Industrial Revolution

1. Industrial Revolution Causes and Effects

2. A New Age of the Machine

3. Instructions • Complete the following outline • Each important event needs a cause and effect –find them. • When complete, inform your teacher. Together, you will post your presentation on your class wiki at www.socialstudies8grade.wikispaces.com

4. The Industrial Revolution is Born in Great Britain • Contributing factors: • A: Agricultural practices changed • B: Population Grew • C: Money investing and investors. • D: Transportation

5. The Death of the Cottage Industry • Changes in Cotton Production: • A: The invention of the “flying shuttle” made weaving faster. • B: The water –powered loom invented by Edmund Cartwright

6. Natural Resources = Raw Materials • The Coal and Iron Industries • A:. The demand for coal for the steam engines led to an expansion in coal production. Using coal aided the transformation of the iron industry • B: A process called puddling helped to produce a better quality iron. With this process the British iron industry boomed.

7. Infrastructure and Transportation • Railroads • A: Were particularly important to the success of the Industrial Revolution. • B: Building railroads created new jobs for farm laborers and peasants. This lead to the creation of larger markets, more factories, and more machinery.

8. New World, New Problems • What technological changes led to Industrialisation? • What was the social impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe –especially on women and children?

9. What technological changes led to Industrialisation • New machines • Railroads • Changes in the cotton production • The factories

10. What was the social impact of the Industrial Revolution on Europe –especially on women and children? • Two new social classes emerged : • The industrial middle class • The industrial working class • People were better fedand resistant to diseases • Children and women were exploited by owners of cotton factories

11. The End