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The Industrial Revolution made the air very 

unclean for the people to breathe in. The air was 

unclean because the factories made smoke that 

was heavy and black that flowed out of pipes in 

the top of the factories. Also, in the factories, 

the working conditions were unsafe. Many 

people got killed because they either got caught 

in the machines or they were trying to help 

someone else who was caught in the machine. 

There were also many other problems but those 

two were the most important and they affected 

more people than the other problems would 

have or did.

The luddites were weavers who were known in 

the 19th century. The luddites believed that if 

they had machines that helped them do what 

they were supposed to do by hand, that it would 

take away the work they were supposed to do. 

They also thought that if they destroyed the 

machines that people would not fix them and that 

they wouldn't use them. The luddites felt 

deprived of their work that they were supposed 

to do because of these machines, so they 

destroyed them in northern England and the 

midlands from 1811 to 1816.

Child labor was where kids would work in factories, 

mines, and mills. Back in that time, it was 

necessary for the children to work in these places. 

The reason they used children for their labor is so 

they did not have to pay them very much money to 

do their jobs which meant that the owners of the 

factories, mines, and mills did not have to pay very 

much for the cost of production. Also, some of the 

jobs were very simple so small children could do 

them and if there was a small space to crawl or 

squeeze into, a child could do it easier than an 

adult. The children were also better workers than 

the adults because they were less likely to join 

workers unions and/or go on strike. 

Utopian socialists believed that people 

would develop a new economy and get 

rid of currency. They also believed that 

people would end up paying each other 

with kindness instead of money 

especially because they were trading 

goods for goods.They also believed that 

all people in this system should receive 

the same amount of produce and the 

same value as all of the other people.     

Karl Marx believed that all people should 

be able to have food, shelter, water, 

health, and oxygen. He also believed in 

bringing every ones ideas into one big 

idea. Karl Marx took every part of people's 

ideas that sounded good to him and wrote 

a book concerning these ideas. The people 

who all influenced Marx were all at odds 

with each other and that's what made 

what Marx did a huge accomplishment.  

The social democrats were an approach 

that was mad in Europe which found a way 

to reform inequality without the revolution 

that Marx predicted. This approach meant 

that the people would vote on how much 

the public controls businesses. Of course 

the private properties still exist, but 

regular people are guaranteed the main 

necessities. These necessities are health 

care,   education, and pensions for the 

elderly people. 

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