Ch. 7 Section 3 Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution

What led to the massive migration of people from farms to cities?

Changes in farming displaced farmers, caused population growth, and increased demand for workers.

How did members of the working class react to their new experiences in industrial cities?

Some staged futile protests; others turned to Methodism.

What were the social effects of the Industrial Revolutions?

It brought rapid urbanization and created a new industrial middle class and industrial working class. It brought material benefits and new opportunities, but also brought great hardships to factory workers and miners, especially women and children.

How did the Industrial Revolution affect population distribution?

It caused a population shift from rural to urban areas.

How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?

It caused cities to grow quickly, becoming overcrowded and polluted.

How did the Industrial Revolution change the living conditions for both the middle class and the working class?

It improved life for the middle class, but the working class worked long hours for low pay and lived in wretched conditions.

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of men, women, and children?

Men, women, and children worked long hours in unsafe conditions for low pay. Women also had to feed and clothe their families, a double burden.

Why was the Industrial Revolution seen as both a blessing and a curse?

With reforms, it eventually brought the blessings of material benefits and new opportunities, but at first workers lived and worked in wretched conditions and poverty.