the social impact of industrialization
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The Social Impact of Industrialization. HWH UNIT 6 CHAPTER 7.3. Manchester: One of the First Industrialized Cities. Population 1750: 18,000 1850: 300,000 Life Span, 1843 Laborer: 17 (38) Trader: 20 (41) Gentry: 38 (52). New Classes Emerge. The Industrial Middle Class. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Social Impact of Industrialization
HWH UNIT 6CHAPTER 7.3
Manchester: One of the First Industrialized Cities
Population1750: 18,0001850:
300,000Life Span, 1843Laborer: 17
(38)Trader: 20
(41)Gentry: 38
(52)
New Classes EmergeThe Industrial Middle Class
EntrepreneursFactory owners Innovators/inventors“Rags to riches”Laissez-faire
The Industrial Working Class
Urban poorUnskilled, uneducatedLived in cramped,
crowded tenments
The Luddites (early 19th century)