The Making of Industrial Society

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

• The steam engine
• The automobile
• The water frame
• The steamboat
• Synthetic dye

WHY PEOPLE MOVED TO CITIES

• To be closer to their jobs
• Highways and cars allowed for long distance transportation
• Less farmers were needed
• Better paying jobs were available in the city
• More jobs were available in the city

WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES

• Beaten if you were late
• Kids beaten to stay awake
• Long hours of labor
• Low pay
• Dangerous and cramped, dirty conditions

CORPORATE LEADERS WHO HAD MONOPOLIES

• Andrew Carnegie - steel industry
• James Watt - steam engine
• John D. Rockefeller - petroleum industry
• IG Farben - chemical production

WHERE PEOPLE LIVED IN 1800

• Rural: 80%
• Urban: 20%

ROLE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

• Lower class women worked outside of the home
• Preferred domestic service over mines & factories
• Children brought in extra money to family
• Lower education at first, long work hours
• Eventually child labor was gone in Britain

NEW SOCIAL CLASSES

• Low class were factory workers
• Middle class was factory owners
• Upper class were businessmen
• Military, clergy and nobility lost their places

GOALS OF THE TRADE UNIONS

• Improve working conditions
• Get higher wages
• Reduced chances of rebellions by workforce
• Made employers more responsive to workers