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Warm Up: How did natural resources and new means of transportation affect the growth of industry?
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Time For A Crash Course The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times
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Industrialization: a shift from an agricultural (farming) economy to one based on industry (manufacturing) Effect on Economy
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Before ▪ 80% of world’s population engaged in farming After
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Cause Effect
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Goals:
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The “HAVES” Bourgeois Life Thrived on the Luxuries of the Industrial Revolution The “HAVE-NOTS” The Poor, The Over-Worked, and the Destitute
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Increased world productivity Growth of railroads (faster and more efficient transportation of goods and people) New entrepreneurs emerged (more money = more technology/inventions) New inventions improved quality of life for many Labor eventually organized (unions) to improve working conditions Laws were enacted to enforce health and safety codes in cities and factories New opportunities for women Rise of the middle class – size, power, and wealth expanded Social structure becomes more flexible A global economy began to emerge (trade)
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FACTORY Child labor Miserable (dirty, cramped) and dangerous (fingers, limbs, & lives lost) working conditions Long working hours – six days a week, with little pay Diseases such as pneumonia & tuberculosis spread through factories Strikes Cities Tenement housing was poorly constructed, crowded, and cold
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Increase in population of cities Women and children enter the workplace as cheap labor Rise of labor unions Introduction of reforms Laws to protect children in the workplace Minimum wage and maximum hour laws Federal safety and health standards Growth of the middle class Increased production and higher demand for raw materials = growth of worldwide trade Expansion of education Women’s increased demands for suffrage OBJECTIVE: SWBAT identify the social and economic impact of the Industrial Revolution through evaluating sources and completing a graphic organizer. STANDARDS:H.3.b; H.2.d; E.1.a
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Economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for a private profit Free-market economy: decisions regarding supply, demand, price, distribution, and investments are made by private actors Profit goes to owners who invest in the business Wages are paid to workers employed by companies and businesses
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× People as a society would operate and own the means of production, not individuals × Their goal was a society that benefited everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few × Tried to build perfect communities [utopias]
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