Effects of the Industrial Revolution

How did the Industrial Revolution impact specific people? How did it impact countries? How did it impact the world? Read each document below and answer the question(s) that follow. Then, write a short paragraph to answer the question at the end. Examine these two maps. Pay particular attention to the key in the top-right corner of each map.Based on the maps, what conclusions can you draw about the population in Britain from 1801 to 1851? Choose 2. There were more cities in 1851 than in 1801. Central (middle) England had a higher population density in 1851 than 1801. Wales's population was lower in 1851 than in 1801. Many people left England and moved to Scotland from 1801-1851. During July and August of 1858, a period in London history known as “the Great Stink,” several outbreaks of diseases affected both working and middle class families resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people and affecting children more than adults. This was due partly to large amounts of pollution and waste that ran into the Thames River, which runs through London.Look at the political cartoon, above. It is titled Father Thames Introducing his Offspring to the Fair City of London. The children are labeled diphtheria, scrofula, cholera.What do you think the artist's purpose was in creating this political cartoon? To advertise a new medicine To call attention to problems caused by the Industrial Revolution To point out the benefits of trade on the Thames river To celebrate the new inventions made in Industrial factories that did not exist before The pictures below are of the city of Manchester, England in 1820 and 1852.What event most likely led to the changes shown in the pictures? Manchester was taken over by a foreign government. The Christian Church's power increased in that part of Manchester. Disease led to decreases in Manchester's population. Factories were built, and Manchester's economy changed from agriculture to industry. Michael Sadler was a government official in England who led an investigation about the conditions in English factories. In the passage below, he is interviewing a factory worker.Sadler:When did you first begin to work in mills?Cooper:When I was ten years of age.Sadler:What were your usual hours of working?Cooper: We began at five in the morning and stopped at nine in the night.Sadler:What time did you have for meals?Cooper: We had just one period of forty minutes in the sixteen hours. That was at noon.Sadler: What means were taken to keep you awake and attentive?Cooper: At times we were frequently strapped.(Hit with a belt or strap)Sadler:When your hours were so long, how did you attend school?Cooper: We had no time to go to school.Based on this passage, what conclusion can you draw about life in the factories? Conditions for workers were very harsh. Workers were treated fairly. There were many labor laws to keep workers safe. Children were allowed to work in the factories as long as they also went to school. In many of the societies we have discussed, there was a very small upper-class (usually rulers) and a very large lower-class (workers). Due to new economic opportunities and time-saving inventions, some people during the Industrial Revolution were able to work their way out of poverty and create a new group: the middle class.Look at the image below.Based on these images, how was life different for the people in the middle class than people in the lower class? The middle class often worked more hours in worse conditions The middle class often lived together in crowded, dirty apartments. The middle class often participated in leisure activities like concerts and sports. The middle class owned most of the factories and land. Read the passage below.. . . Every great town has one or more slum areas into which the working classes are packed. The streets are usually unpaved and full of holes. They are filthy and strewn with animal and vegetable refuse [trash]. SinceAn artist's drawing of a London slumthey have neither gutters nor drains, the refuse accumulates in stinking puddles. Ventilation [air flow]in the slums is inadequate owing to the hopelessly crowded nature of these areas. A great many people live huddled together in very small one- or two-room homes, and so it is easy to imagine the nature of the air in these workers’ quarters. However, in fine weather the streets are used for the drying of washing and clothes lines are stretched across the streets from house to house and wet garments are hung out on them. . . .-Economist Friedrich Engels, 1844Based on this passage, what conclusions can you draw about the lives of the lower class during the Industrial Revolution? They made enough money to spend on vacations and leisure activities Although there were many jobs in the factories, they did not pay well Factory workers banded together and had many legal rights The working class and middle class often lived together in the same neighborhoods How did the Industrial Revolution impact specific people (or groups of people)? How did it impact countries? How did it impact the world? Write a short paragraph that answers the question above. Use evidence from the documents to support your answer.