AP European History / Unit 6: Industrialization and Its Effects
6.4 Social Effects of Industrialization
Notes
Cities grew rapidly with crowded, unhealthy housing. New classes: the industrial middle class and working class. Child and female labor; the cult of domesticity for middle-class women.
Practice
Industrial cities often suffered from:
Rapid urbanization.
The middle-class ideal of separate spheres meant women should:
Domesticity.
The working class (proletariat) was made up of:
Industrial labor.
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