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Social 30-2
Chapter 5“Impacts of Liberalism”
Words
• Cost of Living.• Industrial Revolution.• Standard of Living.
Up to this point
• It seems that we have been talking about the Benefits of Capitalism and Liberalism.
• How it made life better….• But, things are not always that cut
and dry. • Let’s talk about some of the negative
effects of Capitalism and Liberalism.
Review…
• How does Capitalism work?• What are some pros and cons?
Pros and Cons
• Pro • Con
Industrialization
• In simple words:
• The move from farming to manufacturing.
+ + Effects : Effects :• workers could be disciplined to start at
a specific time and do a specific task• there was a division of labour (work
tasks) to increase productivity.• hardworking entrepreneurs
created/invented new products to make money
- - Effects : Effects :• factories had harsh rules - exploited
workers• low wages and people lived in slums in
the cities• quality of life was worse than before
factories existed.
Workplaces
• From historical evidence we can determine that the work places were not focused on safety or health.
• Many Men, Women, and Children worked in Coal Mines, Cotton Mills, Etc…
“North and South”
Move to the cities
• As farms became mechanized, people moved to the cities.
• They though they would find good jobs.
• But, many found jobs in factories that were not that glamorous.
Continued
• As the IR progress, Laissez-faire capitalism took hold.
• Governments felt that the factory would take care of the people.
• The factory owners got richer and richer and took advantage of the workers.
During the IR
• During the IR factory workers made great profits.
• They were called robber barons.• Robber baron was a cold name given
to mean someone who was cold and ruthless in pursuit of money.
• They called them selves Captains of Industry by people who supported capitalism.
Income Gap and Cost of Living
• As rich people invested more money, they got richer and richer.
• With this, the gap between rich and poor got larger and larger.
• Peoples standard of living did not improve during the IR.
• Although people had more money, the cost of living also increased.
• I think we can understand that in this town!
Problems for the working class
• The ideas of “true” classical liberalism led to workers being mistreated.
• Cities became polluted and slums formed.
• Long hours, child labor, without government intervention.
Continued…
• Workers worked in unforgiving situations.
• Long hours, no ventilation, disease.• There were also a sharp rise in child
labor as families needed more income.• Children were small, agile, and cheep.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVwitVRTuTw&feature=related
• When my mother died I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould scarcely cry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.
• There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,That curl'd llke a lamb's back. was shav'd: so I said"Hush. Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bareYou know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."
• And so he was quiet & that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned or Jack.Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black.
• And by came an Angel who had a bright key,And he open'd the coffins & set them all free;Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run,And wash in a river. and shine in the Sun.
• Then naked & white, all their bags left behind,They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind;And the Angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,He'd have God for his father & never want joy.
• And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark.And got with our bags & our brushes to work.Tho' the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm;So if all do their duty they need not fear harm