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AP EURO Unit #5 – Nationalism of 19 th Century Lesson #502 Impact of Industrial Revolution
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Essential Questions 5. What was the purpose of the Factory Act of 1833? 6. What was the impact of the Factory Act of 1833?
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Working Conditions 1.Kids worked ridiculously long hours 2.13-14 hours a day, 6 days a week 3.Brutal discipline 4.Mostly poor, illiterate 5.Many orphans from foundling hospitals 6.What should be done? Why? 7.Read PS#1 and PS#2 Medical Examiners (p. 237 in Sherman book) John Write (p. 238 in Sherman book)
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Early Legislation 1.Factory Act of 1833 – Age 9-13 (8 hours/day) – Under 9 – had to go to factory run elementary schools – WHAT WAS THE RESULT TO FAMILIES? 2.Mines Act of 1842 – Problem: girls with no shirts – This act prohibited women from mines – Also pulled out boys under 10 – YOUR THOUGHTS?
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British leadership in IR 1.Great Expedition of 1851 (London) 2.The Crystal Palace 3.Population growth” 9 million to 21 million during era 1780-1851 – What are the implications? 4.GNP growth 400% – What will this mean?
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The Dismal Science 1.Early economics 2.Thomas Malthus – Essay on the Principle of Population (1789) – Population will increase faster than food supply – The poor will always be poor – No use helping – will be of no use – In fact – they will become dependent and weak 3.David Ricardo – Iron Law of Wages – Wages will always sink to subsistence levels
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Other nations 1.Britain pulled ahead of other nations by 1800 2.Britain SHOT ahead in next 50 years 3.By 1860 – Britain outproduced next three Euro nations combined 4.France – Gradual growth 5.Germany (Prussian unified state) and USA – Quickly catching up by late 1800s – Causes? – US Civil War & German Unification – German Zollveriegn (1834) 6. Belgium – new nation in 1830
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