Poverty And Unemployment In The Nineteenth Century

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Hunter Murdoch
APEC chapter 21.5-21.6


25) Identify two different attitudes toward poverty and unemployment in the nineteenth century.

There were many different attitudes towards poverty and unemployment. To start off, there were many beliefs set by philosophers that the increase growth of population would lead to poverty and unemployment. This would eventually prove to be true as the growth in population called for more jobs and resources. People started to have to fire member that were not as skilled and had to hire skilled workers. Many people became very poor and unemployed and this caused uproar. The government did not react well to this and didn’t do much about it. This then created a desire for a revolution.

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The romantic poets were viewed as seers who could reveal the invisible world to others. Their incredible sense of drama made some of them the most colorful figures of their era, living intense but short lives. Another important characteristic was individualism. The desire to follow their inner drives led them to rebel against the middle class conventions. Long hair, beards, and outrageous clothes served to reinforce the individualism that young romantics were trying to express.

27) Why would a Romantic study history?

There were many reasons why the romantics would study history. To start off, they wanted a revival of the medieval gothic architecture that left European cities bedecked with neo-gothic buildings from centuries ago. History was also very important to people because they learned more about their cultures. Also they rejected the ideas of classicism. They abandoned classical restraint for warmth, emotion, and movement. People used original ideas from the gothic century to create new and modern styles of painting.

28) What was Mary Shelly’s warning via

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