How Did The Industrial Revolution Change Society? Flashcards
How did the Revolution change society?(4)
- Britain no longer a rural agriculture country
- Industrial Revolution led to growth of towns
- Rapid growth of population
- New social order
How much did the population grow from 1750 - 1850?
10 million - 30 million
Why did people migrate from the South to the North And Midlands ?
Because coal and iron and steam power lay in the Midlands and the North.
What was the consequence of the population growth?
Whole new cities rose out of nothing
How many cities were they in England and Scotland outside of London in 1785 and how many were they 70 years later?
Only 3 cities grew to more than 31 cities.
What was the state of hygiene?(6)
Lots of pollution Little sanitation Little running water Water pollution Refuse left to rot in streets Air pollution
Why did family life disintegrate?
Whole families lived in single rooms
What were the consequences of these unhealthy living conditions?
Disease spreed easily
Crime rose at times of unemployment or economic depression
What were conditions like for workers?
Conditions were not good-mainly due to the “laissez-faire” government policy of not interfering in business.
A world of the free market regulated within itself by certain natural laws such as ______ and ____.
Supply
Demand
What was supply and demand?
The amount of goods and services that are available for people to buy compared to the amount of goods and services that people want to buy
What was the effect of the laissez faire on factory owners?
They could what they liked and their employees had little or no power to change the situation.
True or false
Kids as young as 6 would work in the mines
True
How did the working class respond to the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution?
The workers although they had no political power and little economic power were not entirely passive under the system.
One group called the _____ resorted to violence and machine breaking.
Luddites
Who were the Chartists?
They sought to gain political rights and political power in order to improve conditions.
Other working class members formed _______ _______ to bargain for better _______ and working _______.
Trade Unions
Wages
Conditions
Who were the Luddites? (3)
- A group of skilled workers/craftsman
- Organized a campaign to destroy machinery which was taking away their livelihoods
- Often clashed with mill owners
How were the Luddites defeated?(4)
- Troops guarded the mills and machines
- Penalties for machine wrecking ranged from 14 years
- 17 Luddites were hanged
- Government spies
What were the Trade Unions?
Trade unions are organizations formed by workers from related fields that work for the common interest of its members.
Who were the Chartists?
- Members of a mass movement which tried to bring changes to political system.
- They drew up the people’s charter
The Chartists realized that if the working class was to improve wages and working conditions they had to have ______ _____.
Political powers
True or false
They wanted to overthrow the system by force instead of applying pressure through strikes, petitions, demonstrations and appeal to the people’s charter.
False, they didn’t want to overthrow the system by force.
People’s charter
- ) Vote for all men over the age of ____
- ) Secret _____
- ) Payment of _____
- ) Making _______ same size
- ) An _____ parliament
- ) Doing away with the requirement of MP’s owning fixed ______
21 Ballots MP’s Constituencies Annual Property
