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The Transformative Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on Urban Life and Social Classes

The Industrial Revolution sparked rapid urbanization driven by population growth and a demand for industrial labor. Cities grew around factories, leading to the emergence of new social classes, including the aristocracy, middle class, and a sizable working class. Living conditions in crowded tenements without sanitation led to health crises, while factory work was grueling, often involving long hours and dangerous conditions. Despite these hardships, this period also laid the groundwork for social mobility and economic growth, although it starkly highlighted the inequalities within society.

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The Transformative Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on Urban Life and Social Classes

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  1. Impacts of the Industrial Revolution

  2. Because of the population explosion and high demand for workers in factories people began to urbanize and move into cities in very LARGE quantities. Urbanization

  3. New Social Classes Emerged Aristocrats Middle Class Working Class Managers, accountants, ministers, lawyers, doctors, and other skilled professionals Business Owners Factory workers in the cities and peasant farmers in the countryside

  4. Social Hierarchy

  5. Cities grew around factories These cities grew rapidly, without planning Working people lived in tenements in hellish slums The lack of planning meant that there was no sewage, running water, or sanitation system City Life

  6. No sanitation meant the streets were filled with trash

  7. The crowded, filthy slums were a breeding ground for diseases such as cholera

  8. Factory work was difficult and dangerous Typical shifts lasted 12 to 16 hours If you complained, you were fired. If you got sick, you were fired. If you got hurt and could no longer work, you were fired. Working Life in Factories

  9. Women at Work • Factory owners hired women because they could pay them less • Women with families worked 12 hours a day and were still expected to cook, clean, etc. when they finally got home.

  10. Families needed the income working children could provide. Children could be hired at very low wages Children worked in the same dangerous factories, for the same long hours Public Education was available, but not required. Children at Work

  11. Wealthy Class = small % Working Class = LARGE % Because of urbanization people were living side-by-side and could see the huge differences among classes right before their It was not allllll bad Vs.

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