Bugle Volume 1, Issue 1 November 2014 Industrial Revolution Domestic System vs. Factory System What did the industrial revolution do for us? By: Tiffany Type your sub-heading here Tiffany Corporations By: Tiffany The industrial revolution is a period of time when the process of manufacturing was changing. Some changes that led to the revolution was changing from hand tools to machines, the use of steam and other powers instead of humans and animals, and the use of factory systems. Some things that would not exist without the revolution is automobiles, telephones, radios, and electricity. Tiffany Corporations Urbanization Urbanization is when there’s a sudden growth of population in the urban areas. Urbanization gave people jobs, but there is a negative side to all the working and jobs. Something’s that urbanization caused is the stand of living was terrible because of over populating the air was polluting, and there was a shortage of water. It also caused family structure to change since the men had better jobs the men became the head of the households and made enough for the The domestic system was a manufacturing system where workers make products in their own homes. The factory system was the start of using machines to manufacture products. With the domestic system, manufacturers can work at their own pace and products can be more unique and one of a kind. With the factory system, the product would be more durable, cheaper, and easier to make. Which system would you choose the cheaper, durable one or the one made with love and care? Cotton Industry and Domestic Labor The cottage industry was a type of domestic system. The cottage industry was first used to help farmers during the winter months because they couldn’t farm. The cottage industry referred to people who worked from their own homes sewing or lace-making. Continued on page 2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 Industrial Revolution Changing Us? 1 Protect Domestic Labor? 4 NEW TECHNOLOGY Domestic labor is a worker who does household chores for the family. For example, a domestic worker would be a maid. A maid takes care of the house and does things like clean the house. Domestic labor is someone Continued on page 3 Newsletter 1 Continued from page 1 women to stay home so it cause gender discrimination. Population during urbanization boomed because of all the jobs. It gave people a chance to make something more of themselves and provide for their families. Cities have always been the center of economic growth because that’s where everything is built and where jobs are offered. So during urbanization, everything grew causing positive and negative effects. industrial times, the work was hard, but there were no benefits to working. Labor laws are what the employees can expect from the job. Labor laws cover things like what days employees can get off, wages, safety, and benefits. What caused labor unions? Labor unions formed because the people just wanted fair rights. Labor unions fought for the benefits that hard workers weren’t getting and fought against child labor. In order to be heard, labor unions started to go on strikes. What better way to get attention than to go on a strike? The strikes would get violent, but at the time they just wanted what they were asking for. When our rights are taken from us things can get dirty. Inside Look into Child Labor Young Chris Evans has had enough of working. In a recent interview, he says he just wants to be a kid again. He wants to be able to run around and play ball again. We all must remember adults are the ones who are supposed to provide for our children not the other way around. Chris says, “Working is so tiring I am only 9 years old, and I have to work like my parents. It’s just not fair. I want to go to school and play outside.” Who can stand there and ignore this child’s plea? Adam Smith Adam Smith is the author of The Wealth of Nations. The Wealth of Nations is one of the most influential books of all time. Smith was the main thinker behind the idea of laissez-fair economics. He wanted the government to stop telling businesses what to do, and businesses to follow the “invisible hand” instead. Smith was also contributed to the division of labor. The division of labor is a system that divides work giving one task to one person and another task to another person. For example, making a toy car one person can make the body all day, and the other person could work on the wheels and put them on. Emigration and Immigration Emigration during the industrial revolution was huge. Everyone wanted to go to the urban cities because that was where the jobs were. If there was work then the people were going to that are because work provides for the family. Immigrants also cam flourishing in from other countries. The main source for all of this traveling is the source of money, and with money there comes food and security. Labor Laws & Labor Unions Labor is the hard work employees put out. During the Newsletter 2 Continued from page 1 Karl Marx Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto. Marx thought that hired to perform household chores. Some may disagree with domestic labor because some domestic workers are treated more like slaves rather than actual workers. during the industrial revolution it caused the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. Marx came up with the idea of communism. Marx believed that since there were more workers than owners the workers would get tired and start a revolution. To Marx, he believed that everyone would make the same amount of money, there would be no social classes, and the society would only produce what it needed. Marx’s communism believed that there would be no private ownership and everything would be owned by either the state or government. This is definitely the less violent idea of communism. “The production of too many useful things results in too many useful people.” –Karl Marx CALENDAR OF EVENTS SPECIAL EVENT THE STREETS ALL DAY Strike for Rights SPECIAL EVENT EVERYWHERE ALL DAY Help clean up your community Newsletter 3 Get the New Technology NOW! Spin more thread NOW with “Spinning Jenny” Produce yarn faster and make more money? Don’t mind if I do. Reliable source of energy? COUNT ME IN! Cody Sellers 777 Gates Drive Thomasville, AL 36784 BULK RATE US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 00000 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney, NSW Newsletter 4 Newsletter 5
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