THe Construction Of INdustrial society

New INventions

• Steam Engine
• Interchangeable Parts
• Mass Production
• Mechanized Agriculture

Urbanization

• Better jobs outside of agriculture
• Mechanized farming decreased demand workers
• Possibility to get rich quickly
• Plentiful jobs and consumer goods

Working Conditions

• Disease was rampant in factories
• Very dirty, not sanitary whatsoever
• Lots of accidents resulting in fatalities

Monopoly leaders

• John Rockefeller, Petrolium
• JP Morgan, Steel 
• Governments could create monopoly as well

Urbanization stats

• 1800--3% of population
• 1900-30%
• (stats representative of US)

Womens Roles

• Women became part of workforce
• Child labor became prominent 
• Feminism took off

New social ladder

• Wealthy businessmen made up the top
• Socio-Economics more important than Ethnicity
• Rise of the "Working Class" or "Middle Class"

Trade Unions

• Improve workers rights
• Improve conditions
• Eliminate illegal labor
• Raise wages