THE MAKING OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

INNOVATIONS:

• Steam engine
• Spinning Jenny
• Cotton gin

REASONS PEOPLE MOVED TO CITIES:

• Jobs (in factories mostly)
• Innovations (making more jobs)

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Disease was everywhere.
• Factory workers risked their lives everyday.
• People lost limbs and were mangled by machines.
• Factories were filthy.

CORPORATE LEADERS:

• J.P. Morgan’s banking house
• John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company
• Andrew Carnegie’s Carnegie Steel
• Cornelius Vanderbilt’s New York Central Railroad System

PERCENTAGES IN 1800:

• 80% lived in rural communities
• Only 20% lived in urban centers

ROLE OF WOMEN:

• Women began to enter the work force
• Worked in factories
• Upperclass women were school teachers or stayed at home

SOCIAL CLASSES:

• Working class- factory workers
• Middle class- factory managers
• Upper class- factory owners

GOALS OF TRADE UNIONS:

• Safer working conditions
• Better wages
• Shorter working hours