
<p> INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION & ITS IMPACT ON EUROPEAN SOCIETY</p><p>FOCUS QUESTIONS What conditions & developments coalesced (came together) in Great Britain to bring about the first Industrial Revolution? What were the basic features of the new industrial system created by the Industrial Revolution? How did the Industrial Revolution spread from Great Britain to the Continent of the U.S.? How did industrialization in Great Britain & the U.S. different? What effects did the Industrial Revolution have on urban life, social classes, family life & standards of living? What were working conditions like in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution & what efforts were made to improve them? What was the role of government in the industrial development of the Western World?</p><p>THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN Although the Industrial Revolution evolved over a long period of time, historians generally agree that it began in ______sometime after 1750 By 1850 the I.R. had made Great Britain the ______country in the world & had also spread to the ______continent & the New world In another 50 years both ______& the U.S. would surpass Britain in ______production • Before the I.R. people relied almost solely on farming to make a living, life expectancy was very low (40), only 25% of Europeans lived in cities, many never left their village, all rural villagers were ______, wealthy land owners owned & controlled the land with rent (Feudal Lords), villagers made their own homes, clothes & tools & all daily activity revolved around ______</p><p>Origins A number of factors or ______came together to produce the first Industrial Revolution The “______Revolution” of the 18th century changed the methods of farming & stock breeding that led to a significant increase in food production allowing Britain to feed more people at lower prices & with less labor Unlike most of Europe, ordinary families did not have to use most of their income to buy ______o This gave them the potential to purchase ______goods At the same time there was a rapid growth of population in the second half of the 18th century that provided a pool of “______” (extra) labor for the new factories in British industry </p><p>Supply Of Capital Britain had a ready supply of “______” for investment in the new industrial machines 7 factories that were needed to house them Britain also had an effective central bank & well-developed, flexible credit facility where people were used to using paper instruments (paper $$$) to make capital ______</p><p>Early Industrial Entrepreneurs Britain also had a fair number of individuals who were interested in making ______if the opportunity presented itself o These early industrial ______faced considerable financial hazards as fortunes were made quickly & lost just as quickly o The structure of early firms was fluid & an individual or family ______was the usual mode of operation, but entrepreneurs also brought in friends to help</p><p>Mineral Resources Britain had ample supplies of important ______resources, such as coal & iron ore that were needed in the manufacturing process o Britain was also small & the relatively short distances made ______non-problematic In addition to abundant rivers, from the mid 17th century onward, both private & public investment poured into the construction of new roads, bridges & canals that linked the major industrial centers of the North, the Midlands, ______& the ______</p><p>Role Of Government Britain’s ______also played a significant role in the process of industrialization b/c Parliament contributed to the favorable business climate by providing a stable government & passing laws that protected private ______ Britain provided ______for private enterprise & placed fewer restrictions on private entrepreneurs</p><p>Markets A supply of markets gave British ______a ready outlet for their manufactured goods o British ______quadrupled from 1660 to 1760 b/c of its 18th century wars & conquests, G.B. had developed a vast colonial empire at the expense of its leading Continental rivals, the Dutch Republic & ______ Britain also possessed a well developed merchant ______that was able to transport goods anywhere in the world & had the ability to produce cheaply the articles most in demand abroad in the Americas, Africa & the East, where people wanted sturdy, inexpensive clothes rather than costly, highly finished ______items Britain had the highest standard of ______in Europe & a rapidly growing population & this demand from both domestic & foreign markets & the inability of the old system to fulfill it led entrepreneurs to seek & adopt the new methods of manufacturing that a series of ______provided These individuals ______the Industrial Revolution</p><p>Technological Changes & New forms Of Industrial Organization (5) In the 1770s & 1780s the “cotton textile industry” took the first major step toward the I.R. with the creation of the modern ______ Already in the 18th century, G.B. had surged ahead in the production of cheap cotton goods using the traditional methods of the “______industry” (in home production) The development of the flying shuttle had sped the process of weaving on a loom & enabled weavers to double their output but it caused shortages of ______o James ______’ spinning jenny in 1768, enabled spinners to produce yarn in greater quantities o Richard Arkwright’s water frame spinning machine, powered by water or horse & Samuel ______so-called mule, which