Impact of Industrialization + Capitalism MC

The Industrial Revolution is one of the few times the human population explodes

• True

• False

Which of the following is true about the impact of Railroads?

• They offered cheap transportation for goods

• They allowed workers to travel long distances

• It created jobs for building and working new railways

• It only lasted a short period before the automobile replaced it

What is the name of the living areas of working class people?

Which of the of the following is true about working class living conditions?

• Crowded

• Dirty

• Full of diseases

• All of these are true

Click on all of the common diseases during the Industrial Revolution

• Cholera

• Typhoid Fever

• Typhus

• Tuberculosis

• Hay Fever

There were laws protecting workers during the beginning of the Industrial age

• True

• False

Which is true about the working conditions of factory workers?

• 14 hour days, 6 days a week

• Work related injuries common

• There was a minimum wage

• Dangerous jobs paid very well

• Work was for adults only

How did the Industrial Revolution destroy the social order?

• Children were forced to work

• Both parents typically had to work

• Children became homeless and orphans

• All of these answers are correct

Which new social class arises out of the Industrial Revolution?

The former peasant class becomes known as the: