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The Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Social Impact (1750-1915)

This educational resource explores the hardships experienced during the Industrial Revolution, focusing on urbanization, worker housing, and the living conditions in industrial cities like Manchester. It examines the stark realities faced by the new urban poor, including pollution, slums, and diseases like cholera. The presentation discusses child labor, long working hours, and the struggle for workers' rights, highlighting the roles of women and the emergence of social movements like Methodism. This content is ideal for understanding the socio-economic transformations of the era.

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The Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Social Impact (1750-1915)

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  1. Hardships Chapter 7.3 Ms. Ramos

  2. Industrial Cities Ms. Ramos

  3. Ancient Lights. "The Industrial Revolution (1750-1915).“ Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Ms. Ramos

  4. Worker Housing in Manchester PPT Palooza

  5. Urbanization • Manchester • 17,000 in 1750s • 40,000 in 1780 • 70,000 in 1801 Ms. Ramos

  6. Consequences • Pollution • Noisy • Stench Ms. Ramos

  7. Poor Concerns/Problems • Slums/ tenement • No water • No sewage • Cholera & disease spread Ms. Ramos

  8. The Life of the New Urban Poor: A Dickensian Nightmare! PPT Palooza

  9. Tenements http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Floorplans2.jpg http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Floorplans2.jpg Ms. Ramos

  10. Factory System Ms. Ramos

  11. Ancient Lights. "The Industrial Revolution (1750-1915).“ Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Ms. Ramos

  12. PPT Palooza

  13. Discipline/ Work Conditions • 12-16 hour work day • No safety • Coal mines– lungs • Textile– air w/ lint • Sick/injured– lost job Ms. Ramos

  14. Women Workers • Women adapt easier than men • Paid less than a man • Prob w/ women out of home--- still have to “work” @ home: clean, cook, clothe family Ms. Ramos

  15. https://www.msu.edu/~elenbaa6/webquest/images/child%20labor.jpghttps://www.msu.edu/~elenbaa6/webquest/images/child%20labor.jpg Ms. Ramos

  16. Child Labor • Textile mills • Narrow mine shafts • Family needs wage to keep from starving • Hire orphans • Deal w/ local officials • Parliament begins labor laws 1830- 1840s Ms. Ramos

  17. http://mhslibrary.org/Teacher%20Projects/Teacher%20Projects/Social%20Studies/D%27Acquisto/Industrial%20Revolution/childworker.jpghttp://mhslibrary.org/Teacher%20Projects/Teacher%20Projects/Social%20Studies/D%27Acquisto/Industrial%20Revolution/childworker.jpg Ms. Ramos

  18. http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/DBQs2002/child_labor3.jpghttp://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/DBQs2002/child_labor3.jpg Ms. Ramos

  19. http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl4580l.jpg Ms. Ramos

  20. Working Class Ms. Ramos

  21. Protest • Machines cost jobs • Luddites- rioters of machines in U.K. • Soldiers respond • Forbid organizing & bargaining • Strikes outlawed Ms. Ramos

  22. http://www.goldenswamp.com/blogimages08/12/luddites.jpg http://aperio.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834203d1f53ef01156fbdb05c970c-800wi Ms. Ramos

  23. Spread of Methodism • John Wesley • Hymns/sermons • Personal faith– forgiveness & better to come • Salvation message to slums • Sunday school- read & write Bible • Channel anger– rev– social reform http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/uploads/images/John%20Wesley_3%231%23.jpg Ms. Ramos

  24. Middle Class Ms. Ramos

  25. “Upstairs”/“Downstairs Life” PPT Palooza

  26. Traits • Homes • Dress ate well • Gain influence w/ Parliament • Oppose improving conditions for workers Ms. Ramos

  27. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_02/OldFashion1RAY_800x501.jpghttp://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_02/OldFashion1RAY_800x501.jpg Ms. Ramos

  28. “Ladylike” • No work • Factory • Home (hire maid) • Educate daughter to be “ladylike” Ms. Ramos

  29. Values • Hard work • Determination • Poor were lazy/ignorant– they couldn’t work their way out of poverty Ms. Ramos

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