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Industrial revolution

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Technological innovations

  • Steam engine
  • Coke, and improved mining/smelting techniques
  • Interchangeable parts
  • Conveyer belt lines
  • spinning wheel
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Migration

  • People moved for jobs
  • Better pays
  • Movement towards higher qualities of life
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Working conditions

  • Machines were often dangerous
  • Poor health care, disease ridden
  • Close quarters
  • Sometimes very low pay
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CORPORATE LEADERS AND MONOPOLIES

  • monopolies was when only one group had control of an entire product
  • Were ideal for corporate leaders but were often avoided by gov.
  • Could be obtained through vertical or horizontal business
  • Monopolies meant that the product could be expensive as they wanted
  • No one else produced the same product, so it could be possibly invaluable
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Populations in rural and urban areas

  • in the 1800s, most were still in rural area
  • During this time there was movement to the urban areas
  • With industrialization, and urbanization,more people moved to urban areas
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roles of women

  • They gained more job opportunities
  • most started finding jobs as time went on
  • Worked for they families along with husband and kids
  • Gained independence from the maternal role
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role of children

  • Even children started getting jobs
  • Lead to child labor
  • Had to help support the family as well
  • Had more children, to have more workers
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new social classes

  • middle class such as factory managers and skilled workers
  • all social classes got a higher standard for living
  • The middle class received a large amount of the wealth that started flowing
  • Upper class such as factory owners overtook other positions such as gov and military
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Trade unions

  • fought for better conditions and rights or pay
  • Brought a voice to the workers
  • organized strikes and such for their demands
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