combined aspects of the water frame & the spinning jenny increased yarn production even more o Edmund Cartwright’s power ______in 1787 allowed the weaving of cloth to catch up with the spinning of yarn These inventions presented new opportunities to entrepreneurs & it was much more ______to bring workers to the machines & organize their labor collectively in factories located next to rivers & streams than to leave the workers dispersed in their ______o Increased ______in the new factories also brought the laborers & their families to live in the new towns that rapidly grew up around the factories but the expansion of the cotton industry & the ongoing demand for even more cotton goods created additional pressure for new & more complicated ______ The invention that pushed the cotton industry to greater heights of productivity was the “______” The steam engine ______the production of cotton goods & allowed the factory system to spread to other areas of production creating new industries (triumph of the I.R.) o In the 1760s Scottish engineer, ______(1736-1819) created an engine powered by steam that could pump water from mines 3 times as quickly as previous engines then in 1782 he developed a ______engine that could turn a shaft & thus drive machinery allowing team power to be applied to spinning & weaving ______ Because steam engines were fired by ______, they did not need to be located near ______; entrepreneurs now had greater flexibility in their choice of location o In 1760 Britain had imported 2.5 million pounds of raw ______o In 1787 the British imported ______million pounds of cotton o By 1840 Britain imported ______million pounds of cotton (most important product in value) By this time most cotton industry employees worked in factories making cotton goods that were sold everywhere in the ______(tough, comfortable, cheap & easily washable) The steam engine was a tireless source of power but depended for fuel on a substance---______--- that seemed unlimited in ______ The success of the steam engine led to a need for more coal & an expansion in coal production & new processes using coal furthered the development of the “______” Britain had large resources of iron ore & in the early 18th century new methods of ______iron ore to produce cast iron were devised ______iron developed in the 1780s by “______”----- ______(converting pig iron/smelted iron ore into wrought iron/cast iron by subjecting it to heat & frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances) o In 1740 Britain produced ______tons of iron o By the 1780s almost ______tons o By the 1840s over ______million tons o By 1852, almost ______million tons, more than the rest of the world combined The development of the iron industry was in many ways a response to the demand for the new machines & the growing supply of less costly metal encouraged the use of ______in other industries, most noticeably in new means of “______” The 18th century had witnessed an expansion of transportation facilities in Britain as entrepreneurs realized the need for more efficient means of moving ______& ______ To many economic historians, “______” were the ‘‘most important single factor in promoting European economic progress in the 1830s & 1840s” o The railways reduced friction, enabling horses to haul more substantial loads & by 1700, some entrepreneurs began to replace wooden rails with ______rails In 1804 “Richard Trevithick” pioneered the first steam-powered ______on an industrial rail line in southern Wales that pulled 10 tons of ore & 70 people at ______miles per hour “George ______” Rocket was used on the first public railway line, which opened in 1830, extending 32 miles from Liverpool to ______(16 miles per hour) o Within 20 years locomotives had reached ______miles per hour During the same period, new companies were formed to build additional railroads as the infant industry proved successful not only technically but also ______o In 1840 Britain had almost ______miles of railroads o By 1850, ______miles of railroad track crisscrossed much of the country The railroad’s demands for coal & iron furthered the growth of those industries & the huge capital demands necessary for railway construction encouraged a whole new group of middleclass ______to invest their money in ______companies o Railway construction created new job opportunities & a cheaper & faster means of ______o By reducing the price of goods, larger ______were created that increased sales which demanded more factories & more ______ The great productivity of the I.R. enabled entrepreneurs to reinvest their profits in new ______equipment, further expanding the productive capacity of the economy o Continuous, rapid, self-sustaining economic growth came to be seen as a fundamental characteristic of the new industrial ______o The ______was the perfect symbol of this aspect of the I.R. The ability to transport goods & people at dramatic ______also provided visible confirmation of a new sense of power over ______ Initially due to the cotton industry the “industrial factory” became the chief means of ______labor for the new machines o ______hired workers who no longer owned the means of production but were simply paid wages to run the machines & were forced to work regular hours & in shifts to keep the machines producing at a steady pace for maximum output (boring & unvarying work = no ______) o Adult workers were fined for a wide variety of minor ______such as being a few minutes late for work & dismissed for more serious misdoings (drunkenness)---it set a bad example for younger workers & also had potential for ______o Dismissals & fines worked well for adult employees but children were less likely to understand the implications of dismissal so they were sometimes disciplined more directly---by ______ As the 19th century progressed the second & third ______of workers came to view a regular working week as a natural way of life & that attitude that made possible Britain’s incredible economic growth in that ______</p><p>Manchester Factories The I.R. affected every part of life in ______& eventually led to a better quality of life for most people Changes to machine production initially caused human ______but rapid industrialization brought plentiful jobs, but it also caused ______working conditions, air & water pollution & child labor This led to the rising class tension between the ______class & the ______class o Industrialization allowed for higher wages in the factories than on farms, people wore better clothing & cities ______due to increase of job seekers Living Conditions (______) declined & b/c cities grew so rapidly there were no development plans, sanitary codes or building codes o The cities lacked ______housing, education, police protection, streets were unpaved & had no drainage or garbage collection, entire families lived in one bedroom apartments, epidemics spread easily & the average lifespan was ______years old for the working class compared to ______years old for the rural areas (1842) Working Conditions were horrible as workers worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week (never changed like farming & seasons), factories were dimly lit & barely clean & machines often injured the mostly ______workers o The “______class” was made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, & wealthy farmers o The “______middle class” included government employees, doctors, lawyers & managers of factories o The “______middle class” included factory overseers, toolmakers, mechanical drafters & printers o The “______class” included laborers who saw little improvement in their working & living conditions who became frustrated & began smashing machines that they believed were putting them out of work</p><p>Britain’s Great Exhibition Of 1851 In 1851, 6 million people visited the first British world’s industrial fair at Kensington in ______containing 100,000 exhibits that showed the wide variety of ______created by the I.R. The Great Exhibition displayed Britain’s ______to the world & was a gigantic symbol of British success “Prince ______”, Queen Victoria’s husband, expressed the sentiments of the age when he described the exhibition as: o A sign that ‘‘man is approaching a more complete fulfillment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in this world . . . to conquer nature to his use’’ o He also linked ______success to divine will: ‘‘In promoting [the progress of the human race], we are accomplishing the will of the great & blessed ______ By the year of the “Great Exhibition”, G.B. had become the world’s first industrial nation & its ______o It produced one-half of the world’s coal & manufactured goods; its cotton industry alone in 1851 was equal in size to the industries of all other ______countries combined</p><p>THE SPREAD OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Beginning first in Great Britain, industrialization spread to the ______countries of Europe & the ______at different times & speeds during the 19th century First to be industrialized on the Continent were ______, France & the ______states & the first in North America was the new U.S. o Not until after ______did the I.R. spread to the rest of Europe & other parts of the world</p><p>Limitations To Industrialism (3) In 1815, the Low Countries, France & the German states were still largely ______(agriculture) due to the lack of good roads & ______with river transit that made transportation difficult o “______” on important rivers & customs barriers along state boundaries increased the costs & prices of goods o “______” (associations) restrictions were also more prevalent, creating obstructions that pioneered industrialists in Britain did not have to face o “Continental ______” were generally less enterprising than their British counterparts & tended to adhere to traditional business attitudes, such as a dislike of competition, a high regard for family security, an unwillingness to take risks in investment & an excessive worship of ______ The “______” associated with the wars of the French revolutionary & Napoleonic eras also disrupted regular communication b/t Britain & the Continent which made it difficult for Continental countries to keep up with the new British ______o The ______wreaked havoc with trade, caused much physical destruction & loss of manpower, weakened currencies & led to ______& social ______ By 1815 after Napoleon had finally been defeated & normal ______b/t Britain & the Continent had been restored the British industrial equipment had grown larger & become more ______o As a result, ______family enterprises were either unable or unwilling to raise the amount of capital necessary to modernize by investing in the latest equipment so most entrepreneurs in France, Belgium & Germany initially chose to invest in used ______& less productive mills</p><p>(1) Borrowing Techniques & Practices Lack of technical knowledge was initially a major obstacle to industrialization but the Continental countries possessed an advantage here---they could simply borrow