Post on 17-Jan-2016
The Impact of the Industrial Revolution
Caused major changes in:
• Economic systems• Science & technology•Government & citizenship
Economic Systems
Changed the way goods are produced
and led to a global economy.
Science and Technology
New inventions changed the way people lived, worked, traveled and
communicated.
Government and Citizenship
Nationalism and imperialism made the
nations of western Europe and the United States world powers.
Pre-Industrial Age
Cottage Industry
Cottage Industry
Most people were farmers
Cottage Industry
A few basic goods produced in the
home
Cottage Industry
Required a wide range of skills
Cottage Industry
Literacy not important
Cottage Industry
Children worked at home with their
families
Cottage Industry
Family sold its goods at market
Cottage Industry
Few people in the middle class
Cottage Industry
Technology advances slowly
Industrial Age
Factory System
Goods produced in large factory complexes
Factory System
Assembly line work required few skills
Factory System
Literacy is important
Factory System
Children worked in factories and
mines
Factory System
Workers earn wages from employer
Factory System
Explosion in production of
goods
Factory System
Middle class expands
Factory System
Technology advances rapidly
Begins in Great Britain
Factors of Production:
Resources that can be converted into goods
& services.
Human• Resources Resources
Capital Resources
The Impact of the Industrial Revolution
On Warfare
American Civil War