1. (The Industrial Revolution)
INDUSTRIALIZATION
(The Industrial Revolution)

2. The Impact of Industrialization
Economic Effects:
Change in how things
are made and
distributed.
Social Effects:
Changes in how people
lived and organized
themselves.
Political Effects:
Changes in what people
expected from their
governments.

3. BEFORE AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION REFERS TO A REVOLUTION
IN THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS
BEFORE
AFTER
GOODS
WERE
MADE
IN FACTORIES
USING MACHINES
GOODS
WERE
MADE
AT HOME
BY HAND

4. FROM GREAT BRITAIN THE INVENTIONS AND METHODS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SPREAD…
THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND WESTERN EUROPE SOON WERE FOLLOWING BRITAIN’S MODEL
BRITAIN
EUROPE
BRITISH COLONIES
IN N. AMERICA

5. TEXTILES BECAME CHEAPER
AS THEY WERE MASS PRODUCED BY MACHINES USING STEAM POWER
AS DEMAND FOR CHEAP TEXTILES GREW,
MORE FACTORIES WERE BUILT
SOON, AN EVEN GREATER NUMBER OF WORKERS WERE NEEDED TO KEEP PACE WITH DEMANDS

6. Changing Nature of Work
Under the factory system, people begin working in factories
Skilled labor is replaced by performance of simple, repetitive tasks
Machines replace human
labor
Factories> Mass Production- vast amounts of identical goods made
Heavy industry
Corporations

7. Changes In Working Conditions
* Factory owners grow rich & powerful
Work conditions worsen
Noisy& unsafe
Long hours & low wages
Women & children as source of cheap labor

9. Agricultural Revolution
New scientific methods & machinery lead to revolution in farming
Less workers needed to produce food
Bigger farms; new regions farmed
Unemployed move to the cities
Grow more food to feed increasing city populations

10. What new technological innovations arise?

11. Urbanization * The flow of people from country to cities Effects
overcrowding
Inadequate services
Crowded, run-down living conditions
- tenements, crime

12. Immigration
*Population growth in Europe leads to migration to United States
*Irish potato famine ( ) forces many Irish to flee to America to escape starvation
*Germans, Eastern & Southern Europeans will follow
*Growing diversity

13. Immigrants will find jobs in factories, mines, mills,
RR’s, etc.

14. Great Migration
Large migration of African-Americans from the South to the North
Largest internal migration in US history
Motivation:
Greater economic opportunity
Greater personal freedom
Cultural impact

15. Rise of Labor Unions
As a result of poor working conditions, low
wages & long working hours, factory workers
begin to unite.
The rise of Labor Unions will play a key role in
Changing the lives of working class families.
- AFL, IWW, UMW
*Initially, governments oppose labor unions
- Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike
*Later, they will receive support

16. The Impact of Industrialization- Review Discuss
Economic Effects:
Change in how things
are made and
distributed.
Social Effects:
Changes in how people
lived and organized
themselves.
Political Effects:
Changes in what people
expected from their
governments.

17. Review- How did population growth affect industrial cities in England?
Population growth created more jobs.
Population growth resulted in more schools.
Population growth led to overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.
Population growth encouraged migration to rural areas.

18. Review- What conditions led workers to form unions?
Violence in the workplace.
Women in the workplace.
Lack of skilled jobs in factories.
Long hours and low wages in industry.