industrialization dbq
Industrialization DBQ
Q: Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the nineteenth century. __________________________________________________
The spread of industrialization rapidly altered and changed the city of Manchester during the nineteenth century. Of course there were positive effects that stemmed from this, but negative effects due to the growth of industrialization outnumbered the positive outcomes and are often overshadowed. The environmental hazards and the working conditions of the factory were enough to harm laborers and the gentry (documents 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 11), dulling the positive effects null and void in comparison to the many issues raised by the growth of Manchester. The factories caused a surplus of health issues for Manchester, polluting rivers, inflicting anatomical disfiguration and mistreatment of workers, the corrupt Labor Laws, rapid urbanization bringing subpar housing that only furthered the health problems on workers, and air coated with smog. Manchester’s industrial blossoming brought forth statistical evidence on the growth of industry and the downfall of the working man (doc 1 and 8), the gentry and higher class (those who benefitted from the growth), and the reformers (those paid attention to the laborers who suffered, lost years of potential life, were worked to the bone and were paid little to no wages for their sacrifices.)
In essence, the surplus of health issues that the industrialization of Manchester brought about is heavily argued over. Many believe that such sacrifices were required to reach industrial success, but the argument of Flora Tristan (doc 7) turns those petty justifications onto their heads “O God! Can progress be bought only at the cost of men's lives?” That is to say, while the gentry sat on their piles of profit bought from the lives of laborers, they routinely coined
Q: Identify the issues raised by the growth of Manchester and analyze the various reactions to those issues over the course of the nineteenth century. __________________________________________________
The spread of industrialization rapidly altered and changed the city of Manchester during the nineteenth century. Of course there were positive effects that stemmed from this, but negative effects due to the growth of industrialization outnumbered the positive outcomes and are often overshadowed. The environmental hazards and the working conditions of the factory were enough to harm laborers and the gentry (documents 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 11), dulling the positive effects null and void in comparison to the many issues raised by the growth of Manchester. The factories caused a surplus of health issues for Manchester, polluting rivers, inflicting anatomical disfiguration and mistreatment of workers, the corrupt Labor Laws, rapid urbanization bringing subpar housing that only furthered the health problems on workers, and air coated with smog. Manchester’s industrial blossoming brought forth statistical evidence on the growth of industry and the downfall of the working man (doc 1 and 8), the gentry and higher class (those who benefitted from the growth), and the reformers (those paid attention to the laborers who suffered, lost years of potential life, were worked to the bone and were paid little to no wages for their sacrifices.)
In essence, the surplus of health issues that the industrialization of Manchester brought about is heavily argued over. Many believe that such sacrifices were required to reach industrial success, but the argument of Flora Tristan (doc 7) turns those petty justifications onto their heads “O God! Can progress be bought only at the cost of men's lives?” That is to say, while the gentry sat on their piles of profit bought from the lives of laborers, they routinely coined