Industrialization

Before & After

Before Industrialization

*Most people make their living as farmers.

*People use simple hand tools.

*Most people live in farming villages

*Most people have never traveled beyond their villages.

*Farmers work long hours at work that varies by season.

*Children help out with farm work.

*Most people make their own clothes and grow their own food.

*Most power provided by people, animals, water mills, and windmills.

*Slow transportation by animal drawn wagons and by foot.

 

After Industrialization

*Many people make their living in factories.

*Industrial cities and towns grow up

*City dwellers live in multistory tenements.

*Factory workers work long hours, governed by the factory whistle.

*Children work in mines and factories.

*City dwellers buy food and clothing in stores.

*Many factory- made products available.

*New importance of coal and steam as power sources.

*Many new inventions, such as telegraph, anesthetics, and sewing machine.

*Faster transportation by train and steamship.

 

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