Unit 7 Lesson 3 - Social Changes of the Industrial Revolution

Socialism

Any of a number of economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership of the means of production of goods.

Interdependence of nations for trade and commerce

Each nation has certain products it can produce so they trade those products for the products their nation needs.

Unemployment

Having no job, this condition was feared by early laborers.

Charles Dickens

He wrote about deplorable factory conditions in England.

Industrial Revolution

It raised the world's standard of living.

canals

Made distribution cheaper and easier, eliminated delays between water routes

steam locomotives

Made distrubution quicker, cheaper, and easier on land

crushed rock roads

Made land travel quicker, safer, more enjoyable

Collective bargaining

Negotiations between an employer and union representatives concerning wages, hours, and working conditions.

Compensation

Payment to an unemployed or injured worker or his family.

steamboats

Quickened distrubution, lowered transportation costs on water

tariffs

Taxes placed on imported goods that raise their prices

Bourgeoisie

The middle class, especially those having views influenced by private-property interest.

Laissez-faire

The policy opposing government intervention in economics.

Proletariat

The poorest of working people in society. According to Marxist theory, it is the social class of industrial workers who must earn their living by selling their labor.

abuses dealt to the working class, poor conditions under which laborers lived and worked, employers taking advantage of employees, and lack of profits given to employees

These are the factors that gave rise to the theories of Marx.

higher wages, better life style, and variety of entertainment

These are the factors that lured rural families to the city.

cramped quarters, poor sanitary conditions, crime and immorality, and poor housing

These are the problems faced by tenement dwellers.

Better communication and cheaper transportation

These contributed to wider distrubution of goods.

Communists

They support a type of socialism, they believe that the working class would overcome through force, and they seek to set up a future ideal socialist government.

Increase in factory pay

This was the demand of organized unions that represented laborers.