Social impact of the industrial revolution

Social impact of the industrial revolution

• 1.
  SOCIAL IMPACT OF THEINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Ch. 19, sec. 3
• 2.
  Witness History  Read “Stench and Sickness” on p. 430  How did conditions become so bad in industrial cities?  Why was little done to improve conditions initially?
• 3.
  People Move toCities  Urbanization- the movement of people to cities  cities emerged around coal/iron mines and large factories  Look at the map of Population Growth in London on p. 431
• 4.
  New Social ClassesEmerge  Industrial Middle Class- owned factories, mines, railroads, etc.  Similar to the French bourgeoisie  “rags to riches”  Industrial Working Class- workers in mines and factories  Many came from farm families  Poor working/living conditions  Tenements- crowded apartment buildings
• 5.
  Worker Protests  Labor Unions were illegal  Luddites- textile workers who staged protests  Destroyed machines  Burned factories  Methodist religion gained popularity  Personal improvement  Better life to come  Be sober/moral
• 6.
  Life in Factories  Long hours- 12 to 16 hour days  Dangerous machines  Dirty air- lung damage  Many women worked in factories  Lower wages  “Easier to manage”
• 7.
  Life in Mines  Paid more  Worse conditions than factories  dark  Coal dust- severe lung damage  Explosions  Collapsing tunnels
• 8.
  Child Labor  Most started working at age 7 or 8 (some as young as 5)!  Smaller fingers- advantage!  Could crawl under machines to fix them  Needed to earn extra money for their families  “factory acts”- child labor laws passed in early 1800s  Shortened work day to 12 hours  Minimum age to work is 8
• 9.
  Homework:  Read p. 435  Do #1-2 at bottom of page