DBQ: Industrial Revolution In the nineteenth century, various inventions like the steam engine stimulated demand for products, thus introducing factories and workshops to manufacture those commodities. The popularization of Manchester initiated assorted reactions towards the industrialization of the cities surrounding Great Britain. While the industrial revolution ensued, numerous concerns occurred which all contemplated the affects of factories and industries engaged by the working division of society. As industry began to evolve for the operational lower classes, the positive, negative, and mutual reactions are denoted by various speakers whom were among the diverse social classes of society. Throughout the nineteenth century, industry …show more content…
Because Frances Anne Kemble was an actress and dramatist, she was unlikely to be involved with events surrounding the well-being of social classes. (Doc. 4). Since Kemble wrote her account of her journey to Manchester as a dramatist, it asserts that her ideas were merely based on what she personally believed opposed to the truth. (Doc. 4). When Tocqueville uses the phrase “nothing to the directing power of society,” he is affirming the imbalance of Manchester’s industries and exhibits his neutral beliefs through his equitable tone. (Doc. 5). The neutral issues of the industrial expansion of Manchester are manifested on the idea between the mutual quarrels over the concerns. The sources contained a mutual bias regarding the affects of industrialization on the city of Manchester. The issues raised by the Industrial Revolution and the growth of Manchester correlates to the French Revolution. During the French Revolution, democracy was established and large forms of warfare emerged. The French Revolution’s warfare harming the ecosystem relates directly to the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain where pollutants were released into the atmosphere due to factories and workshops. The Industrial Revolution stimulated new ways of advancing technology as it spread throughout Great Britain. The issues raised by the growth of Manchester demonstrate the struggles of the working class and the devastating impact of industrialization on the environment and the will of the
The Industrial Revolution was an era between 1780 and 1850 where new inventions and machinery flourished, replacing human labor with machines in the production and manufacturing of goods. The Cottage Industry helped give rise to the Industrial Revolution with its inventions such as the flying shuttle, spinning jenny, water frame, and spinning mule, all of which were mainly operated by women. This opened new opportunities for women in the working industry but this also introduced working class injustices, gender exploitation, and standard-of-living issues. Women 's experiences in factories reflected the profound social changes of the revolution and continuities with traditional working-class ways of life through their poor working conditions, demoralization, and little reward for their hard work.
This confusion can be seen in two reports from separate journals that differ greatly--so much so that the ability to attribute them to the same issue seems unlikely and unrealistic. William Alexander Abram, a journalist and historian in the 1860’s, wrote an article about the vast improvements made during the industrialization process (Doc 6). Abram specifically mentions the Hours of Labor in Factories Act of 1844 that prohibited excessively long work days. Additionally, Abram mentioned the increased wages and the subsequent increase quality of life. Abram attempts to justify any issues with the industrialization by addressing the new, more spacious cotton mill and the lower sickness and mortality rates. Abram describes the positive forces that arose during the industrialization to outweigh the mass concerns people had about the laboring class’s working conditions. This positive opinion is counteracted by an image included in a magazine from the 1870’s that shows the visual of a bridge and its surrounding factories at the time (Doc 7). The Graphic, a weekly magazine that dealt with social issues, included the view from Blackfriars bridge over the River Irwell that contained the numerous factories concentrated in the one location. The Graphic was famously influential within the art world for its use of imagery and attempt to conquer grand social issues with art. The factories are all emitting gas and the general conditions of the streets and buildings is less than ideal. This negative portrayal of the industrialization sheds a different light on the effects of industrialization. Between these two conflicting articles, it is difficult to see the true extent of the industrializations process’s benefits and harms. This uncertainty also supports the proposed
Throughout the 19th century, industrialization was a turning point in the United States that led to huge changes in society, economics and politics. The incoming growth of factories had positives and negatives effects. Two specific changes were the new government regulations and the increasing immigration. These changes were extremely important because they settled the bases of the country.
There were very many varying reactions to the changes that accompanied the growth, and industrialization of Manchester. Some people were all for the growth, and development of Manchester while others were strongly against. People who were against the development of Manchester often cited health, and social issues as their reasons, while people in favor of it were usually biased in making it look good, and had reasons for supporting Manchester’s growth such as their own increased wealth.
Thesis Statement: The Industrial Revolution ensured that the production of goods moved from home crafts and settled in factory production by machine use, mass inflow of immigrants from all over the world escaping religious and political persecution took place and the government contributed by giving grants to entrepreneurs.
O'Brien, Patrick, and Roland Quinault, eds. The Industrial Revolution and British Society. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1993. Print.
