THE MAKING OF A INDUSTRIAL CITY

TECHNOLOGIES

• Steam engine
• Interchangeable parts
• Cotton gin
• Locomotives
• Steam boat

MIGRATION

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Jobs had terrible sanitation
• Diseases were easily spread
• Long shifts that made workers tired
• Low pay

POPULATION STATS

• 75% lived in urban cities
• 25% lived in rural communities

CORPORATE LEADERS

• Lived great lives
• Got a lot of money for doing little work
• Hired people of all ages and over worked them
• They were greedy
• Examples include John D. Rockefeller who ruled Standard Oil Company and Trust

ROLE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

• Women and children had to work in factories
• They had poor work conditions

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Low- unskilled workers
• Middle- specialty workers, business managers
• High- factory owners, corporate leaders

UNION TRADES

• They protected the laborers' rights
• They were looked down upon
• Wanted to improve working conditions