Socialists Important people Robert Owen Charles Fourier Saint

Socialists Important people: Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, Saint Simon, Louis Blanc, Flora Tristan Criticized the new class system Industrialization had created. Believed classes should be made more equal Believed workers should have organizations for which to improve their conditions. Many socialists believed the factory system or society as a whole needed to be reorganized to create more equality. “Factors of production” (machines and factories) should be owned by the community and they operate for the welfare of everyone. Utopian Socialists tried out their ideas in small factory communities. Most of these fell apart because people couldn’t agree and would

Marxists Similar ideas to socialists, except that equality could only be achieved through a workers revolution (more in your HW tonight).

Romantics Artists who believed the new industrialized landscape had caused alienation and destruction. Romantics idealized the pre-industrial world.

Prepare for debate (35 -40 min): Was the Industrial Revolution Progress? Prepare notes on the following questions from the point of view of your person: 1. Are you a critic or a supporter of industrialization? 2. How did industrialization impact the worker? 3. How did industrialization impact social issues such as gender and social class structures? 4. How did industrialization impact the economy? 5. What ideas do you have to improve upon the impact of industrialization?