The Impact of the Industrial Revolution

Caused major changes in: Economic systems Science & technology Government & citizenship

Economic Systems Changed the way goods are produced and led to a global economy.

Science and Technology New inventions changed the way people lived, worked, traveled and communicated.

Government and Citizenship Nationalism and imperialism made the nations of western Europe and the United States world powers.

Pre-Industrial Age

Cottage Industry

Most people were farmers

Cottage Industry A few basic goods produced in the home

Cottage Industry Required a wide range of skills

Cottage Industry Literacy not important

Cottage Industry Children worked at home with their families

Cottage Industry Family sold its goods at market

Cottage Industry Few people in the middle class

Cottage Industry Technology advances slowly

Industrial Age

Factory System Goods produced in large factory complexes

Factory System Assembly line work required few skills

Factory System Literacy is important

Factory System Children worked in factories and mines

Factory System Workers earn wages from employer

Factory System Explosion in production of goods

Factory System Middle class expands

Factory System Technology advances rapidly

Begins in Great Britain

Factors of Production: Resources that can be converted into goods & services.

Industrial Revolution Factors of Production:

Land

Labor

Capital

Natural Resources

Human Resources

Capital Resources

Assembly Line Production

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution

and Advancing Technology

On Warfare

American Civil War