HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Factory workers obtained equality with capitalists.
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Governments adopted central planning for their new industrial economies.
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Government leaders abolished private ownership of property.
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Rising middle classes demanded greater power in government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution brought rapid urbanization or the movement of people to cities. Changes in farming, soaring population growth, and an ever-increasing demand for workers led masses of people to migrate from farms to cities. Almost overnight, small towns around coal or iron mines mushroomed into cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Class Division At the top of society was the aptly-named upper class. They were wealthy, educated, and owned the factories or buildings in which people worked. They did not work with their hands, but they were also not necessarily nobility.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars, but the period generally spanned from about 1760 to 1840.
Detailed explanation-4: -Industrialisation brought men, women and children to factories. Working hours were often long and wages were poor. Unemployment was common, particularly during times of low demand for industrial goods. Housing and sanitation problems were growing rapidly.