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AGE OF REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Opening Activity I will assign each student one word from the list of 16 important terms from the Industrial Revolution to define. When everyone is finished you will stand up and give the rest of the class the definition you wrote. Remember to write a definition that everyone will understand and that is appropriate for this topic
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Industrial Revolution Before we talk about the Industrial Revolution we must first talk about the events that led up to the RevolutionBefore we talk about the Industrial Revolution we must first talk about the events that led up to the Revolution
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Agrarian Revolution Definition: a change in the way food was producedDefinition: a change in the way food was produced
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Agrarian Revolution Changes that occurred –Enclosed fields –Crop Rotation –Better Animal Breeding –New Machinery
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Agrarian Revolution Enclosed Fields –MADE FARM WORK MORE EFFICIENT –Replaced many small strip farms with large field
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Agrarian Revolution Crop Rotation –INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION IN EACH FIELD –Farmers would or grow a different type of crop on the same field RESTORES NUTRIENTS
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Agrarian Revolution Better Animal Breeding –MORE FOOD PRODUCED PER ANIMAL –Farmers only allowed their best animals to breed together
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Agrarian Revolution New Machinery –MORE FOOD USING LESS WORKERS –Dikes to protect farmland from the sea –Use of fertilizer –Seed drill planted seeds in rows
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Agrarian Revolution More food produced using less farm workers –Former farm workers became available to work in factories –Extra food could feed the urban populations Population of society grew tremendously RESULTS
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A CHANGE in the way things were made
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Domestic System of making products –AT HOME –BY HAND –ONE PERSON –THINK YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY????
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Factory System of Making Products -IN A FACTORY -BY MACHINE -MANY PEOPLE
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION What a nation needs to have industry –Capital---MONEY –Labor Force—WORKERS –Transportation System---To get materials to the factory and the products to the market –Raw Materials--- examples coal, iron ore, wool, and cotton –Market---Place to sell your product
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Urbanization –People moving into cities too quickly –Overcrowding –Unsafe living conditions How industrialization affected society.
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Working Conditions –Child labor- kids could be paid less –Long hours- 12-16 hour days –Dangerous Conditions- unsafe machines How Industrialization Affected Society??
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Changing Social Roles –Women—either run the household or work long hours for little pay –Family—lower class family life suffered –Children---poor living conditions, child labor, unhealthy living INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION How Industrialization Affected Society??
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Transportation-greatly improved –Better Roads –Canals and railroads were built –Steam Engine increased speed and options Opened more MARKETS How Industrialization affected Society????
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Liberals --want change --new republics --Laissez-Faire Economy LIBERALISM VS CONSERVATISM Conservatives --want stability (no change) --old monarchies --Nobles (gov’t) controls economy
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Adam Smith –Wrote THE WEALTH OF NATIONS –Introduced Laissez- Faire –Was he a liberal or conservative???
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution 3 Natural Laws of Economics –Law of Self Interest—people work for their own good –Law of Competition—Competition forces people to make a better product –Law of Supply and Demand—Enough goods would be produced at the lowest possible price to meet demand
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Thomas Malthus –Social Conservative –Argued that population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply –Therefore without wars and epidemics to kill off the extra people, people were destine to be poor and miserable. –“poor people would continue to suffer as long as the population keeps rising”
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Charles Darwin –Wrote THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES- theory of Evolution –“Natural Selection”-survival of the fittest
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Social Darwinism: theory of Evolution is applied to the following –Business: justification for owners to do whatever they had to do –Nationalism: in war win or be defeated –Society: excuse for racial prejudice
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Socialism: economic system society owns business; everyone shares work and profits
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Utopian Socialism –When people wanted to create self-supporting societies –Everyone shared everything –Goal peaceful, equal society
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Reactions to the Industrial Revolution Marxist Socialism –Begun by Karl Marx wrote Communist Manifesto –Workers of the world should unite and overthrow business owners through revolution –Goal end capitalism, create a socialist (CLASSLESS) society
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!!!!NOTICE!!!! Skip to the part of the notes under GLOBAL MIGRATIONS!!!!Skip to the part of the notes under GLOBAL MIGRATIONS!!!!
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Global Migrations Population Growth Poor Living Conditions Poor Working Situations SOCIAL CAUSES
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Global Migrations People were leaving monarchies and wanting democracies POLITICAL CAUSES
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Global Migrations Expanded the search for raw materials Expanded the creation of new markets IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION
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