British ______& ______ The British tried to prevent that & up until 1825, British artisans were prohibited from leaving the country o Until 1842 the ______of important machinery & machine parts was ______but were not able to control this situation by legislation (sold illegally) o “John ______” established a highly profitable industrial plant at Seraing near Lie`ge in southern Belgium in 1817 & thought nothing of ______the innovations of other British industrialists to further his own factories Gradually the Continent achieved technological ______as local people learned all the skills their British teachers had to offer o By the 1840s, a new generation of ______mechanics from Belgium & France was spreading their ______east & south o Continental countries, especially France & the German states began to establish a wide range of technical ______to train engineers & ______</p><p>(2) Role Of Government Governments in most of the Continental countries were accustomed to playing a significant role in economic affairs & furthering the ______of industrialization was a logical extension of that attitude o Governments provided for the costs of technical ______, awarded grants to inventors & foreign entrepreneurs, ______foreign industrial equipment from import duties & in some places even financed factories Governments actively bore much of the cost of ______roads & canals, deepening & widening river channels & constructing ______ Governments on the Continent also used “______” (taxes) to further industrialization & to protect their fledgling industries o German writer “______” (1789--1846) advocated a rapid & large-scale program of industrialization as the surest path to develop a nation’s strength & to assure that path to industrialization he felt that a nation must use protective ______ If countries followed the British policy of free trade then cheaper British goods would inundate ______markets & ______infant industries before they had a chance to grow (can’t compete w/o tariffs)</p><p>(3) Join-stock Investment Banks A third significant difference b/t British & Continental industrialization was the role of the ______investment bank on the Continent o JsI banks mobilized the savings of thousands of small & large ______, creating a supply of capital that could then be plowed back into ______ By accepting ______from many depositors, they developed large capital ______that they invested on a large scale in railroads, mining & heavy industry o Shareholders in these joint-stock corporations had ______liability; they could be held responsible only for the amount of their ______</p><p>Centers Of Continental Industrialization The I.R. on the Continent occurred in ______major centers between 1815 & 1850---Belgium, France & the German states o Britain, ______played an important role, although it was not as significant as heavy industry o ______was the Continental leader in the manufacture of cotton goods but still lagged far behind Great Britain o With its cheap coal & scarce water, ______gravitated toward the use of the steam engine as the major source of power & invested in the new ______ In Britain the Industrial Revolution had been built on the cotton industry; on the Continent, the iron & coal of ______industry led the way Before 1850 Germany lagged significantly behind both Belgium & France in heavy industry & most German iron ______was still based on old ______</p><p>The Industrial Revolution In The U.S. In 1800 the U.S. was an ______society with no cities over 100,000 & 6 out of every 7 American workers being ______but by 1860, the population had grown from 5 million to 30 million people (larger than Great Britain’s) o Almost half of them lived west of the ______Mountains, the number of states had more than doubled (from 16 to 34), there were 9 American cities that had over 100,000 in population & only 50% of American workers were ______o Between 1800 & the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. had experienced its own I.R. & the ______that accompanied it o During the War of 1812, the British set up a ______that kept the U.S. from trading with other countries which caused the U.S. to develop independent ______ The initial application of machinery to production was accomplished, as in Continental Europe, by ______from Great Britain o A British immigrant, “______” established the first textile factory using water powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1790 (from ______) o ______n 1790 opened the first U.S. factory that manufactured thread & ______Lowell from Boston ______every stage in the manufacture of cloth By 1813, factories with power looms copied from British versions were being established & Americans began to equal or surpass British technical ______o The ‘______” arsenal built muskets with “______” parts o Because all the individual parts of the ______were identical the final product could be put together ______& ______o The so called American system reduced costs & revolutionized production by saving ______(few skilled artisans) Unlike Britain, the U.S. was a large country & the lack of a good system of “internal ______” seemed to limit American economic development by making the transport of goods ______ Thousands of miles of roads & canals were built linking east & west, the steamboat facilitated transportation on the Great Lakes, Atlantic coastal waters & rivers but most importantly the “______” turned the U.S. into a single massive market for the ______goods of the Northeast which was the early center