How did the middle class expand and gain importance during the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

When merchants began to get ships full of goods from the New World and Asia as well as other trading partners a wealthy middle class began to form. They were making money on the things people wanted and were able to open stores to sell these things. That lead to more investments, companies, and growth. When the first industries began in England, like the woolen mills, this too lead to more wealth among the men who invented and invested in the new ideas.

Answer 2

The industrial revolution brought into play a more efficient way to produce products. Factories to increase the making of textiles, steel mills, and building railways were all part of the industrial revolution.

The prospect of "better jobs" in factories lured some people from the farmlands to work in the new industries.

Construction of new buildings in the larger cities of the USA also meant new jobs.

This all became very profitable businesses and attracted new foreign capital to augment domestic capital and continue building.

New inventions such as the telephone and electric lighting increased productivity and profits.

The expansion of the economy brought with it an expansion in government. bureaucratic jobs became a necessity in Federal & State governments. Better educated people filled these new jobs and began to form a middle class of society.

The same thing happened in expanding businesses. Aside from the major owners and the lower class workers, there became a need for clerical help and middle level managers to help run the varied businesses from the steel mills to the oil companies and railroads.

New industries developed as new idea and techniques grew from the Industrial Revolution. All this generated new white collar jobs in accounting, insurance, finance, and as noted below more supervisory positions.

With the new wealth came better education opportunities. The new middle class took advantage of these methods to gain a bit of prosperity. In small & large towns the middle classes helped to govern them.

Government & big businesses saw the value of the skill types of people that were needed to keep things moving forward. The new middle classes had influence and also needs that had to be met.

Thus, the new middle classes expanded and with the expansion came more importance & power.

Answer 3

The Industrial Revolution is responsible for the rise of the middle class

Answer 4

they performed jobs that required education.

Answer 5

The rich got richer and were able to gain more capitol goods (meaning they owned more stuff like factories and banks things that made money) they also had luxury goods.