Obj: To understand the Hardships of Industrial life and new ideas about business and economics

1. Obj: To understand the Hardships of Industrial life and new ideas about business and economics Focus: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a capitalist nation, like the U.S.

2. Hardships of Early Industrial Life Ch. 20 Section 3

3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Revolution The Good: The Industrial Revolution brought great riches to many people

4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Revolution The Bad Rapid urbanization - people left small towns and moved to the cities Created tenements

5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Revolution The Ugly No sewers Garbage rotted in the streets Diseases spread quickly

6. Reading Check 1. List and explain at least 3 problems that were caused by the Industrial Revolution

7. The Factory • The heart of the new industrial city • Men, women and children worked 12 to 16 hours per day

8. The Factory Different from working on a farm: • Rigid schedules • Long hours • Dangerous

9. The Factory Earned only a few cents an hour Boring Dangerous

10. The Factory • If workers were sick or hurt they were fired • Parliament passed laws to improve working conditions

11. Women and the Factory • Factory owners thought women could adapt more easily • Women earned less money for the same amount of work as men

12. Children and the Factory Children worked for less money than adults Children had to work to help support their families

13. Reading Check • How did factory work differ from farm work? • What was the main reason that employers preferred women workers? • What was one reason parents accepted child labor?

14. Hardships of the Industrial Revolution Low Pay Unemployment Horrible Living Conditions

15. Positive Effects of the Industrial Revolution • New jobs • More goods became available • Railroads made it possible to visit other towns • Middle class benefited financially

16. The Working Class Luddites People who protested the machines that did the work they used to do by hand Riots were met with more violence

17. The Working Class John Wesley Founded the Methodist Church in the 1700s

18. The Working Class Stressed the need for a personal sense of faith Adopted sober, moral ways

19. Reading Check • What group smashed machines and burned factories to protest labor – saving machines? • How did Parliament respond to the protests? • What was the new religious movement of the 1700s?

20. The New Middle Class Had different beginnings: 1. Merchants who invested their profits 2. Inventors / Artisans 3. “Rags to Riches”

21. The New Middle Class • Lived in solid, well furnished homes • Dressed and ate well • Gained influence in Parliament • Women were encouraged to be “ladies”

22. The New Middle Class • Valued hard work and determination • Had little sympathy for the poor

23. Benefits/Problems • Benefits:labor unions formed, working-class men gained right to vote, material benefits, creation of more jobs, easier transportation. • Problems-low pay, dismal living conditions, social gap widening, hardships, riots and violence.

24. Reading Check • Name at least one way the new middle class was created? • What did the middle class value? • How did the middle class view the poor during the Industrial Revolution?