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.