INDUSTRIALIZATION

INNOVATIONS

• Steam boat/engine
• Interchangeable parts
• Spinning jenny ( spun multiple threads at the same time)

REASONS TO MOVE TO THE CITY

• More jobs in the city
• Culture centre were the cities
• More businesses in the city

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Harsh conditions
• Factories had a lot of pollution
• Diseases spread easily since so many people
• Workers worked long hours
• They got little pay

CORPORATE LEADERS

• Andrew Carnegie
• Samuel Dodd
• Henry frick
• Eugene v debs

PERCENTAGES

• 1820- 8% in cities
• 1860- 16% in cities
• 1920 more people were in the cities than rural area

WOMEN

• Women worked in factories
• Women started their own businesses from home
• Women started to support their families
• They were not dependent on men as much anymore
• This encouraged women to become more educated as well

KIDS

• Worked long harsh hours in factories
• They didn't get payed as much as an adult
• They were taken advantage of
• Child labor was common in factories

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Lower class was the workers
• The lower class got payed the least but worked the most
• Higher class consisted of corporate managers and owners
• Higher class got more money but they worked less hours
• Social system was unfair for lower class since they also had to pay more taxes

TRADE UNIONS

• Bargain for better working conditions
• Didn't want workers to have their working conditions violated
• Wanted to promote equal and fair relationships between worker and employer
• Wanted the workers to get payed fairly for the amount of time they worked