mr. mizell the negatives of industrialization. eq: what were the negative effects of the industrial...
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Mr. Mizell
THE NEGATIVES OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
EQ: What were the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution on individuals and society?
Living Conditions
Most factory workers lived in tenementsCheap, multifamily housing (8 or more
to a room)Cities did not plan for growth of populationLack housing, no drains on streetsNo sanitary codes (people were
throwing garbage and waste on the street or in rivers)
Disease and sickness is widespreadCholera
How the Other Half LivesJacob Riis – journalist who exposed the
slums and poverty of the citiesConsidered a “muckraker”
Company Towns
Some workers lived in company towns
Located near factories. They were setup by the factory owner
Cheap housing and a company storeWorkers would work all day make a
little money and spend it at the company store [money goes back to the business/owner]
Workers are taken advantage of
Working Conditions
Dangerous and unsanitaryWhy?
Owners do not want to spend money making factory safe and clean
All about profit; no government involvement (laissez-faire/capitalism)
British study found that those working in factories lived 20 years less than those in the countryside
In NYC, fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (1911)146 workers were killed, most were women
Doors were kept locked to keep people in/out
Meat Packing IndustryUpton Sinclair
Muckraker who investigated the meat packing industry in Chicago
Wrote The Jungle
Answer in your notes
1. What was most surprising to you?
2. What do you think was Upton Sinclair’s motive for writing The Jungle
3. How do you think the public responded?
Child Labor
Children from 5 – 14 worked25% - 30% of children in industrial countries worked
Why?Help the family (money)Better than being on the streetsSchool is optional
What about today?
Around 250 million Child Laborers in the world (2011)
Short-Response (8 or more sentences)
Was the Industrial Revolution good, bad, or both for society? Explain
Who benefited? ExplainWas it fair? ExplainHow would things be different today had the Industrial Revolution not occurred?
Vocab Review
StrikeTo refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
TenementOvercrowded, run-down, and low cost housing in cities
CapitalismEconomic system based on the private ownership of businesses to make a profit
TextileAny cloth or fabric produced by weaving/knitting
MonopolyWhen one company has total control of a product/service
RealismShowing life how it is
ProletariatThose who do manual labor and work for wages; working class
UrbanizationGrowth of cities and migration of people into them
EntrepreneurA person who manages and takes on the risks of a business
SocialismEconomic system where the factors of production are owned and controlled by the state or public
MuckrakerThose who seek to expose corruption and social injustice
PlutocracyWealthy have power and rule society
IndustrializationThe development of industries for the machine production of goods
NativismBelief that native born people are superior to immigrants
Labor UnionGroup of workers that try to improve working conditions/wages
Mr. Mizell
SOCIETY’S REACTION
EQ: How did societies react to the problems of the Industrial Revolution?