Industrial Revolution 19 4 living working conditions Kiele

Industrial Revolution 19. 4 living & working conditions Kiele Brogan, Isaiah Kirtley, Dennis Decker, Mathew Reece

SWBAT- describe how different living and working conditions of the IR gave rise to the reform movement • Paid low wages, but needed high enough wages to support their families. • Control over their work hours.

Facts • Working conditions were terrible • People lived in a “slum” • Not much room for all people, people got sick • People worked from 14 -16 hours from 6 days a week • Women earned 1/3 of pay • Children worked 6 days a week, for 8 hours

Objective Review 1 • Question Explain Adam Smith’s “law of supply & demand” and “law of competition” work

Adam Smith Law of Supply and Demand • Profits and prices are fixed by the relationship of S&D • If an article is scarce and demand high profit/prices rise • When supply exceeds demand prices & profit fall Law of Competition • The least efficient business will go out of business • When manufactures quit producing the article, supply of the article will decrease • Well organized producers will make a reasonable profit

Objective Review 2 • Question Describe theory of Utilitarianism as social reform: The Greater Good

Utilitarianism: every act of a society should be judged in terms of its utility or usefulness • Jeremy Bentham • 1789 book- Introduction to the Principles of morals and Legislation • Good useful laws lead to “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” of people • People need education to know what Is good for them and makes them happy • Prison reform, Education reform, Legal reform • Government creates conditions to help as many people find happiness as possible

Objective Review 3 • Question • List and describe social reformers and the issue that reformer took.

Social Reformers and Issues Social reforms • Government needed to regulate work hours and set minimal wage Issues • Terrible issues in mines and factories • Children worked at the age of 9, from 8 hours a day, for 6 days a week.

Objective Review 4 • Question • Describe how workers tried to improve their situation.

How did workers improve the situation • Workers would go on strike but would still get paid • Workers would go on strike & make laws so woman and kids under 10 wouldn’t work in mines • Tried to improve their working conditions by getting into groups to collect, ?

slum • Industrial revolution changed families & lifestyle. • Poor people who worked in factories would live in a slum (a big building where lots of people lived) • Slums where over loaded • Not healthy • very dirty, messy • Families would have to live In one room.

Riots & Strikes • 100’s of strikes took place industrial countries during 1800’s. • Strikers made 2 types of demands, higher wages for workers and more control over working conditions. • Protest increased in size between 1811 -1834, demonstrations ended due to government sent troops to arrest.