6. How did the
Industrial Revolution
change life in the
cities?
Crime rates
increased
Cramped
tenements in
overcrowded
neighborhoods
(slums)
Alcoholism
increased
Disease spread
quickly
Pollution
City planners created
parks, boulevards,
public buildings
Safety improved with
street lights, police
forces and expanded
fire protection
Sewage systems cut
death rates
Trolley lines allowed
people to move further
from their work
7. How did the Industrial
Revolution change the old social
order and long-held traditions in
the Western World?
• Three distinct social
classes emerged –
upper, middle &
working
• Middle class tastes
and values became a
measuring stick for
the working class
• “Cult of domesticity”
• Women sought a
political voice, the
right to vote, the
chance to attend
universities
– Temperance
movement
– Women’s suffrage
• Late 1800s –
improvements to
public education –
more children
attended school,
teacher training
schools were set up
• Colleges &
universities
expanded as well
• Scientists shook
long-held religious
beliefs
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
8. What artistic movements
emerged in reaction to the
Industrial Revolution?
Romanticism
• Reaction to the
Enlightenment
• Writers = combined
history, legend,
folklore
• Music & art –
emphasized feelings
Realism
• Represent the
world as it was,
not idealistic
• Often portrayed
the poor and their
struggles
Impressionism
• The first
“impression” of a
scene from the
viewer’s
perspective