INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIOM

• New sources of energy: coal fired steam engine
• Railroad and steam engine
• Cotton gin and other spinners and weavers
• Interchangeable parts and assembly line
• Textile industry

WHY DID THEY MOVE

• They wanted to get out of the poor class and jump into the working class
• They had better economic opportunity
• They could earn more money for their family.
• To get out of hardships and farm life.
• Social structures are not as rigid

CORPORATE LEADERS

• Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Frick
• Samuel Dodd

RURAL TO URBAN

• In the 1800 the rural population was 85 percent.
• The urban population in the 1800's was 15 percent.
• In 1900 the urban population and the rural population were equal

ROLE OF WOMAN

• They were expected to take care of the children
• they were economically dependent on male
• Could only work with husband permission

NEW SOCIAL CLASSES

• Captains of the industry: Aristocracy of wealth (rich people)
• Middle class: managers, accountants and other professionals
• Working class: unskilled, vulnerable, wage earners

GOALS OF TRADE UNION

• To get more equal rights for the working class
• Regulated business and made social security better
• Higher wages and better working conditions