INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

• Steam engine
• Interchangeable parts
• Assembly line
• Steam boat
• Cotton gin

CITIES

• Economic opportunity

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Close working quarters (diseases spread)
• Managers forced workers to meet standards
• Dangerous machinery with few or no safety features
• Very strict work schedule and rules

LEADERS WITH MONOPOLIES

• John D. Rockefeller, petroleum
• IG Farben, chemical and pharmaceutical

RURAL COMMUNITIES

• In Britain in 1800, 20 % of population lived in cities
• This 20% increased to 50% within the next century

ROLE OF WOMEN ANS CHILDREN

• Worked in mines and factories
• Children were subject to disconfigurations
• Women could not bring their children to work
• Women were raped in mines and had illegitimate children
• Harsh working conditions in both factories in mines

NEW SOCIAL CLASSES

• Middle class were managers, accountants, other professionals
• Working class were unskilled, poorly paid, vulnerable
• Upper class were wealthy businessmen

GOALS OF NEW TRADE UNIONS

• Represented interested workers
• Forced opposition from employees and government
• Better conditions for industrial workers