Thoughts and Reflections on: We Make More and Live Better questions and answers

Ben Howson
World History 2 per.3
1/5/15

What does the title of this chapter mean?
The title of the chapter means that in making new product and coming up with new ideas, you can change the state of the wold, and bring your self and others out of poverty. It can also mean that in inventing things, such as the type of stuff people invented in the revolution, you can make life better, easier, and really change the world.

What were the social consequences of the new industrialism for the working classes?
Farming was no longer a huge thing that most people did. Many famers left their farms to move to cities and work in factories, making their job a profession. Working in factories had a higher pay, and was really a serious thing. People would work 5 or more days a week, and specialized in something. But the work that they did was very hard, and complex. People had to make sacrifices for their new life, they had to leave everything behind to go and work, because they needed the money. So this became a huge social change.

What factors led to the industrial revolution in Britten?
Basically Britten was growing, and they needed more efficient resources, to help stabilize the growth of the country. Before coal they were using wood, and that was just not cutting it, it was heavy, expensive, and really insufficient. So people went looking for a replacement for it, and they found it right underneath them, coal. It was cheaper, lighter, and way more sufficient, and they had tons of it. But then they needed to make it faster, and solve some of the problems that it created, and they needed to do it fast, because it was such a high demand. So this was really the start of the Industrial Revolution, and it was all because of coal. From then on, people were constantly thinking of ways to revolutionize this, making it better and better, and so they did, and continued to do so.  

What importance demographic, political, and social changes accompanied the first industrial revolution?
So during the first Industrial Revolution, the demographics changed, to to people moving in to the cities, factories being built, houses going up, and really just becoming industrial and urban. There was no longer lots of country sides, and instead concrete and stone buildings. During this time, their were political changes, the wealthy people now relied on them for energy, and human rights rose, laws changed, and people were now able to talk to one another about their ideas, and this really changed everything. Also social changes came up, women no longer had the stereo type of staying at home doing house chores with the kids. Many women went out and worked for these factories, getting pay along with their husbands. This also made the gap between the rich and the poor smaller, because they were making more money. Kids would also work, but this later changed when it became a profession to work in these factories, and you had to have education and specialize in the assembly of things. so those are some of the major things that changed during the first Industrial Revolution.