1. Effects of the Industrial Revolution
With industrial development come drastic change in
Social
Economic
Political …life
Change is both positive and negative…
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2. Positive Effects Employment of displaced farmers
Increase in industrial productivity
Increase in real wages
Economic opportunity – Social mobility
New inventions
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3. Negative Effects Harsh living conditions
Harsh and unfair working conditions
Child labor
Destruction of the environment
Growing gap between rich and poor
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4. Revolutionary Changes
Any significant change that affects a great number of people creates new circumstances…
until problems are identified and efforts are taken to solve them, some might suffer.
What SIGNIFICANT efforts of resolution are being made?
Women’s Movement
Labor Rights

8. Labor Unions Organizations designed to represent workers interests
Bargain with owner for rights, reforms
(collective bargaining)
Used strikes – refusing to work until management agreed to make change
Grew in strength – organized political parties
Government responded
Gave pensions, reform laws, unemployment insurance, medical care

10. Improvements - Reforms
Employers realized workers would be more productive if working conditions were safer and healthier
Government stepped in…
Cities began to improve…
Water
Sewage
Homes
streets

11. Government Intervention
Factory Act of 1833
Limited working day for children 9-13 to eight hours
14-18 year olds, twelve hours
Mines Act of 1842
No women or boys under 13 could work in the mines
Ten Hours Act
Limited working day for women and children under 18
By 1874, 10 hours to all workers