6.2.3

=Industrialization=

A 6.2.3 A

Back in Russia in 1869 the Atomic Theory developed. However unfortunately during this time period there wasn’t much going for Russia. The men had the rights to vote, but it didn’t matter after the standard of living went up. The standard of living could mean many things. In this case it meant that the gap between workers and middle class was widening. It was obvious by this time who was poor and who had enough to survive. Aside from that like America, Russia began to be dominated by the progress in industrialization, and dramatic changes [like the standards of living] were clear. It wasn’t all bad in the United States. The dramatic changes sometimes meant very good things. The poor still lived in slums, and they were obviously different from the middle class; but the changes effected nearly everybody positively. Paved streets, gas lamps, street lights, sewage systems, water supplies, and sanitation all began to develop. Even though sanitation was beginning to develop, people still got sick. If a poor family got sick it could be enough to ruin the family, as medical bills were expensive. Not long after these changes were made, cities began to develop as well. The cities attracted the attention of civilians advertising, music halls, opera houses, theaters, libraries, museums, sports, and entertainment. Not to mention Darwins theory of Natural Selection in 1859. Over in Germany, they were making more discoveries than natural selection however. Bacterium causing respiratory disease was discovered, along with malaria and where it comes from. Germs were found under microscopes, and citizens were changing their clothes and bathing more often than usual. With that the death rate was decreased greatly. A little later on Germany fought the Franco-Persia war, and won. This put Germany as the dominant power in Europe. For industrialization this did a lot for Germany. The chemical and electric standards were set world wide based on Germanys. Not only that but banking systems and economic develop were also used for reference. Germany then had a spectacular population growth, making a large selection of industry workers, and putting Germany ahead of foreign competition. It wasn’t until the late 1800’s that Germany hit a depression; until then everything seemed ahead of schedule.

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C  Lot of people got more jobs in the industries. If the jobs were open people would take it no matter how dangerous. A lot of people started to move to the cities and chopped down the recourses to build industries. There were changes to the farming. The British market town of Manchester, a few years after 1750’s exploded into a center of the textile industry. Many people moved with the industries' growth. People described it as the “cloud of coal vapor” that polluted the air. The industrial revolution brought a middle class along with a working class. The people who lived in the middle class owned and operated the new factories, mines, and railroads, among other industries. They had it made better than others. The Industrial working class had it bad for there conditions. The poor person was to live in tenements, or multistory buildings divided into apartments. The spread of diseases was from the contaminated drinking water. Labor unions or workers organizations, were illegal at this time, secret unions did exist among frustrated british workers. They wanted more pay. Some lead to violence. The instances do to the Industrial revolution occurred in England from 1811 to 1813. People were fed up with machines taking there jobs. The heart of the industrial city was the factory. They took people under ground witch made the work place more harsh. One of the worse things of the Revolution was that children had harsh jobs. To this there were acts and laws stopping this this was called “factory acts”. There were bad and good out looks to the Industrial Revolution.