trains, but coal also released huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The combination of smoke and fog produced smog, which was visible as a thick blanket over cities. This caused thousands of deaths due to respiratory diseases.

Environmental Problems - Water Water was another prime resource used for running machines in factories. Factories dumped toxic industrial waste into nearby rivers. Due to dense populations, the cities had no proper system of sewage disposal, so rivers were also contaminated for personal use. During the Industrial Revolution, there was no running water – everything came from rivers; therefore, the contaminated, toxic, filthy, sewage water was also used as drinking water. This caused water-borne diseases like cholera or typhoid fever to wipe out a huge portion of the population. (Especially the working class).

Environmental Problems - Land With large amounts of populations moving to the cities for work, land was being exploited to build homes or more factories. This meant cutting down forest areas and loss of natural habitats. Many factories used empty space as land fills for their trash and toxic waste. This lead to a spread of disease