guided reading industrialization case study: manchester ch. 9.2
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Guided Reading Industrialization
Case Study: ManchesterCh. 9.2
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
• Poor city dwellers– No plans, sanitary codes or
building regulations to controlled the rampant growth of English cities.
– The poor lacked adequate housing
– Many were forced to live in dark, filthy, overcrowded slums
– Very unhealthy and unsafe conditions
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of
people?• Factory Workers
– Factory owners wanted to keep their machines running for as many hours a day as possible.
– Workers were forced to work long hours
– Starvation wages,
– Often dangerous and unhealthy conditions
– Later, working conditions and the standards of living improved = laws were passed
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
• Wealthy merchants, factory owners, shippers– Gained wealth and
status in society
– Joined a growing middle class of skilled workers, professionals, business people and well-to-do farmers.
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
• Children– As young as six began
to work in factories with their families
– Long hours
– Brutal conditions
– Child labor laws later brought some reforms
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
• Lower middle class of factory overseers and skilled workers– Enjoyed a comfortable
standard of living
What changes did industrialization bring about for the following groups of people?
• Large landowners and aristocrats– Lost some status, respect and power because of
the success of factory owners, etc– Continued to look down on those who gained
wealth in business.
What were the long-term consequences of the Industrial
Revolution?• The environment
– Pollution
– Natural resources were depleted
What were the long-term consequences of the Industrial
Revolution?• Education
– Opportunities expanded in response to a need for skilled and professional workers
– Not for factory workers ( i.e. poor, working children)