INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INNOVATIONS

• Watt's steam engine
• Fulton's steamboat
• Stephenson's steam powered train
• Interchangeable parts
• Factory system

REASONS PEOPLE MOVED TO CITIES

• Higher paying jobs and wages
• Greater number of jobs
• Agricultural surplus

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Many injuries
• Spread of disease
• Long hours
• Dangerous child labor

CORPORATE LEADERS

• Formed monopolies on goods
• Egocentric personality
• Didn't seek to improve factories

WHERE PEOPLE LIVED

• 75% lived in cities
• Remaining 25% lived in country

WOMEN AND CHILDREN

• Began working in factories
• Separated family
• Family didn't see each other

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Lower class- factory workers
• Middle class- factory managers
• Higher class- owners and entrepreneurs

TRADE UNIONS

• Improved conditions
• Stop child labor
• Protect workers