1 / 11

Britain Leads the Way

Britain Leads the Way. What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?. Poor City Dwellers Factory Workers Wealthy Merchants, Factory owners, shippers Children Lower Middle class Large landowners / Aristocrats. 1. Poor City Dwellers.

heidi
Download Presentation

Britain Leads the Way

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Britain Leads the Way

  2. What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people? • Poor City Dwellers • Factory Workers • Wealthy Merchants, Factory owners, shippers • Children • Lower Middle class • Large landowners / Aristocrats

  3. 1. Poor City Dwellers • Lacked Adequate Housing • Dark, filthy , overcrowded slums • Unsafe & unhealthy working conditions

  4. 2. Factory Workers • Long Hours (12-16 daily) • Low Wages ($1, $2 weekly) • Dangerous Conditions

  5. 3. Wealthy merchants, factory owners, shippers • Gained wealth & status in society • Middle class created by: Professionals Businessmen “Well-to-do” farmers

  6. 4. Children • Children aged 6+ worked adult hours • Later…Child Labor laws brought reform

  7. 5.Lower middle class of factory overseers & skilled workers • Created a comfortable (not rich, not poor) lifestyle

  8. 6. Large Landowners / Aristocrats • Lost status with the growing business class • Still held Businessmen in lower regard.

  9. What were the long term consequences of the Industrial Revolution for each of the following? • Polluted • Natural Resources depleted • Opportunities expanded in response to a need for skilled & unskilled labor

  10. Urbanization The Movement of people from rural areas into the cities

  11. Middle Class • Created by Industrialization • Skilled laborers, Large Farmers & Managers • Created ‘disposable income’

More Related