https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue Made with love en-us 2017-09-21 20:35:29 UTC 2023-05-22 18:39:50 UTC hello@padlet.com geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189938133 The Industrial Revolution created this new middle class, whose members came from a variety of backgrounds.]]> 2017-09-21 20:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189938133 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189939508 Merchants invested their growing profits in factories.]]> 2017-09-21 20:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189939508 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189940370 Inventors created new inventions for other people to do things more efficiently.]]> 2017-09-21 20:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189940370 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189941148 Middle class families lived well furnished homes on paved streets and had a ready supply of water. They wore fancy clothing and ate well.]]> 2017-09-21 20:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189941148 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189942351 Middle class women did not leave home to work but instead focused their energy on raising their children.]]> 2017-09-21 20:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189942351 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189943342 Working class were poor people that usually lived in foul smelling slums. They packed into tiny rooms in tenements.]]> 2017-09-21 21:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189943342 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189944808 Factory workers worked for 12 to 16 hours long. They only took breaks when factory owner gave permission.]]> 2017-09-21 21:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189944808 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189945452 Miners were needed for iron and coal. This job was very dangerous. Their lungs would get very bad from the dust and they were always in danger of explosives and floodings.]]> 2017-09-21 21:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/189945452 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/190295127 Factories and mines hired many boys and girls too. Most of them started at 7 or 8 but the youngest is 5.]]> 2017-09-22 20:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/190295127 geoffrey_crisp https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/190296172 Cholera was a common disease in the working class because they couldn't afford to have clean water.]]> 2017-09-22 20:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/geoffrey_crisp/y4p6xmfqzxue/wish/190296172