INDUSTRIAL REVOLITION

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

• Steam Engine
• Steam ship
• Cotton Gin
• Flying Shuttle

REASONS FOR MIGRATION

• Opportunities for jobs
• Cities were centers of economy

WORKING CONDITIONS

• 16 hr days/ 6 days a week
• Lung disease from soot and sawdust
• Large, heavy, dangerous equipment

MONOPOLIES

• When corporates own a market
• Example: Andrew Carnegie completely controlled the steel industry

WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE?

• Urban: 80%
• Rural: 20%

WOMEN & CHILDREN

• Eventually were able to work shorter hours
• Women also did domestic work
• Children had to operate dangerous machinery

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Upper and Middle
• - people that had wealth and success
• Middle- business men and professionals
• Working class - lanorors

LABOR UNIONS

• Attempted to provide safer working conditions for laborors
• Some were violent, some private, and some
• wanted to be politically involved

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