Summary

3 Things I Learned

1. I learned that during the Industrial Revolution, women worked alongside their husbands and children in textile mills and mines and it caused many social problems for them.
2. I learned that there is a difference between socialism and communism.
3. I learned that the Industrial Revolution improved the standard of living of people of all classesand changed the class structure of society.

2 Things I Found Interesting

1. I thought it was interesting that children working in factories had to work under horrible conditions, like working 12 to 14 hours everydayand being beaten for breaking rules.
2. I thought it was interesting that Queen Victoria is associated with this great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and empire in Britain.

1 Question I Still Have

Why would families make their children work in a factory if they knew there was a possibility that they could die in the process?