New Ways of Thinking
Karl Marx Calls for Worker Control
- scientific socialism
- The Communist Manifesto
- struggle between the classes
- proletariat was the working class
- capitalism would end when the proletariat united and overthrew it
Utilitarians For Limited Gov't
Laissez-Faire Economics
Explain the reason for laissez-economics during the 19th century.
- what is utiliatarianism?
- add Bentham and Mill to our chart
- gov't should not interfere in the economy
- "hands off" approach
- Adam Smith
- Thomas Malthus
- David Ricardo
Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
What did Marx predict was the future of the proletariat?
Socialist Thought Emerges
Review
Marxism in the Future
How accurate did Marx's prediction about social classes prove to be?
What did John Stuart Mill see as the proper role of gov't?
What did early socialists believe?
- what is socialism?
- a means of production are businesses that produce and distribute goods
- what is capitalism?
- early socialists were called utopians (Robert Owen)
- socialists wanted to abolish capitalism completely
- thought it would always lead to wealth for the rich and injustice for the poor
1. What is laissez-faire economics and who supported it?
2. What is utilitarianism?
3. Name two theories of socialism.
4. What was the response to Marxism across the world?
Homework: Chapter 19 Section 4 #s 2-5 and read Chapter 21 Section 1
- at first, very popular
- social democracy develops, which was gradual transition
- Russian Revolution of 1917
- many countries followed suit
- nationalism wins out over working class loyalty
- free market capitalism essentially wins out
Life in the Factories and Mines
- FACTORIES
- 12-16 hour shifts, 7 days a week
- injuries common, death occurs
- no work = no job
- women part of the workforce, paid less then men
New Social Classes Emerge
Mines
People Move to New Industrial Cities
Britain Leads the Way
- terrible working conditions
- worked in darkness
- lung disease rampant
- explosions
- flooding
- tunnel collapses
- middle class vs. working class
- labor protests begin
- Methodist Church comforts workers, help push towards reform
- rapid urbanization
- Manchester grew from 17k in 1750 to 70k in 1800
- first signs of pollution popping up
Exit Ticket
Children
Review
Why was the Industrial revolution seen as both a blessing and a curse?
Answer the following questions on a half a piece of loose leaf.
1. What caused urbanization?
2. How did factories and mines change how people worked?
3. Name one benefit and one challenge of industrialization
Homework: Chapter 19 Section 3 Questions 2-5 & Read Chapter 19 Section 4
- started working as young as 5
- crawl in between machines or deep into mineshafts
- parents needed the money
How did members of the working class react to their new experiences in industrial cities?
What led to the massive migration of people from farms to cities?
Q & A
Why Britain?
Got it?
Exit Ticket
What conditions in Britain paved the way for the Industrial Revolution?
What led to the advancement of the British textile industry?
- plentiful natural resources
- natural ports and rivers
- canals built were very important to trade
- coal and iron abundance
- trade essential for the British
- many items traded
The Transportation Revolution
Answer the following three questions on a half piece of loose leaf:
1. Why was Britain the starting point for the Industrial Revolution?
2. What changes happnened in the textile industry?
3. Why was the transportation revolution so important?
Homework: On loose leaf, answer Chapter 19 Section 2, questions 2-5. Read Chapter 19 Section 3.
- canals play huge role for moving natural resources
- canals soon replaced by steam locomotives
- why are trains better than canals?
- cyclical chain reaction
The Textile Industry Advances
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Terms to Know
Affect on Slavery
Dawn of the Industrial Age
Why was the development of railroads important to industrialization?
- what are textiles?
- new inventions
- cotton gin most affected imports
- spinning jenny increase speed
- factories pop up all over
- capital
- enterprise
- entrepreneurs
- by importing more cotton, Britain was part of a system that caused cotton planters to purchase more land and slaves, causing economy to depend on slave labor
comprende?
New Innovations in Travel
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Agriculture Spurs Industry
What new technologies helped trigger the Industrial Revolution?
How did an agricultural revolution contribute to population growth?
- Fertilizer helps grow, crop rotation increases revenue
- new machines increase efficiency
- Why would these changes help lead to the Industrial Revolution?
- population explosion
Cities Evolve
The Telegraph
Review
Life Changes as Industry Spreads
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Medical Breakthroughs
New Technology Becomes Key
- begins in Britain in the mid 1700's
- society based on local markets
- move away from rural life
- shift from simple tools to machines
- by 1850, rural areas had become booming cities
On a half a piece of paper, write your name and answer these questions....
- Name three ways life changed an industry spread?
- How did the agricultural revolution effect the growth of industry?
- Name two new technologies discussed?
Homework: On loose leaf to be handed in, answer Chapter 19 Section 1, questions 2-5
Why was the Industrial Revolution a turning point in world history?
- new sources of energy
- coal for the steam engine
- James Watt improves idea of steam engine
- coal leads to iron production
- cyclical influence
The Industrial Revolution Begins