1. Britain Leads the Way

2. What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
Poor City Dwellers
Factory Workers
Wealthy Merchants, Factory owners, shippers
Children
Lower Middle class
Large landowners / Aristocrats

3. 1. Poor City Dwellers Lacked Adequate Housing
Dark, filthy , overcrowded slums
Unsafe & unhealthy working conditions

4. 2. Factory Workers
Long Hours (12-16 daily)
Low Wages ($1, $2 weekly)
Dangerous Conditions

5. 3. Wealthy merchants, factory owners, shippers
Gained wealth & status in society
Middle class created by:
Professionals
Businessmen
“Well-to-do” farmers

6. 4. Children Children aged 6+ worked adult hours
Later…Child Labor laws brought reform

7. 5. Lower middle class of factory overseers & skilled workers
Created a comfortable (not rich, not poor) lifestyle

8. 6. Large Landowners / Aristocrats
Lost status with the growing business class
Still held Businessmen in lower regard.

9. Natural Resources depleted
What were the long term consequences of the Industrial Revolution for each of the following?
The Environment
Education
Polluted
Natural Resources depleted
Opportunities expanded in response to a need for skilled & unskilled labor

10. Urbanization
The Movement of people from rural areas into the cities

11. Middle Class Created by Industrialization
Skilled laborers, Large Farmers & Managers
Created ‘disposable income’