Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Large cities created

Poll

Would you rather...

• Work on a farm in the country (no tech)

• Live in the cramped city with all the latest technology

Living Conditions

Poll

What do you think would be the worst part about living in tenements?

• Sharing one room with your whole family

• Dangerous living conditions

• The constant smell of sewage and rotten trash

• Likelihood of getting really sick

• Disgusting and dirty living conditions

If you were a child then...

Poll

Would you rather...

• school with teacher who hit you for bad behavior

• factory with dangerous conditions

• be a servant in rich person's home

• finishing school to learn how to be a good spouse

Change came slow

Committees

Raising awareness

Strikes

Effects of industrial revolution

• Labor Laws

• Schools for children

• Rich got richer

• Middle class grew

• Poor got poorer

• Polluted cities

• Major growth in innovation

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to get out of poverty?

• Win the lottery

• Well rounded education

• Wait for higher pay

• Borrow money