Industrial Revolytion Project
Gabby Reyes 6th period
CHILD LABOR
Children were forced by companies to work 15 hours a day 7 days a week. Enabling them to attend school and get an education.
CHILD LABOR
Children received very low wages compared to adults.
CHILD LABOR
Children 6-10 were forced to work to help support families and were also very important to the industry by getting into small places and very persuadable.
CHILDREN TODAY
Children now spend 5-10 hours on technology.
CHILDREN TODAY
Children now are able to receive education without needing to work.
CHILDREN TODAY
Minimum age to work is now the age of 15 and little hours per week.
WOMEN LABOR
Women worked for far less wage then men but more than children.
WOMEN LABOR
Women's working conditions were poor and unsanitary but far more clean than what children had to work in.
WOMEN LABOR
Women were unable to vote and were nothing without the marriage of their husbands.
WOMEN TODAY
Women today are able to be their own person and do not have to work.
WOMEN TODAY
Women are allowed now to become successful and have the job they choose with good working conditions.
WOMEN TODAY
Women today are now allowed to vote and have a say in the governments decisions.
MENS LABOR
Labor was very harsh and was very unhealthy for the men to work.
MENS LABOR
Labor was very unsafe and deadly and as soon as a man died an immigrant would take his place.
MENS LABOR
Wage was very low and men did receive more than women and children but still was very little to support the family.
MEN TODAY
Men get wages that exceed women to support their families.
MEN TODAY
Men now such as in construction have safety equipment to avoid injury
MEN TODAY
If men get injury then they are treated and get workers comp to pay for expenses and don't lose their job
INJURY
Due to unsafe conditions many lost limbs and often died from infection.
INJURY TODAY
Workers now get workers compensation to pay for medical expenses and get medical treatment that wasn't available in the 1800s.
INJURY
Workers that were seen as useless because f their injury were fired and couldn't work due to their injuries.