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The Industrial Revolution Part II
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Social Effects Urbanization Factory wages increase
People moved to where jobs were available Agricultural jobs lost to new inventions, etc. Factory wages increase Women and children leave the workforce Children still used in coal mines Rise of the Middle Class In both size and political power
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Impact on Women Creation of ‘traditional family’, gender roles
Women were expected to stay home Raise children, take care of the home Single women became teachers, secretaries, telephone operators No suffrage until after WWI
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Additional Effects Increased focus on compulsory education
To supervise children who were not working Overcrowding in cities led to: Higher crime Pollution Illness Lack of sanitation Discontent Government Reform
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Art and Literature Shift from Romanticism (inspiration, individualism) to Realism Invention of the Camera Writing topics changed Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
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Romanticism Realism
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Impact on the World Massive immigration Multinational Corporations
Europe to Americas Japan to Americas Multinational Corporations Businesses that operated throughout world British/Dutch East India Companies US Fruit companies in Latin America Global currency exchange rates Establishment of gold standard for currency
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The Second Revolution Steam to Gas (Latter 1800s, early 1900s)
Innovation continues Electricity Scientific discovery/medicine Mechanization of warfare Communication Telegraph (USA- 1840s) Telephone (USA- 1876) Transportation Electric trolleys/subways (Mass Transit) Automobiles (1880s)
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Science and Medicine Chemistry Medicine Government control
How nature works Creation of new compounds Medicine Vaccinations Rabies, Smallpox (finally!) Aspirin Anesthesia Government control Sanitation, clean drinking water Longer lifespans
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Science vs. Religion Charles Darwin Evolution vs. Creationism
Natural selection, not God, determined viability Survival of the fittest Social Darwinism Evolution vs. Creationism
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Capitalism vs. Socialism
Capitalism - an economic/political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Socialism – a political/economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
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Marxism Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.
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Marxism Continued… Under capitalism, the worker (proletariat) owns only their labor and has no control over production/distribution Communism - a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
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