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Major Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Major Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Urbanization
People looking for work inhabit the region, despite the low wages
Social support services are established (stores, pubs, churches etc.)
Houses and tenements are built
Cultural life emerges (theaters, operas, museums)
Working Class Exploitation
Women and children work with low wages
Exploitation of workers with very long hour shifts
Alcohol consumption in record ammounts
Workers are often in debt
Men turn to crime
Family life is disrupted
Class Division
Investors that make profit become richer
New rich (nouveau riche)
The economy benefits and the rich are oblivious
Emergence of Capitalism
Profits from factories are enormous
Comfortable, luxurious lifestyle in wealthy homes
Steam engine replaces the water frame
Enclosure Acts
Landowners can buy pieces of common land from the government
A lot of poor families lose their livelihood
Child Exploitation
Typically between ages 8 and 14
Extreamly dangerous and unhealthy
Casualties rates go up
Factory Working Impact on Health
Lung cancer
Tuberculosis
Emphysema
Injury
Horrible Quality of Life
Life expecancy is 30
Cancer
Water unfit for drinking
Suicide rates double, and then triple