the industrial revolution 18 th century - present

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

18th century - Present

South Korea - Textiles

Begins when:

•Power driven machinery (in factories) replaced work done in homes

Life Dramatically Changes• Before:• People lived the

same as their parents

• Farming• Died at young

age• Rural areas

• After:• People can

move up in society

• Factories• Live longer• cities

After the Industrial Rev:

•People become less self-sufficient

Farming improved with:

–Crop rotation

–Breeding

–New tools

Agricultural Rev. greatly influenced the Industrial Revolution b/c

•-People were making more “$” so they had more “$” to invest…–People invested to businesses

•“The Workshop of the World”

GB takes the lead in this rev b/c

–They have:•A large labor supply (lots of people)•Capital ( $ to invest)•Natural resources

•Indust. Rev begins w/ the factory system!

•Factory system – a method of production where machines & workers work together under the control of managers.

Efficiency is the key word – •Each person has an

individual task –

•No longer does one person actually complete a project

•More can be produced quicker!

ASSEMBLY LINE*First used by Henry Ford when making the Model T

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ASSEMBLY LINE – HENRY FORD

Ford Motor Company – 1913

HENRY FORD

Capitalism is strengthened because of industry

Fly. businesses – bus. owned by families

Partnership – bus. w/ 2 or more entrepreneurs

Corporations – bus. organ. owned by stockholders (they buy shares of stock)

Boom –•

buying , selling, & production are high

Depression –

•economy at its lowest point

Unemployment – The Great Depression

No MONEY – The Great Depression!!!

Social changes due to the Industrial Rev.

-People no longer self- sufficient

–New opportunities to move up the “social ladder”

–Larger middle class

Working class affected the most by this rev!

•Worked long hours- 12- 14 hours a day, 7 days a week,

•Very unsafe conditions

•Disease was high

•No child labor laws

Factories became known as:

•Sweatshops

•Slums

Women’s lives changed the most b/c they went to work!

•They left the home •Their lives were no longer centered on the farms

Life was not easy!•Fly lived together with other

people who worked in the factories

•Their lives were “owned” by the mill owner.

•He owned the factory, their homes & the local stores

New York tenements

1863 - Tenement 12 families

Problems:•no indoor plumbing--diseases spread--introduced chlorination

•horse manure on streets, open sewers, no system of trash removal

•Lots of pickpockets & thieves & con-men--crime-ridden areas controlled by gangs of youth --police depts too small

To make work conditions better:

•Labor Unions were est.

Labor Unions--Associations that formed to increase wages & better working conditions

–To get what they want they can•Strike•Picket•Boycott

They use collective bargaining to get what

they want

Work together for the same goal

Today…Computerized textiles!

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