Industrial Revolution Changes

American Studies Chapter Twelve Group Assignment

Pre-Industrial Society (327-330)	Commercial and Industrial Revolution (338-346)
Religion Puritanism Order and Intelligence Reverend commands through sermons and high position Salvation through attending Church Main Belief: Original Sin	Religion Evangelicalism Personal Faith (you) Democratic way of believing Salvation through conversion and repentance Main Belief: Morally Respectable Behavior
Family Lived and worked together Strong patriarchal control Followed the ways of their ancestors	Family Lived and worked together Weaker patriarchal control More of an original lifestyle with less ancestral influence
Work-Life Sun-up to Sun-down in fields Worked extra at home Work and home combined Apprenticeship with skilled artisans Work pace varied with orders	Work-Life Sun up to sun down (same long days) Strict bell schedule Work and life seperate Free labor ideas Much more worker mobility high turnover
Social Order Strict social hierarchy Elite>Professionals>Artisans>Farmers>Paupers>Slaves	Social Order Wealthy artisans upset social order Dynamic classes (upper, middle, lower) Emergence of the middle class (white collar workers)
Economy barter with nearby community Made many goods yourself Local-based	Economy Cash based economy Bought stuff from stores International
Women’s Role Directly controlled by husbands No Legal Rights/vocie Boys learned from Dad and girls learned from Mom	Women’s Role *More independent and more of a partner in relationship Read decorating magazines and had mother's clubs Emerging voice through strikes and 10hr day demands Independent in Factories Had fewer children through abstinence Mothers raised both genders - provided moral upbringing.
Men’s Role Unquestioned authority over the family Had all the legal power Head of the family	Men’s Role Concentrated on careers Less involved with family