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The Industrial Revolution
Section 3- Hardships of Early Industrial Life
Chapter 7
New Industrial CityIndustrial Revolution brought rapid
urbanization- movement of people into citiesMany people were poor and forced to live in tenements- crowded apartments without running water or sewage systems
Waste and garbage was left to rot in the streets
Factory SystemRigid disciplineWorking hours were long- 12 to 16 hoursDangerous conditions- could lose a
finger or die
Factory System
Women workers Paid women less for the same work
Took women out of the home- changed the family system
Factory SystemChild labor
Children had helped with the farm work, so they were used to children doing some work
Children earned wages to keep their families from starving
Child Labor
Working ClassNew religious movement
Methodist- set up Sunday schools , taught people to read and write in order to study the Bible
Methodist movement was started by John Wesley
Benefits and ProblemsMerchants and Inventors had little sympathy for the poorTerrible working conditions led to labor unions
Bad living conditions, but people could buy more consumer goods