https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex Ethan Fromme en-us 2018-02-12 03:34:50 UTC 2018-02-12 03:47:22 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230461996  Industrial Revolution • Originated in England because of its natural resources (e.g., coal, iron ore) and the invention and improvement of the steam engine • Spread to Europe and the United States • Role of cotton textile, iron, and steel industries • Relationship to the British Enclosure Movement • Rise of the factory system and demise of cottage industries • Rising economic powers that wanted to control raw materials and markets throughout the world ]]> 2018-02-12 03:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230461996 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462055  Technological advances that produced the Industrial Revolution • Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves • Steam engine: James Watt • Cotton gin: Eli Whitney • Process for making steel: Henry Bessemer ]]> 2018-02-12 03:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462055 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462183  Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on industrialized countries • Population increase • Increased standards of living for many but not all • Improved transportation • Urbanization • Environmental pollution • Increased education • Dissatisfaction of working class with working conditions • Growth of the middle class ]]> 2018-02-12 03:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462183 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462232  Capitalism • Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations • Role of market competition and entrepreneurial abilities • Impact on standard of living and the growth of the middle class • Dissatisfaction with poor working conditions and the unequal distribution of wealth in society ]]> 2018-02-12 03:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462232 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462360

Socialism and communism • Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto (written with Friedrich Engels) and Das Kapital • Response to the injustices of capitalism • Importance to communists of redistribution of wealth ]]> 2018-02-12 03:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462360 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462502

 The nature of work in the factory system • Family-based cottage industries displaced by the factory system • Harsh working conditions with men competing with women and children for wages • Child labor that kept costs of production low and profits high • Owners of mines and factories who exercised considerable control over the lives of their laborers ]]> 2018-02-12 03:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462502 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462581  Impact of the Industrial Revolution on slavery • The cotton gin increased demand for slave labor on American plantations. • The United States and Britain outlawed the slave trade and then slavery.  =]]> 2018-02-12 03:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462581 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462642

 The rise of labor unions • Encouraged worker-organized strikes to demand increased wages and improved working conditions • Lobbied for laws to improve the lives of workers, including women and children • Wanted workers’ rights and collective bargaining between labor and management ]]> 2018-02-12 03:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/uj6js4ghmrex/wish/230462642