Rise of the Industrial Revolution: Curse or Blessing?

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Rise of the Industrial Revolution Curse or
Blessing?

• Group 1
• Heather Williams, Chasity Ballon, Natascha
  Raysor, Melissa Cooper

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• Prior to the rise of industry most people lived
  on small farms, producing majority of their needs
  by hand. Within a century, 1750-1850, many now
  lived in small cities and most of their needs
  were produced by steam powered machines.
• Revolution means a total change of conditions,
  and is usually associated with drastic social or
  political changes. In the middle of the 18th
  century, during the Industrial Revolution, many
  changes were introduced. There were changes in
  agriculture, the production of goods,
  transportation, mining and economic policies

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How the rise of industry was a blessing

• Steam engines installed in large buildings
  originally called mills, known today as
  factories, made producing goods, medication and
  housing easier and faster to meet the needs of
  the rapidly growing population.
• Steam engines made transportation faster with the
  invention of the locomotive and steam boat

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• Increase in production of mass goods since now
  production is not limited to manual labor.
• Industrialism led to bigger businesses and more
  job opportunities
• Creation of factory responsible for the rise of
  the modern city.
• Industrial Revolution concentrated labor in
  mills, factories and mines which in turn
  facilitated the creation of trade unions.

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In the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution
changed life in the west. Middle and working
class were mostly affected by industrialization.
The industrial revolution was the main reason the
financial dimension changed from middle age to
modern age.

• Middle Age
• Thousands of workers migrated to industrial towns
  enabling a large percentage of the population to
  produce more than expected.
• Benefited most from a growth standard in living,
  political influence, and increased reputation.
• Women rose in a revolutionized economic
  atmosphere.

• Modern Age
• There are jobs everywhere with minimum wage at
  7.25 to salaries based on experience.
• Men and women are provided with jobs equally
  based on skills not gender.
• Children are provided with free education, and
  the legal age to work is 16.

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• Introduction of Cotton Mill
• English farmers used materials such as metal and
  wood, which led to surplus agricultural
  produciton.
• James Heagreaves invented the jenny, it
  operated to spin multiple threads at the same
  time. It increased the production of textiles
  water power was replaced by steam power.

• Advancement in society, creating capital and
  opportunity for advancement as a country
• The industrial revolution made the greatest
  changes that were noticeable world wide.
• A vast overseas empire from the British provided
  them with a strong economy. Money was provided to
  build railroads, factories, and mines.
• Business owners sold shares of their companies to
  stockholders who would contribute to the profits
  and losses to make a growing economy. Due to the
  influx capital, business were able to grow into
  corporations that had dealing in many different
  areas.

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How the rise of industry was a curse

• The rich get richer, while the poor become
  poorer!
• New roles were defined for the working and middle
  class.
• The middle class enjoyed rising standards of
  living and growing political influence, while the
  working class was rarely educated and resided in
  overcrowded slums.
• Capitalists gained wealth rapidly and used their
  wealth to influence policies and laws of
  government, creating more problems and worsening
  working conditions.

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• The working class population boomed in cities
  near factories causing overcrowding, disease, and
  other urban social problems.
• Living conditions decreased due to overcrowding,
  leading to the creation of slums and causing
  problems like alcoholism and illicit relations.
• Sickness and disease was more widespread in slums
  due to overcrowding, poor sanitation, and
  deplorable working conditions.

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• In the beginning of industrialization there was
  minimal government control over factory working
  conditions putting workers at the mercy of
  factory owners is pursuit of profits.
• Women and children were exploited in factories
  and mines because they could be paid less wages
  than an adult male. Because of their size,
  children were also used in small passages of
  dangerous mines
• Children as young as 5 years old were sent to
  work for as many as 13 hours a day, and more
  commonly children ages 9-11 worked as many as 15
  hours a day.
• Frequently children experienced stunted growth
  and problems with bone development caused by
  harsh work environments. Many workers were hurt,
  permanently injured, and killed working in
  factories and mines.

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• Machines began to be primarily used for the
  production of textiles and the development of
  iron making, replacing wind, water, and wood with
  the use of fossil fuels.
• The population growth led to the increased
  requirements for resources and energy leading to
  the use of more and more fossil fuels, as well as
  an increase in waste by-products.
• The Industrial Revolution was fueled by fossil
  fuels, which changed the way people lived,
  produced goods, and utilized energy. Today fossil
  fuels are so heavily relied upon that their use
  is interwoven into our progress and our economy.
  We are continuously spending billions of dollars
  trying to change the energy system we created,
  which we now attribute to such things as global
  warming, national debt, and the dwindling of our
  natural resources.

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