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Effects of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolution (Industrial…
Effects of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolution
Industrial
challenges
Over crowded cities (slums). Slums are created because the city gets overpopulated so people go to slum.
women were paid less, child labor began because parents couldn´t support their children.
workers had to work long hard hours, their owners had complete control over their lives
improvements
cheap goods (mass production)
machines were invented to replace human labor
increased use of metals and minerals (aluminum, coal, copper, and iron)
communication improved (telephone, television, radio)
rural to urban imigration
Agricultural
challenges
overpopulation= competition for food and space
the necessary conditions needed for efficient farming, such as adequate farm buildings, access of roads, drainage of wetlands transport facilities, for marketing and sources of finance for farmers
improvements
started the enclosure acts where wealthy people could purchase public fields and caused a migration from europe
made a greater diversity in vegetable and wheats which supported more livestock and increased farmland
new patterns of crop rotation livestock utilization made better for crop yields
