THE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• Early 1800s
• Urbanization
• Factories emerged
• New workforce of people now- that not everyone had to farm
• Before this only two main classes...

TWO CLASSES BECOME 3

• Aristocrats who were born into wealth
• Lower class who were born into the workforce
• But then...........................................................
• An Industrial Revolution!

THE MIDDLE CLASS

"WHITE COLLAR" JOBS

• Shopkeepers
• Business people
• Bank clerks
• Merchants
• Teachers

PEOPLE NO LONGER HAD TO FARM...

• There were farmers,but not everybody had to farm
• People were able to pursue other jobs
• They could work in a factory...
• They could work in "White Collar" jobs
• They could be paid monthly or yearly wages rather than salaries

FAMILY LIFE

• Steady income
• Affordable education
• Children more of an economic burden
• Better health care
• Fewer children

CONCLUSION

• The world changed
• A new class of people emerged
• White Collar
• They can buy food and cloths rather than producing it
• New jobs