of American ______o ______saw 100 miles of railroad track o ______more than 27,000 miles of railroad track “______” for the growing number of factories came primarily from rural areas but the expanding farm population in the N.E. soon outstripped the available ______forcing men to move west while others (mostly women) found work in the new textile & shoe factories of the ______states o ______made up more than ______of the laboring force in the large textile factories o In Massachusetts mill towns, company boarding houses provided rooms for large numbers of young women who worked for several years before ______o ______Massachusetts, factory owners sought entire families, including ______to work in their mills When a decline in rural births threatened to dry up this labor pool in the 1830s & 1840s poor & unskilled European ______appeared in large numbers to replace American women & children in the factories o Women, ______& these immigrants had one thing in common as employees: they were largely unskilled laborers that pushed American industrialization into a capital-intensive pattern o Factory owners ______heavily in machines that could produce in quantity at the hands of ______workers & by 1860 the U.S. was well on its way to being an industrial nation The was a “______boom” after the ______ended in 1865 due to a wealth of natural resources (oil, coal, & iron), a burst of inventions like the electric light bulb & ______& a swelling urban population that consumed the new manufactured goods The rise of “______” & the “______” sold stock to people to become partial owners of the businesses “______” was founded in Ohio by in 1870 by John D. ______& dominated the U.S. producing, transporting, refining, & marketing ______& remained the largest oil refiner in the world until it was broken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1911 o Standard Oil made Rockefeller the richest man in modern history but became widely criticized in the public eye due to business strategies, tactics & practices that were lawful (______) o In 1911 the “______Antitrust Act” dissolved standard Oil & split into 34 companies in which 2 eventually becoming ______& ______ “______Steel Company” (steel mill) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in ______in the late 19th century & would be sold to the U.S. Steel Company in 1901 o These big corporations made big ______by reducing the ______of producing goods o ______earned low wages for laboring long hours, while the ______earned high profits & corporate leaders made fortunes</p><p>THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Eventually, the I.R. radically altered the ______life of Europe & the ______ Although much of Europe remained bound by its ______ways, in the first half of the 19th century the social impact of the Industrial Revolution was being felt o Vast changes in the number of ______& where they lived were already dramatically evident</p><p>Population Growth Accurate record keeping (______) in the 19th century allowed governments to collect precise ______on births, deaths & marriages The key to the ______of population was the decline in death rates evident throughout Europe b/c of 2 major causes o There was a drop in the number of deaths from ______, epidemics & ______o Major ______diseases, such as plague & smallpox, declined noticeably, although small- scale epidemics broke out now & then More food enabled a greater number of people to be better fed & therefore more ______to disease ______in Ireland produced the century’s greatest catastrophe “The Great ______” o The predominantly ______peasant population rented land from mostly absentee British ______landlords whose primary concern was collecting their rents o The Irish ______lived in mud hovels in desperate poverty & cultivated the ______, a nutritious & relatively easy food to grow that produced 3 times as much food per acre as grain & provided the Irish peasants a basic staple that enabled them to survive & even expand in numbers o B/t the summer of 1845-1851 the potato crop in Ireland was struck by blight due to a fungus that turned the potatoes black resulting in more than 1 million dying of ______& disease & almost 2 million “______” (exiting) to the U.S. & Britain Bad ______in Europe in 1846--1847 produced massive numbers of ______& in addition to the estimated 1.6 million from Ireland another 935,000 people left Germany between 1847 & 1854</p><p>The Growth Of Cities Cities had traditionally been centers for princely courts, government & military offices, churches & commerce but by 1850, especially in Great Britain & Belgium cities were rapidly becoming places for ______& ______o In 1800 Great Britain had one major city, ______with a population of 1 million & 6 cities between 50,000 & 100,000 o 50 years later, London’s population had swelled to 2,363,000 & there were ______cities over 100,000 & 18 cities with populations b/t 50,000 & 100,000-----28 cities = ______ Britain was forced to become a food ______rather than an exporter as the number of people involved in agriculture ______to 20% of the population The dramatic growth of cities in the first half of the 19th century produced ______“urban living conditions” for many of the ______in the Early Industrial Revolution o ______conditions in towns were appalling & with the lack of municipal direction, city streets were often used as sewers & open drains o Unable to deal with human excrement, cities in the new industrial era ______horrible & were extraordinarily ______o