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Bellringer. Page 65: Write down the answers to the following questions on a paper titled “ Bellringer 1/4/12”: 1. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? 2. What was the Industrial Revolution? 3. What was the Agricultural Revolution? 4. What were cottage industries?
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Bellringer Page 65: Write down the answers to the following questions on a paper titled “Bellringer 1/4/12”: 1. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? 2. What was the Industrial Revolution? 3. What was the Agricultural Revolution? 4. What were cottage industries? • BJOTD: Did you hear about the plumber who worked on top of a skyscraper?
Objectives • SWBAT: use primary source documents to investigate the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
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Additional Notes • Labor Unions: groups that worked together to help improve conditions for workers • Unions would organize strikes to demand changes • Collective bargaining: workers and management worked together to find a compromise
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Additional Notes • Reforms were passed in the mid-1800s to reform child labor • Factory Act of 1833: • 9-12 years old—less than 8 hours • 13-17 years old—less than 12 hours • 1919: Child Labor Law and Minimum Wage Laws
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Additional Notes • Although women were treated poorly, they often joined unions to fight for their rights. • Women fought for the right to vote (suffrage) by the end of the 19th century.
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Positive • Negative • Additional note: this caused the rise of pollution!
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Additional Notes • Inventions: • Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin • James Watt and the Steam Engine • James Hargreaves and the spinning jenny • Robert Fulton and the Steam Engine • Movement spread from GB to Europe and then the USA • Slavery was ended first in GB too, then in USA in 1865
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Processing • Overall, do you feel that the Industrial Revolution helped or harmed society as a whole? Defend your answer.