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The Legacy of the Industrial Revolution: Education, Sanitation, and Medical Advances

Discover how the Industrial Revolution led to advancements in education, sanitation, and medicine, impacting demographic changes and shaping modern society. Explore the causes behind the drop in death rates and birth rates in different areas, and the significant progress made in public health during this transformative period.

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The Legacy of the Industrial Revolution: Education, Sanitation, and Medical Advances

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  1. Warm Up: 3-8-13 • Where do you think the industrial revolution happens on this curve. • What causes death rates to drop in area 2? • What causes birth rates to drop in area 3?

  2. The “Good” side Legacy of the Industrial Revolution

  3. Education • Initially started as part of the Factory Acts of 1802, 1819, 1831, 1833 • Developed into the modern idea of free public education

  4. Sanitation • Diseases like cholera spread in large cities • 1850’s city planers begin to build sewage systems • Greatly reduced spread of disease

  5. Medical Advances • Doctors researching Cholera epidemics begin to come up with Germ Theory • Louis Pasteur- proves existence of microorganisms and invents Pasteurization

  6. Demographic Changes • Advances in sanitation and medicine cause: • Death rates to plumet • Population skyrockets • UK • 1801: ~8,000,000 • 1901: ~30,000,000

  7. Big Picture • The industrial revolution is responsible for much that we take for granted. • What to look forward to: • Class Struggle • Unions • COMMUNISM!

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