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Warm Up: 3-8-13. Where do you think the industrial revolution happens on this curve. What causes death rates to drop in area 2? What causes birth rates to drop in area 3?. The “Good” side. Legacy of the Industrial Revolution. Education.
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Warm Up: 3-8-13 • Where do you think the industrial revolution happens on this curve. • What causes death rates to drop in area 2? • What causes birth rates to drop in area 3?
The “Good” side Legacy of the Industrial Revolution
Education • Initially started as part of the Factory Acts of 1802, 1819, 1831, 1833 • Developed into the modern idea of free public education
Sanitation • Diseases like cholera spread in large cities • 1850’s city planers begin to build sewage systems • Greatly reduced spread of disease
Medical Advances • Doctors researching Cholera epidemics begin to come up with Germ Theory • Louis Pasteur- proves existence of microorganisms and invents Pasteurization
Demographic Changes • Advances in sanitation and medicine cause: • Death rates to plumet • Population skyrockets • UK • 1801: ~8,000,000 • 1901: ~30,000,000
Big Picture • The industrial revolution is responsible for much that we take for granted. • What to look forward to: • Class Struggle • Unions • COMMUNISM!