AP World History: Modern / Unit 5: Revolutions (c. 1750–1900)
5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
Notes
New classes formed: the middle class and the working class (proletariat). Cities grew rapidly with poor conditions. Women and children worked in factories; women's roles changed.
Practice
Industrial cities often had:
Rapid urbanization.
The middle class grew because of:
Industrial economy.
Child labor was common in early factories because:
Cheap labor.
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