WHAT MADE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INNOVATIONS

• Cotton Gin
• Steam Engine
• Textile mills

REASONS TO MOVE TO THE CITY

• Better Jobs
• Better pay
• Their jobs were being eliminated by the mills

WOKING CONDITIONS

• Working conditions were harsh because of:
• Diseases (cholera, typhoid and typhus)
• Unsanitary work conditions
• Low pay

CORPORATE LEADERS

• Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co.
• IG Farben, world's largest chemical company

RURAL COMMUNITIES

• About 75% of people lived in rural areas

WOMEN AND CHILDREN

• Women were forced to work at home
• If they worked in industrial it had to be domestic
• Children were forced to work so they could support family.
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SOCIAL CLASSES

• New social classes created by industrialization Captains of industry:
• Captains of industry: a new aristocracy of wealth
• Middle class: managers, accountants, other professionals
• Working class: unskilled, poorly paid, vulnerable

TRADE UNIONS

• Trade unions formed to represent interests of industrial workers
• Faced stiff opposition from employers and governments
• Forced employers to be more responsive to workers' needs; averted violence