INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INVENTIONS-

• Steam Engine- Thomas Watt

Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney

Interchangeable parts- John Swanson

TELEGRAPH- SAMUEL MORRIS

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work days were very long and factory's didn't take any safety measures
• This lead to protests

WHY DID PEOPLE MOVE TO THE INNER CITIES

• Higher paying jobs
• Agricultural surplus
• 75% of people lived in the inner cities

SOCIAL CLASSES, WOMAN, AND CHILDREN

• The social classes that were created were the Working class, middle class, and the business class.
• Woman now were a large part of the working class
• Children now had to also work to support families and their conditions were also bad

CORPORATE LEADERS

• They were egocentric
• Formed monopolies