1. Social impacts of the industrial revolution
Created by Mr. Chamberlin’s 4th period class World History ~ Tamalpais High School

2. Key Impacts Labor Unions Child Labor Laws Capitalism
Socialism/Communism
Middle Class
Artistic Movements (Romanticism & Realism)

3. Labor Unions Many workers in factories started as friendly societies
Working area not equipped to workers needs
Dangerous working conditions
Low wages
Long hours/ no breaks
Unsanitary
Workers created strikes
Collective bargaining

4. Child Labor Laws Societies Response to the Problem:
Child Labor Laws- Full time employment under a minimum legal age.
Problem:
Children like this sometimes worked 19 hours a day.
Injuries and deaths were common in the workplace
They got little pay
Punishment was cruel
Societies Response to the Problem:
Factory Act was Passed in Britain in It stated that it was illegal to hire a child under the age of 9, and that children ages couldn’t work more than 8 hours. Young people from the ages of couldn’t work more than 12 hours.
They also passed the mines act of 1832 which prevented women and children from working under ground.
The U.S. created the childrens buro in 1912 monitor child labor.

5. Capitalism Thomas Malthus
Definition: An economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit
Response:
Capitalism was founded off of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo’s ideas on economy
Supporters of capitalism opposed government efforts to help poor workers
Poor people were unhappy because if the government would pay less attention to their needs
Problem:
Business leaders wanted government to stay out of business
The government wanted to make sure the poor people’s economic status improved

6. Socialism/Communism
Socialism: economic policy in between communism and capitalism
Charles Fourier and Saint- Simon
Communism: all means of production are owned by the people, private property doesn’t exist, and all goods and services are shared equally
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Poor living/working conditions created by industrialization led to new philosophies on economic systems

7. Middle Class A social class of middle workers
professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers
made up of wealth in factory owners, shippers, merchants
Neither rich nor poor
upper middle class
gov. employees, doctors lawyers and managers of factories
lower middle class
factory overseers, toolmakers, mechanical drafters and printers
problem: had wealth, wield power, greater gap between rich and poor
Source: Modern World History Textbook

8. Artistic Movements
-What was the artistic movement? What was Romanticism? Realism?
-Who were some main characters during this revolution, and what were some of the things that they did?