Social Studies OGT Review

Industrial Revolution

• Improved technology in agriculture increased output

• Industrial revolution began in Great Britain• Industrialization results in urbanization– Many move from rural areas into the cities– Poor living conditions in the slums– Poor working conditions• Dangerous, Long hours, Low wages

– Women and children in the factories– Rise of organized labor

» Demand better pay, shorter days, benefits

• Populism and progressivism respond to poor living and working conditions

• Assembly line allowed for mass production– Prices began to fall– Middle class develops with higher standard of

living• Immigration increased to the US because of

job opportunities– Low pay, crowded apartments– Established in own section of the city