INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

• Seed Drill
• Horse Hoe
• John Kay's Flying shuttle
• James Hargreaves "Spinning Jenny"
• James Watt Steam Engine

REASON OF MOVING TO CITIES

• Better job opportunities
• More demand In urban than in rural
• More money in factories than farming

FACTORY WORKING CONDITIONS

• 7 days a week under dirty conditions
• Accidental deaths near machinery
• Lung diseases from inhaling soot
• Illness spread from overcrowding

CORPORATE LEADERS

• John D Rockfeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN RURAL AND URBAN

• 20 percent lived in country side
• 80 percent in cities

ROLE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN INDUSTRY

• Children worked with machines
• Women worked in mills and factories
• Later on, women became "home makers and childcarers

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Working class(laborers in factories)
• Middle class (businessmen)

TRADE UNION GOALS

• Better working conditions for workers
• Rights of workers in places are not violated