2. Classes during the Industrial Revolution
The Working Class
No improvement in the standard of living or working conditions
Many watched their livelihoods disappear with new inventions and machines that replaced them
In frustration many revolted by attacking factories and destroying the machines
Poor living and working conditions
Worked 6 days a week/16 hours/day
Kids and women worked in factory with the men
Diseases from water and air
Heavy equipment
The Middle Class
Men worked outside the home, women stayed in and supervised the household
Servants – cheap and hired often
Sons – sent to school
Daughters – prepared for domestic life
Believed education would bring success
Wore fancy clothes
Enjoyed a comfortable standard of living and ate well
Most were not concerned with the poor

3. Classes during the Industrial Revolution
The Working Class
The Middle Class

4. Family

5. Gender

6. Demography

8. Unsanitary Conditions during the Industrial Revolution

11. Meat Packing Industry – The Jungle by Upton Sinclair