1. Industrial Revolution 19.4 living & working conditions
Kiele Brogan, Isaiah Kirtley, Dennis Decker, Mathew Reece

2. SWBAT- describe how different living and working conditions of the IR gave rise to the reform movement
Paid low wages, but needed high enough wages to support their families.
Control over their work hours.

3. Facts Working conditions were terrible People lived in a “slum”
Not much room for all people, people got sick
People worked from hours from 6 days a week
Women earned 1/3 of pay
Children worked 6 days a week, for 8 hours

4. Objective Review 1 Question
Explain Adam Smith’s “law of supply & demand” and “law of competition” work

5. Adam Smith Law of Supply and Demand
Profits and prices are fixed by the relationship of S&D
If an article is scarce and demand high profit/prices rise
When supply exceeds demand prices & profit fall
Law of Competition
The least efficient business will go out of business
When manufactures quit producing the article, supply of the article will decrease
Well organized producers will make a reasonable profit

6. Objective Review 2 Question
Describe the theory of Utilitarianism as social reform: The Greater Good

7. Utilitarianism: every act of a society should be judged in terms of its utility or usefulness
Jeremy Bentham
1789 book- Introduction to the Principles of morals and Legislation
Good useful laws lead to “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” of people
People need education to know what Is good for them and makes them happy
Prison reform, Education reform, Legal reform
Government creates conditions to help as many people find happiness as possible

8. Objective Review 3 Question
List and describe social reformers and the issue that reformer took .

9. Social Reformers and Issues
Social reforms
Government needed to regulate work hours and set minimal wage
Issues
Terrible issues in mines and factories
Children worked at the age of 9, from 8 hours a day, for 6 days a week.

10. Objective Review 4 Question
Describe how workers tried to improve their situation.

11. How did workers improve the situation?
Workers would go on strike but would still get paid
Workers would go on strike & make laws so woman and kids under 10 wouldn’t work in mines
Tried to improve their working conditions by getting into groups to collect,

12. slum Industrial revolution changed families & lifestyle.
Poor people who worked in factories would live in a slum (a big building where lots of people lived)
Slums where over loaded
Not healthy
very dirty, messy
Families would have to live In one room.

13. Riots & Strikes
100’s of strikes took place industrial countries during 1800’s.
Strikers made 2 types of demands, higher wages for workers and more control over working conditions.
Protest increased in size between , demonstrations ended due to government sent troops to arrest.