The ______of coal blackened towns & cities with soot like a death trap (deaths outnumbered births in most large cities) o ______were ______in a variety of ways: alum was added to make bread look white & more expensive; beer & milk were watered down & red lead, despite its poisonous qualities was substituted for pepper In Britain the “______” produced detailed reports on the effects of urban life on the poor & investigators observed that young working-class men were considerably ______& scrawnier than the sons of middle-class families & much more subject to disease To “______” this situation presented a clear danger to society b/c these masses of workers, sunk in crime, disease, prostitution & immorality were a potential threat to their own ______ “James ______” a British reformer of the 1830s & 1840s described them as ‘‘volcanic elements, by whose explosive violence the structure of society may be destroyed” “Edwin ______” (1800--1890) became obsessed with eliminating the poverty & squalor of the metropolitan areas by becoming a civil servant who was soon appointed to a number of ______investigatory commissions o As ______of the Poor Law Commission, he initiated a passionate search for detailed facts about the living conditions of the working ______o After three years of investigation, Chadwick summarized the results in his ______& concluded that ‘‘the various forms of epidemic, endemic & other disease’’ were directly caused by the ‘‘atmospheric impurities produced by decomposing animal & vegetable substances, by damp & filth & close overcrowded dwellings amongst the population in every part of the kingdom’’ o Such conditions, he argued, could be ______by drainage, the removal of all refuse of habitations, streets & roads & the improvement of the supplies of water’’ (sewers & piped in water) Britain’s first Public Health Act created the “______Board of Health” & formed local boards that would establish modern ______systems ______of “______” (bacteria infection of the intestine spread by food & H20 contained feces) had ravaged Europe in the early 1830s & late 1840s & were especially rampant in the overcrowded cities</p><p>New Social Classes: Industrial Middle Class The rise of industrial capitalism produced a new “______” group of people who were involved in commerce, industry & banking as well as professionals, such as lawyers, teachers, physicians & government officials at various levels while at the lower end of the economic scale were master ______& ______ The “New Industrial ______” were the people who ______the factories, purchased the machines, & figured out where the markets were---their qualities included resourcefulness, single- mindedness, resolution, initiative, vision, ambition & ______ The opportunities for making ______were great, but the risks were also tremendous as the ear of ______was constant, especially among small firms</p><p>New Social Classes: Workers In the Industrial Age At the same time that the members of the industrial middle class were seeking to reduce the barriers b/t ______& the landed elite, they also were trying to ______themselves from the laboring classes below them The working class was actually a ______of groups in the first half of the 19th century & in the cities, artisans or craftspeople remained the largest group of urban workers during the first half of the 19th century o They worked in numerous small industries, such as shoemaking, ______, bookbinding, printing & ______o ______also formed another large group of urban workers, especially in major ______like London & Paris Working Conditions for the Industrial Working Class Workers in the new industrial factories also faced ______working conditions as work hours ranged from ______to ______hours a day, six days a week, with a half hour for lunch & for dinner There was no security of employment & no ______wage but the worst conditions were in the cotton mills, where ______were especially debilitating ______in the coal mines were also harsh & the introduction of steam power meant only that steam powered engines ______lifted coal to the top o ______the mines, men still bore the burden of digging the coal out while horses, mules, women & children hauled coal carts on rails to the lift o ______included cave-ins, explosions, gas fumes (called ‘‘bad air’’), cramped conditions b/c tunnels often did not exceed 3 or 4 feet in height---& constant ______in the mines resulted in deformed bodies & ruined ______ Both children & women were employed in large numbers in early factories & mines but child labor was exploited more than ever & in a considerably more ______fashion ______had a delicate touch as spinners of cotton, their smaller size made it easier for them to crawl under ______to gather loose cotton & they were paid cheaply (1/6 of a man & 29% of the work force) o Children as young as ______worked 12 to 15 ______per day & six days a week o Some children (apprentice paupers---orphans) worked longer hours under strict discipline & received inadequate food & recreation; many became deformed from being kept too long in contorted positions As the number of children employed declined under the “______” their places were taken by women, who came to dominate the labor forces of the early factories Women made up ______of the labor force in textile (cotton & woolen) factories before 1870 & were mostly ______labor who was paid half or less of what men received The “______of 1834” established workhouses where jobless poor people were forced to live o The intent of