Chapter 25

Industrialization Changes Ways of Life

Quick Facts
Population of London in 1800 1 million
Population of London in 1860
Urbanization
Urbanization the growth of cities and
No real rules for human waste disposal or garbage collection
No real rules for building houses and factories
Exits, fire ladders, windows, bathrooms, etc.
Limited
Working Conditions
Labor
Standard Work Week
Average Workday
Total Weekly Hours

Britain 1850s
6 days
14 hours

U.S.A - 2014
9 hours
45 hours/week

Safety training? - NO
Health insurance? - NO
? - NO

Creation of a Middle Class

Upper Class

Class made up of skilled workers,

professionals, businesspeople and wealthy farmers
Upper Middle Class
Educated individuals
Lower Middle Class
Skilled laborers
Lower Class
Laborers

Middle Class
Upper Middle Class
Lawyers
Bankers
Factory Owners
(educated individuals)

Lower Middle Class

Factory Supervisors
Toolmakers
Mechanical Drafters
Printers

Laborers
Iron Factory Laborer
Textile Factory Laborer
Transporters
(unskilled laborers)

Why did factories employ children?

Children were obedient/afraid of their bosses

Local orphanages provided factories with a large source of childlabor
Jobs performed in factories often required
to fit into the workspaces

Industrialization Positives

Job creation
Supply chain leads to even more jobs
Contributed to wealth of a nation
Encouraged technological
Increased production of goods
Provided hope of improvement in peoples lives
Raised
Led to higher wages, healthier diet, more educational
opportunities, better housing conditions, etc.

Industrialization Negatives

Dangerous working conditions no safety measures

Low wage rates for long hours of labor

Pollution water, air, and soil

Overuse and dependency of natural resources
Coal and Oil
Imperialism Policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate
other countries politically, economically, or socially
Large countries such as Britain took
from smaller countries and then sold goods to those
countries to

Industrialization Around the World

Spreading Knowledge
British individuals brought manufacturing secrets to U.S.
and European countries
Railroads connected cities and countries, allowing more trade
Access to
(coal, iron ore, oil, wood,
stone) were extremely important to industrialization
Challenges

,
,lack
of raw materials
prevented some countries from successfully industrializing

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Creative Inventions Activity
1.) Please provide 1 idea of a brand new invention not yet in
existence (to your knowledge) which would benefit you directly or
would benefit the world in general. You may draw pictures of the
inventions or write in bullet points/sentences describing them.
Opinion-based. No right or wrong answer.
Invention:

Who benefits? How do they

benefit?

Who might it harm?

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Fun Fact Visual

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Child Labor - Thoughts For Discussion
Working with a partner, please answer the following questions:
(Utilize partner to brainstorm/discuss but each student will complete
his or her own sheet)
1.) Do you think child labor is still existent in the world today? If so,
where do you think it exists?

2.) What reasons might have led factories during the Industrial
Revolution to employ children? Try to think of at least two.

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Positives and Negatives Assessment
Please provide at least 3 positive and 3 negative effects (at least 6
total) of the Industrial Revolution using the table below.
12 total points
Total
Positive
Effects
Total Points
Total
Negative
Effects
Total Points

Grading Scale
2
3
11-12
A
points
B
2 9-10
4
6
points
7-8 points
C
3
5-6 points
D
1
2
0-4 points
F
1

0
0

0
0

Positive Effects

Negative Effects