Effects
of the Industrial Revolution
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- wages were
low, and work hours long
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- people moved
away from farms to cities because of the factories and many jobs
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- living conditions
were unhealthy because cities were overpopulated
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- people lived
without water, lights, and toilets
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- the Industrial
Revolution forced people to live in closer proximity of each other
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- capitalists
got richer and greedier
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- the gap
between the rich and the poor got bigger
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- poeple (Luddites,
for example) protested against the damage Industrialization was doing
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- trade unions
were formed, then later declared illegal
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