this policy was based on the ______that the poor were responsible for their own pitiful conditions & was ‘‘to make the workhouses as close to a prison as possible . . . to establish a ______of work & repulsive as to make them a terror to the poor’’ o More than 200,000 poor people were locked up in ______, family members were separated, forced to live in dormitories, given work assignments & fed dreadful ______</p><p>Standards Of Living One of the most heated debates on the I.R. were concerns the standard of ______ Most historians assume that in the long run the I.R. ______living standards dramatically in the form of higher per capita incomes & greater consumer ______ What certainly did occur in the first half of the 19th century was a widening gap b/t rich & poor The real gainers in the early I.R. were members of the ______class---& some skilled workers whose jobs were not eliminated by the new ______</p><p>Efforts At Change: The Workers Before long, workers looked to the formation of labor ______to gain decent wages & working ______ These new associations were formed by skilled workers in a number of new industries & served 2 purposes o One was to preserve their own workers’ ______by limiting entry into their trade o The other was to gain ______from the employers During the “______Movement” some trade unions were even willing to strike to attain their goals In the 1820s & 1830s the union movement began to focus on the creation of ______unions o One of the leaders in this effort was a well-known cotton magnate & social reformer “______” (1771--1858) believed in the creation of ______associations that would demonstrate to others the benefits of ______rather than competitive living Trade unionism was not the only type of ______action by workers in the early decades of the I.R. The “______” named after Ned Ludd was a group of rebels who traveled around Northern England ______machinery & factories “______” was a much more meaningful expression of the attempts of British workers to improve their condition as its aim was to achieve political ______o Chartism took its name from the ______Charter, a document drawn up in 1838, by the London Working Men’s Association that demanded universal male suffrage, payment for members of Parliament, the elimination of property ______for members of Parliament & annual sessions of ______o Chartism attempted to encourage ______through peaceful, constitutional means, although there was an underlying threat of force, as is evident in the Chartist slogan, ‘‘Peacefully if we can, forcibly if we must’’ o Its true significance stemmed from its ability to ______& ______millions of working-class men & women, to give them a sense of working-class consciousness that they had not really possessed before This political education of working people was important to the ultimate acceptance of all the points of the People’s Charter in the ______</p><p>Efforts At Change: Reformers & Government Efforts to improve the worst conditions of the industrial factory system also came from ______the ranks of the working classes ______individuals, be they factory owners who felt twinges of conscience or social reformers in Parliament, ______against the evils of the industrial factory, especially condemning the abuse of children Their first success was a series of ______passed between 1802 & 1819 that limited labor for children b/t the ages of 9 & 16 to 12 hours a day; the employment of children under nine years old was ______o The laws also stipulated that children were to receive instruction in ______& arithmetic during ______hours o The “______of 1833” strengthened earlier labor legislation as now children b/t 9 & 13 could work only 8 hours a day; those between 13 & 18, 12hours Factory ______were appointed with the power to fine those who broke the ______ In 1847 the “______” reduced the workday for children b/t 13 & 18 to 10 hours & women were also now included in the 10 hour limitation In 1842 the “______” eliminated the employment of boys under 10 & women in mines</p><p>Positive Effects Of The Industrial Revolution The I.R. ______jobs for workers, contributed to the ______of the nation, fostered ______progress & invention, greatly increased the production of goods, raised the ______of living, provided the hope of improvement in people’s lives, produced ______diets, better housing, cheaper mass-produced clothing & expanded ______opportunities (demand for engineers & professional workers)</p><p>Global Effects Of The Industrial Revolution I.R. shifted the world balance of ______, increased ______b/t industrialized nations & poverty in less-developed nations, widened the wealth gap b/t industrialized & non-industrialized countries “______” (extending one countries rule over many other lands) was born out of industrialization o The Age of Imperialism was a time period beginning around 1850 when modern, relatively developed nations were taking over less developed areas, ______them or ______them in order to expand their own power o Age of Imperialism generally refers to the ______of nations such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan & the U.S. in the mid 19th through the middle 20th centuries "The ______" in Persian lands, the "Scramble for ______," & the "Open Door Policy" in ______ The development of the ______gave them a greater opportunity for ______& democratic participation o Greater democratic participation in turn fueled a powerful movement of ______reform</p>
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