Do we know exactly how the industrial revolution era was bad formed to fit good? Well, I’m going to go into depth of the negative side effects and the positive side effects of the industrial revolution. As well as, describe the factory conditions, labor, standard of living, pollution and how it came into play during this era. Let's take a look at how the transition from the 1850’s to the 1900’s improved over the years and made the livelihood and factory conditions better..
... and his associates, the working environment and the social implications of the working class had a huge effect on the everyday lifes of the working classes; which are seen via these two texts by Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton and Charles Dicken’s Bleak House showed that a darker side still existed despite all the prosperity within England. That a major amount of reforms had to be endured by the likes of Frederick Engels to help improve working conditions and the living conditions for the Working Class to going forward, but sadly it didn’t come soon enough for many people who died because of substandard living conditions, ill health resulting from various fevers that did the rounds, lack of sanitation. But these issues did not just exist in London or Manchester alone, these problems and issues knew no boundaries, as they reached the length and breath of England.
In his Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Southey called Industrial Manchester a city, “without it’s antiquity, without it’s beauty, without it’s holiness” (Doc II). This view of the city of Manchester is reflected in an account given by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, who called Manchester a ,”filthy sewer” where humanity is it’s “most brutish” (Doc V). They would, of course, hold this view as Romanticists, as they would hold human individuality and nature to a high value, both of which would be terribly disregarded in an Industrialized
When considering the changes brought about in the social policy of Great Britain, in the decades immediately either side of 1900, one must look at the nation `s industrial history. The position as the world` s premier industrial nation had been cemented by the mid nineteenth century, achieved in part, as it was the first nation to industrialise. However, the headlong embrace of laissez- faire capitalism ignored the social infrastructure, and the emigration from the depressed agricultural areas to the industrial areas caused immense strain on the poorly-planned towns and cities. At the dawn of industrialisation, there were those who expressed concern about the health and hygiene of the dense industrial areas, notably Freidrich Engels, whose study of Manchester and London in 1844 collated in "Conditions of The Working Class in England" painted a truly dismal picture of urban squalor and hopelessness.
The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, transport, and technology had a profound effect in North America. The industrial revolution marked a major turning point in history because it changed every aspect of life in America and the country as a whole. People started replacing ploughs and other tools for machines that could do twice the work. While others moved to large cities and started working in factories and other businesses. Huge industries such as the textile, steel, and coal industry came out and had a profound effect on the industrial revolution but, they would not have been extremely successful if it was not for railroads. The railroads played a vital role in the development and success of other industries. The railroads triggered the biggest leap in transportation in history. Through technological and entrepreneurial innovations and the creation of steam-powered locomotives, the development of trains as public carriers of passengers and freight, brought forth the railroad. The railroad industry changed the nature of production because it became an important energy source that replaced human and animal power. Due to the important role of the railroads, workers became more productive, items were being shipped more quickly, and resources were becoming available to everyone including the working and middle class and not only the wealthy. The railroads became to be known as one of the biggest leaps of transportation in history. This is because it set up the next fifty years of America’s prosperity. The railroads became extremely popular and useful during the 1800’s to millions of people and other large companies. Although there were many indu...
Industrial Britain was an era of contradiction. Economic growth and innovation existed in great contrast with intensified poverty and class disparity. The technological changes cannot be denied, but it is arguable to what extent these advancements were to the benefit of society or at what cost they came. There was a significant rise in the middle class corresponding to an overall increase in quality of life, yet the lower class plunged deeper into pauperism . The demographics of cities and classes radically changed in this time, but does this correlate to net positive progression?
Evans, Eric J. The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain. London and New York: Longman, 1996.
A major cause for the Industrial Revolution was the enormous spurt of population growth in England. The increase in population meant that there were more people in surplus from agricultural jobs, and they had to find work in industrial factories. Enclosure brought forth a great increase in farming production and profits. Farming was improved through the use of crop rotation, enclosures, and the division on farms across England. Crops that were grown consisted of turnips, barley, clover, wheat. This improvement in farming caused a population explosion, which soon led to a higher demand for goods. The new means of production demanded new kinds of skills, new regulation in work, and a large labor force. The goods produced met immediate consumer demand and also created new demands. In the long run, industrialization raised the standard of living and overcame the poverty that most Europeans, who lived d...
An argument of why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain before anywhere else, and why it took the form it did, needs to look at the advantages that Britain had over other European countries. Its good fortune of having large supplies of coal and the kind of institutions that were conducive to economic development and technological progress gave them the opportunities to lead the charge on industrialization. “The process was long and complicated, not sudden and violent as most revolutions are” (Lines 107). The term revolution is actually relatively misleading because the time period is more an evolution of technological growth ...