Industrial Revolution
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- Steam engine (James watt)
- Mule (Sam Compton)
- Cotton gin/interchangeable parts (Eli Whitney)
- Flying shuttle (John Kay)
- Steam powered locomotive (George Stephenson)
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WHY PEOPLE MOVED TO CITIES
- Potato famine (Irish)
- Working conditions
- Job opportunities
- Anti-Semitic policies
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Percent of people in rural communities 1800: 80%
Percent of people in urban centers in 1800: 20%
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ROLE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
- Women in the middle class wouldn't usually work, and would stay home to clean the house and care for the children
- If the family was poor, then children would work in factories along side adults
- Women would also work if needed
- Women would often work as domestic servants
NEW SOCIAL CLASSES
- Working class (factory workers)
- Middle class (factory managers)
- Upperclass (business owners)
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CORPORATE LEADERS
- Andrew Carnegy
- Standard oil company
- Rockefellers
- IG Farben
- British East India Company
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GOALS
- Wanted a just and equitable society
- End abuses of early industrial society
- Wanted to raise wages
- Better working conditions
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