The%20Industrial%20Revolution:%20Cause%20and%20Effect%20Relationships

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The Industrial Revolution Cause and Effect
Relationships
Based on the book Fortunately, Unfortunately By
Remy Charlip
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Fortunately

• People began thinking creatively, and created new
  inventions which made it easier to farm

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Unfortunately

• There was less work to do on farms, so more
  people moved to the city.

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Fortunately

• More things were invented

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Unfortunately

• Inventions cause pollution

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Fortunately

• Machines help us

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Unfortunately

• Working conditions were dangerous for those who
  worked on these machines

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Fortunately

• More jobs were made

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Unfortunately

• Work day was long and the pay was low

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Fortunately

• Steam engines were invented and they improved
  transportation

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Unfortunately

• Steam engines burned huge amounts of coal and
  produced little energy

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Fortunately

• Indoor plumbing was invented

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Unfortunately

• Most people didnt have indoor plumbing and
  everyone on the block shared 1-2 outhouses,
  causing disease

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Fortunately

• The cotton gin was invented

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Unfortunately

• More African Americans were enslaved and they
  were pushed to work harder

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Fortunately

• Surgery was invented

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Unfortunately

• Medical care was crude and painful. Half the
  people that had a surgery did not survive

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Fortunately

• More jobs were created in the Industrial
  Revolution

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Unfortunately

• Many children worked in factories and in coal
  mines under harsh conditions

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Fortunately

• New Hampshire is the first US state to regulate
  child labor which legislated that children could
  work no more that 10 hours a day

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Unfortunately

• People, including children worked machines

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Fortunately

• Machines sped up the time it took to create
  materials

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Unfortunately

• People, including children, were often injured or
  killed by these machines

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Unfortunately

• People including children were paid low wages
• Adults were paid 6 per week
• Children we paid .50 cents per week

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Fortunately

• US trade unions formed and fought for higher
  wages and short working hours

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Fortunately

• The IR continues in different parts of the world

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Unfortunately

• Pollution and child labor continue to be a
  problem in developing countries