Changes and Continuities in the Industrial Revolution

Name: _________________________________________________ Period: _______ Date: _______ Unit 5 - Changes & Continuities in the Industrial Revolution ) Continuities Changes Social Machinery - Work shifted from skilled artisans to regular people - Lower salary and more people to work Machinery - People still depending on machinery and several innovations Living conditions - City life was rough due to parents being unable to provide for their children - Many children were starved and were forced into child labor Living conditions - Kids had to steal, join gangs, and find different ways to survive Political Worker’s rights - Labor movement - Better salary - Child labor ended - Shorter work hours Worker’s rights - Better salary for workers in certain countries Environmental Agricultural - People moved to cities which causes mass production to skyrocket - Air pollution caused by the smoke and the emissions from burning fossil fuels Agricultural - Farmer and worker output tripled - Farmers started experimenting to create larger livestock and produce Cultural - Destroyed communities and culture Patterns of rural life shattered Child labor - Child labor became a norm and existed around the world Child labor - Employment children - Children stopped receiving education Economic Technological - Cotton gin Lower labor due to machines Lower salary Industrial revolution - Electricity and the light bulb allowed for more works hours and people started working more - Steam engine, used to power steam locomotives, steamboats, machines in factories, etc. - More production equals less cost Owners are wealthy in companies Resources were exported/imported Combustion engine - Combustion engines are now used in many vehicles (cars, planes, etc.) - Allowed for even better inventions - Invention seed drill Telegraph and telephone for communication Where and When Invented Purpose of Invention Changes Brought (Consider SPICE-T impacts) Rank Importance (1-13) Britain 1701 Placed seeds in best locations Production process increased and output 11 England 1764 Faster spinning Increased production time and eight times the amount of excess was created which was sold for profit 7 1769 Large spinning machine used when cloth was made by hand Waterpower and faster production led too an increased economy and production 10 Georgia 1794 Cotton production Faster cotton production 5 steam engine United Kingdom 1698 Transportation Allowed more power and efficiency for better transportation and an increase in workers 3 internal combustion engine Belgium 1791 Transportation Power by explosion 2 Bessemer Process England 1856 Steel production Faster and cheaper, more production of steel 13 electricity United States 1820s Power Direct electricity, power, used to power inventions 1 photography France 1826 To capture a moment in time, create memories Labor movements, showed harsh reality of the horrible working conditions 6 typewriter Milwaukee 1878 Produce printed characters on a piece of paper Faster communication, spread messages and awareness, create more documents faster 8 telegraph Washington DC Communication Long distance communication 12 spinning jenny water frame cotton gin 1837 telephone Illinois 1876 Communication Communication between people 4 locomotives Wales 1886 Transportation Automobile created for efficient transportation 9