The middle class was different after the industrial revolution than it was before because prior to the Industrial Revolution, Europe had a small middle class. Following the Industrial Revolution, the middle class greatly grew.
After the industrial revolution, the lower classes were been able to "rise up" economically by getting new jobs in factories, thus much of the lower class entered the middle class.
The raw materials and natural resources such as sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton
It was the refinement of the Bessemer process, first used in the United States in the 1860s, that allowed for the major advance in skyscraper construction. As steel is stronger and lighter in weight than iron, the use of a steel frame made possible the construction of truly tall buildings.
He gave stirring speeches
He used non violent resistance to attract attention
