Industrial Revolution Pt. V: Urbanization

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What is urbanization?

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The exponential growth of the size and population of a city.

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What contributed to the rise of the middle class during the Industrial Revolution?

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The financial prosperity of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of public education.

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Who were part of the new economic middle class?

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Business owners, doctors, lawyers, managers, government employees, and office workers.

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How did leisure and free time change for the middle class?

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A larger middle-class meant more time and money available for sports, theatre, and consumer products.

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What new industries grew alongside the interests of the middle class?

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Commercial advertising, including periodicals and magazines.

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What were the living conditions like for factory workers?

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Whole families worked in dangerous conditions, lived in abject poverty, and were easy targets for a cruel justice system.

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What environmental issues were caused by textile factories?

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Textile factories dumped tons of chemical waste from dyes into the water supply.

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What was 'The Great Stink' of 1858?

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A particularly hot and drought-laden summer in London caused cesspits to break or overflow, leading to a terrible smell.