The Industrial Revolution: Before and After
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Create a chart that compares life before and after the Industrial Revolution
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- WORKING CONDITIONS
- Before The Industrial Revolution
- WORKING CONDITIONS
- After The Industrial Revolution
- For many, pre-Industrial working conditions included strenuous labor on farms. For hundreds of years, subsistence farming allowed families to stay together and rely on themselves for survival. Although the working conditions were challenging, it allowed for more independence and autonomy on their farms.
- LIVING SPACE
- During the Industrial Revolution, the demand for labor in factories and mills grew substantially. With a lack of labor laws, the conditions were nothing short of brutal. Workers were responsible for working in unsanitary and unsafe environments for upwards of 18 hours a day. Workers fought for better protection and rights as accidents and deaths became more common.
- LIVING SPACE
- Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Europeans relied on agriculture for income and survival. People lived in small villages and towns and worked on the land that they lived on. Door-to-door vendors or small community markets were the primary means for people to acquire goods, but the family grew most of the food they needed themselves.
- TRANSPORTATION METHODS
- With the increase in factory work and mass-production, people moved from rural farmlands to growing cities. Low income housing began to expand around the factories and mills. Living conditions were typically overcrowded and unsanitary. Millions of city dwellers faced the constant threat of disease and an increase in childhood death rates.
- TRANSPORTATION METHODS
- Transportation was a major challenge for both individual and economic growth. Because horses and sailing ships were the main transportation methods, very little could be accomplished efficiently over a large area. In addition, it was common for people to live in a single area for the entirety of their lives.
- With the creation of the steam engine, locomotive, and automobile, the transportation of people, items, and ideas revolutionized the interconnections of societies around the world. Canals, roads, and railroads were allowed for the explosion of new opportunities for personal and economic improvement.
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