Industrial Rev - SAQ’s

Industrial Revolution
Q2) Machines had both a positive and negative effect on the world. They were good because they made jobs easier and took the place of workers in which the owners of factories would have to pay. They were bad because they required smaller people to work them, children, therfore causing the kids to develop uncurrable diseases or die due to exhaustion, fatigue, and/or falling into the machine.
Q3) Crop rotation helped the growing population because its system provided a way to have food during every season of the year; therefore preventing famine and hunger.

Social Ramifications
Q3) After the Factory Acts were approved, factories and mines could only hire children over 9 years old. Employers had to have some kind of documentation for each worker. Children between the ages of 9-13 could not work more than 9 hours a day and children between 13-18 could not work more than 12 hours a day and none of them could work at night. Two hours schooling was required every day for children. Four factory inspectors were appointed to enforce the law throughout the whole country. However, the passing of these acts did not mean that the abuse ended completely.
Q4) Socialism appealed to so many people during the Industrial Revolution because the poor could see the distinction between them and the rich was getting larger and larger, and the idea that everyone could be truely equal and everybody could help each other out. Also, it was said to be able to end poverty and injusitice which made people very happy especially those in that situation.

Inventors & Inventions
Q1) The Cotton Gin had both a positive and negative effect on the slave population. On one hand, it made it easier because they no longer had to search for the seeds in the cotton anymore, they had the machine to do that. But on the other hand, they had to work ten times as hard in order to keep up with the machine. So it was a win-lose situation.
Q5) The advancements in medicines lead to a bigger population due to the fact that the people were not dieing of currable diseases anymore. Louis Pasteur founded the germ theory which states that germs are microorganisms that can be good or bad for your body. He also invented the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax and developed a process called pasturization which prevent diseases from growing inside certain foods.

2nd Industrial Revolution & Mass Society
Q1) The power during the mid to late 19th century switched to the lower classes in the city when the idea of laissez-faire (hands-off) was terminated because the workers had horrible working conditions and were not going to vote for those who gave them bad working conditions; therefore mass society was created. Mass society was an idea that appealed to the lower class because it was in fair of the society and it allowed the government to get involved with businesses and develop rules and regulations for the employers.
Q7) Women's Suffrage allowed women to become more involved with society. Because they could vote, they were able to speak out about different political subjects. Also, the Temperance Movement created controversy and permited women to speak out about alcoholism and different problems pertaining to alcohol.

Labor Unions
Q1) Immigration and the decline of the slave trade helped give Labor Unions more power and influence because more people were coming and going to and from other countries, the Unions enable people to have one work place in which is secure. Also, since slavery was becoming less common, people needed workers, or laborers, in whidh Labor Unions would provide for those businesses.
Q5) Because Lassiez Fair was so money driven, the workers were left in the dust. In other works, the employees did not have good working conditions, therefore causing death and diseases. The employers needed as many worker as possible. Thats when Labor Unions came in handy. They provided workers and were associated with other companies in the same work field.

Japanese & Russian Industrialization
Q5) The Japanese were able to industrialize so easily because they were all on the same page, or they all agreed and pitched in to help industrialize. Also, because they had England and America as examples, and they didn't have a lot of land that they had to change.
Q11) England, Japan, and Russia all had different approaches to industrialization. England did a complete one-eighty when deciding to industrialize and turned the people's lives upside-down. In Japan it was a smooth transition because everyone was on board and willing to change. Unfortunatly in Russia the people were forced to change and were unable to catch up with the other countries.

Industrial Rev - Journal Entry

My name is Noah Berly, I'm 10 years old, and I work for a blanket manufacturer. I have had this job since I was wee lad of 6 years. My work day consists of fixing broken machinery from 6, sometimes 5, in the morning until 8, or 9, in the evening, which was about 14 to 16 hours of work a day. I live fairly close to the mill, so it is not that difficult being on time in if I run. Although if I were to be late, which I have a couple times due to oversleeping, I would be severely beaten. When I was too young to work a machine, I assisted a retched textile worker named John Rex. If I made a mistake he would abuse me physically and verbally. It was as if he didn't care about me at all, like I was just a slave worker or his property and all I was good for was labor. Now if I am late or not working hard enough, an advisor can tie a weight around my neck and force me to walk up and down the ailes in order to inflict embarassment upon myself and to show the others an example of what might happen to them if they aren't on time or if they don't do their job correctly. This could last up to an hour causing my neck to feel awful, almost to the point where I cannot rotate my head. I fear I may develop rickets from working so hard and the abuse. After work I go home for supper, but most of the time I fall asleep before it is served, so I don't end up eating anything due to my fatigue. The pain inflicted on us is unbareable at times. I get so depressed, but I know I have to help provide for my family. Sometimes I wonder if the cruelty will ever stop.