Unit 5 - Changes & Continuities in the Industrial Revolution

Social ● Lower class people took jobs in newly formed factories ● Child labor was introduced and mostly implemented in factories ● New middle class was introduced for factory and mine owners ● Lower class people worked for cheap ● Towns continued to become cities Political ● Trade unions were formed and held strikes and protests ● Marxism or Communism was introduced and gained popularity ● England no longer held power in the colonies ● Women not allowed to vote ● Men make up the government Environmental ● Majority of people were farmers ● Millions of people moved from their towns in hopes of finding work in the city ● Fossil fuels were now widely used for steam engines and locomotives ● Fossil fuels widely used, but now for more means of transportation ● People migrate to find a better job