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