Industrial Revolution Social and Labor Dynamics

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Course Outline

  1. Industrial social classes
  2. Working conditions in factories
  3. Urban growth and housing
  4. Bourgeoisie lifestyle and wealth
  5. Class conflict and early unions
  6. Labor reforms and worker rights

1. Industrial social classes

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Working class: The working class are unskilled or semi-skilled workers employed in factories.
  • Bourgeoise: The bourgeoisie is the capitalist class linked to owning capital, businesses, or industry.
  • Proletariat: The proletariat is the collective name for the industrial working class, concentrated in factories.
  • Poverty: Poverty is a lack of sufficient resources, shown in overcrowding and poor living standards.

Essential Points

  • Two new industrial social classes were the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
  • The bourgeoisie are also called capitalists or industrialists in the material.
  • The proletariat performed mechanical tasks and were often poorly paid.
  • Factories concentrated proletariat workers rather than spreading them across rural areas.

Memory Hook

Bourgeoisie owns; proletariat works in factories.

2. Working conditions in factories

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. Which group in industrial society is described as the capitalist class that owns capital, businesses, or industry?

2. What best describes the proletariat in the industrial system?

3. Why did the material describe many factories as "industrial prisons"?

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Industrial social classes β€” definition?

Bourgeoisie owns, proletariat works in factories.

Working conditions β€” main issues?

Long hours, poor ventilation, dangerous work, child labor.

Industrial social classes: key groups

Bourgeoisie and proletariat

Proletariat role

Industrial workers in factories

Bourgeoisie role

Owners of capital and industry

Working conditions in factories

Long hours, poor ventilation, danger

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