1. Warmup 3/27
How did your town (from the activity) change during the industrial revolution?
Do you think the change was good?
How do you think the lives of your residents changed?

2. Logistics Quiz on Friday (end of period) Test next week
Geo quiz next week (75% needed for 5/5)

3. Notes: The Industrial Revolution
Life today is easier for most than it was in 1750
However, the change from pre-industrial to industrial was not an easy one
For more than a century, conditions for workers grew worse and worse

4. Notes: During the Revolution
The big change was in how people made a living.
Most people no longer were self-employed farmers.
Most had a job, where they did a simple task for someone else’s profit.

5. Notes: Economic Situation
From , there was no protection for workers.
Soaring unemployment meant there was always someone willing to do a job, no matter how dangerous and low paid.

6. Notes: Safety There were no safety regulations in 1800
If you were injured, you would be unemployed
If you died, your family would not be compensated
Workplace deaths were VERY common

7. Notes: Wages and Hours Wages extremely low
Many workers made less than 5 shillings a week, the equivalent of about $12 in 2018 USD.
Workers worked hours a day, 6 days a week (80 hour weeks)
No holidays, no sick leave, no vacations

8. Notes: Living Conditions
As wages plunged, living conditions grew more desperate.
Many lived in perpetual filth
The sky was choked in coal dust
Life expectancy for the poor in Britain dropped to 25 years
The poorest had to rely on poorhouses, which were designed to be terrible.

9. Notes: Children By 1800, most industrial workers were younger than 14.
Workplace accidents were even more common among children than adults
Many families had no choice but to send children to work.

11. Notes: Rule of Law
In 1799, the British government made it illegal to form unions
In 1823, they made it a criminal offense to refuse an order from your boss
Those who could not pay debts went to prison

12. Notes: Unions
Workers started to form unions to fight for better conditions.
Governments of Western countries almost always sided with owners
Union strikes were regularly put down with bullets
However, some bosses were forced to settle and conditions started to improve

13. Notes: Reform Eventually, small reforms began to pass parliament.
The 1833 Factory Act put restrictions on Child Labor
Child Labor was not actually abolished until 1901 (1938 in USA)
Working conditions for adults stayed unregulated until the 1870s

14. Discussion Talk with your neighbors:
What should the government have done to deal with these problems?
Should governments be allowed to interfere with businesses?