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THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 18 th century - Present
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South Korea - Textiles
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Begins when : Power driven machinery (in factories) replaced work done in homes
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Life Dramatically Changes Before: People lived the same as their parents Farming Died at young age Rural areas After: People can move up in society Factories Live longer cities
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After the Industrial Rev: People become less self- sufficient
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Farming improved with : –Crop rotation –Breeding –New tools
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Agricultural Rev. greatly influenced the Industrial Revolution b/c - People were making more “$” so they had more “$” to invest… –People invested to businesses
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“The Workshop of the World”
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GB takes the lead in this rev b/c –They have: A large labor supply (lots of people) Capital ( $ to invest) Natural resources
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Indust. Rev begins w/ the factory system!
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Factory system – a method of production where machines & workers work together under the control of managers.
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Efficiency is the key word – Each person has an individual task – No longer does one person actually complete a project More can be produced quicker!
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ASSEMBLY LINE * First used by Henry Ford when making the Model T
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ASSEMBLY LINE – HENRY FORD
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Ford Motor Company – 1913
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HENRY FORD
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Capitalism is strengthened because of industry Fly. businesses – bus. owned by families Partnership – bus. w/ 2 or more entrepreneurs Corporations – bus. organ. owned by stockholders (they buy shares of stock)
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Boom – buying, selling, & production are high
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Depression – economy at its lowest point
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Unemployment – The Great Depression
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No MONEY – The Great Depression!!!
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Social changes due to the Industrial Rev. - People no longer self- sufficient –New opportunities to move up the “social ladder” –Larger middle class
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Working class affected the most by this rev! Worked long hours- 12- 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, Very unsafe conditions Disease was high No child labor laws
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Factories became known as: Sweatshops Slums
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Women’s lives changed the most b/c they went to work! They left the home Their lives were no longer centered on the farms
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Life was not easy! Fly lived together with other people who worked in the factories Their lives were “owned” by the mill owner. He owned the factory, their homes & the local stores
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New York tenements
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1863 - Tenement 12 families
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Problems: no indoor plumbing --diseases spread --introduced chlorination horse manure on streets, open sewers, no system of trash removal
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Lots of pickpockets & thieves & con-men --crime-ridden areas controlled by gangs of youth --police depts too small
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To make work conditions better: Labor Unions were est.
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Labor Unions - -Associations that formed to increase wages & better working conditions –To get what they want they can Strike Picket Boycott
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They use collective bargaining to get what they want Work together for the same goal
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Today…Computerized textiles!
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Venezuela Today
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Good or Bad – That is the Question?
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