THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

The steam engine was the most crucial invention, invented in 1765 and is still being used in today's society.

MOVING TO CITIES

• To work in factories
• To be closer to their work
• More job openings (not only for men)

Factories wanted to improve worker productivity, the effect was worse working conditions.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• People depended on their employers
• Fast moving pace with the machines
• Tight supervision
• Faced possibility of maiming or fatal accidents

John D. Rockefeller was a producer of American petroleum and controlled almost all oil drilling through monopolies.

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Women had long working hours like their husbands and had to also deal with harsh working conditions but also became domestic servants.

Children were taken away from their home for work in textile mills and were even abused but most parents needed the wages so they couldn't do anything about it.

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Working class was the bottom
• Middle class was next
• Factory owners were the highest class
• The working class grew during industrialization

Trade Unions
They wanted a just and equitable society. Not seeking to destroy capitalism, the goals of trade unions were to make employers aware of how they were treating their employees