Industrialization

Industrialization

What did industrialization bring to people? • Positives • More Money • Could lead to a better quality of life • Better products • Negatives • Unhealthy working conditions • Child labor • Tension between the social classes

Rise of the Cities 1800-1850 • People begin to move into the cities • Factory jobs are in the city • Most European Cities doubled in size • Urbanization • Cities begin to grow near water ways and coal areas

London 1800-1850 • London’s population grows rapidly • Large labor pool • Markets for new industry • Became Europe’s largest city

Other Cities • Birmingham & Sheffield began to compete with London in population size with its iron-smelting centers • Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool top area for textile manufacturing

Question 1 • What is seen as a negative reason that Industrialization brought to people? • A. More money for people • B. Could lead to a better life • C. Child Labor • D. Better products

Question 2 • This term means themovement of people to cities? • A. Entrepreneur • B. Urbanization • C. Globalization • D. City Movement

Question 3 • Because of Industrialization, London became what? • A. An Olympic City • B. London’s population began to decrease • C. Part of globalization project • D. The largest city in Europe

Question 4 • What area began to compete with London in its population size through its iron smelters? • A. Birmingham & Sheffield • B. Prague & Bratislava • C. Frankfurt & Berlin • D. Paris & Warsaw

Living Conditions Poor Conditions Great Conditions

Living Conditions • As cities grew in population, no real plans for development • No sanitary codes • No building codes • No form of education • Poor housing • Unpaved Streets • Garbage in the streets • Disease & sickness

Living Conditions • Working Class • Average life expectancy 17 years in the city • Average life expectancy 38 years in rural areas • Upper Class • Better quality of life • Better homes in the suburbs

Working Conditions • Factories and Coal Mines • Children and Women used for labor • 14 hour days, 6 days per week

Factories • Poor Lighting • Boiler could explode • Poor Air quality • Machines could break • Nothing for people injured on the job.

Coal Mines • Damp Conditions • Breathing Coal Dust • Life expectancy is 10 years less than others • Nothing for people injured on the job

Question 5 • What was the life expectancy of the working class living in the city during this time period? • A. 47 years • B. 38 years • C. 28 years • D. 17 years

Question 6 • The average amount of days and hours for a child to work in a coal mine was? • A. 8 hours day, 6 days a week • B. 10 hours day, 5 days a week • C. 14 hours day, 6 days a week • D. 14 hours day, 5 days a week

Question 7 • The conditions in a factory for children were seen as …. • A. Poor Air Quality • B. Poor Lighting • C. Machines could break • D. All of the above

Question 8 • The life expectancy for people working in a coal mine was seen more than people working in a factory. • True • False

Tension Between the Classes • Middle Class • Past landowners & aristocrats • Now factory owners and merchants • Landowners looked down on the new wealth • Late 1800’s were seen as equal

Tension Between the Classes • Working Class • Little Improvements • Some watch their livelihoods disappear • Workers destroyed machines • Luddites attack factories in northern England 1811 • Riots began over poor living conditions

Positive Effects for Middle Class • Created Jobs • Created wealth to the nation • Increase in Technology & Standard of Living • Healthier life styles • Better types of food and housing • Cheaper production of clothing • Higher demand for engineers and higher educated people

Long Term Effects • This is still seen by people today • People can afford goods that once was seemed at a luxury items • Work and living conditions continue to improve from even 50-60 years ago • Produced tax revenue to invest in urban improvements • Public Education • Social Welfare

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Industrialization