1. The Industrial Revolution and Society Urbanization –Crowded cities –Poor sanitation –Increased Crime Disease –Crowded living conditions –Poor water systems –Cholera!

2. MAP OF CHOLERA DEATHS

3. CHOLERA AND WATER PUMP LOCATIONS

4. New Social Classes –Middle Class (Bourgeoisie) Business managers / owners Motivated to “get ahead” Women – focus on housework –Working Class Lived in poverty Tenements – crowded apartments

5. Working Conditions Crowded, dangerous factories Rigid schedules, harsh treatment Poor air quality Lose a limb – lose your job 12-16 hour days Child workers – as young as 6 Women – worked at factories AND at home

6. Solutions Luddites – displaced workers raid factories and destroy machines Unions – Groups of workers who join to demand better pay and conditions Methodism – open Protestant branch that gave workers a sense of meaning and escape

7. Results of Industrialization Many hardships Laws to protect workers and children Rise of unions Right to vote for men Wages begin to rise Cost begin to fall