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The Industrial Revolution Changes the World
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Changes to Life: Rise of Cities Make more money in factories Industrial Cities – Factors of production: capital, land, labor, and entrepreneurship – Urbanization – city building because of a rapid increase of people moving to cities – Major English cities: London Leeds Manchester Birmingham Sheffield
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Changes to Life: Living Conditions Cities grew rapidly but – No sanitation codes – No building codes – No development plans Conditions: – Garbage piled on street – Whole families lived in one bedroom shelters – Sickness wide spread
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Changes to Life: Working Conditions Machines would run as long as possible – Unskilled worker – did only one job without needing much skill Factories were dangerous – Seldom well-lit or clean – NO gov’t programs to protect workers
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Changes to Life: Working Conditions Coal mines were worse – Frequent cave-ins, machine accidents – Black lung – constantly breathing in coal dust Women and children - cheapest source of labor
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Class Tensions Grow Middle Class – Factory owners, businessmen, and merchants who controlled most of the new money – Separation of Middle Class Upper middle class – lawyers, managers of factories and mines Lower middle class – factory overseers, skilled workers
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Class Tensions Grow The Working Class – Laborers – Saw little improvement in quality of life – Luddites – Directed anger at the machines they thought put them out of work Ned Ludd – mythical creator of the Luddites – Mobs who protest working conditions
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Positive Effects of the Industrial Revolution Created jobs for workers Greater national wealth Technological progress Increased production of goods Raised the standard of living (EVENTUALLY!)
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The Mills of Manchester
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