BELLWORK 1.List three reasons people immigrated to the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution. 2.What is the difference between an immigrant and a refugee? 3.Where were most people immigrating from? (home countries) 4.How did native-born Americans treat immigrants at the time? Do you think immigrants are treated the same in today’s society? Why or why not? 5.THINKER: What are some disadvantages of the Industrial Revolution?

Environmental Problems - Air 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. 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

Pollution and Industrialization Pollution remains a side effect of industrialization. We are going to read a short excerpt on the growth of industrial cities and how it creates pollution. “An Industrial City” – pg How did Manchester become an industrial city? 2.What type of industry did Manchester rely on? 3.What happened to the Irwell River? 4.Do you think that what happened to Manchester can be called “progress?” 5.How do cities today compare/contrast with cities of the 1800’s?

Industrial Revolution: Advantage or Disadvantage? The Industrial Revolution was a beneficial time in our history with advances in industry, communication and transportation. The Industrial Revolution can also be described as dangerous with it’s awful working/living conditions, child labor, and environmental pollution. You are now going to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the Industrial Revolution Ultimately you will decide “do the advantages of Industrialization outweigh the disadvantages?” Write a paragraph that supports your opinion – make sure you use evidence/examples to back up your point! Be ready to discuss!

Unit 5 Exam Your unit 5 exam is this Friday! Your study guide covers all four revolutions: English, American, French, Industrial We will work on the study guide in class tomorrow so bring all notes! Your current event has moved to next week!