Manchester DBQ Throughout history, major revolutions have created conflicts in modernizing cities by rapid population growth and other contributors. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the growth of Manchester raised concerns about its suffering population and the unclean city, but it also spread increasing industry across Europe; all of which gained reactions of pity, rage, and prosperity. Manchester’s population suffered both from poor labor conditions and lack of rights, which drove them to pursue what they deserve with rage. An uncleanly city created a rampant increase in disease and poverty in Manchester bringing a need of peed. Although Manchester grew in poverty and wrath, the fruits of its industry continued to bring prosperity to the wealthy both in the city and around the globe.
This also caused the immigrants to stay with their own social group and culture which then caused gangs to form and this lead to gang warfare, this was apparent in big cities such as New York. Due to this it reinforced what Native Americans already believed about immigrants this is a negative impact. As well as this Native Americans believed that immigrants were bringing in dangerous ideologies such as communism and due to this they was endangering the capitalist society because of this it created political tension this put immigrants at risk of having their right to vote taken away from them this is a highly negative impact as it goes against the constitution. Due to the large amount of immigrants it started to put a strain on resources which caused the cost of living to increase. The immigrants worked for less as it was still better than their wage beforehand the immigrants also did the jobs that the Americans didn’t want to do.
The Industrial Revolution caused urbanization to develop abruptly. The growing industrialized cities drew the poor for employment, but did not have the means to support the mass surge in population. Inhabitants were faced with water, sewage, and garbage disposal problems leaving unsanitary living conditions amongst themselves. Housing was dangerous due to poor construction, dark rooms, and hazardous conditions. Often family’s cohabitated in one room.
One privy is shared by 120 people”, the workhouse was not only a threat in terms of the physicality of it, but it also represented a loss of earnings and poverty associated with poor social respectability. This all becomes relevant when one considers the newly-emerging industrial heavyweights, such as
These taxations also led to strikes and demonstrations becoming commonplace so could have caused Bloody Sunday itself. Witte’s economic reforms also led to another economic factor that caused the 1905 Revolution, the industrialisation of Russia. High speed industrialisation of Russia led to urbanisation causing a high density of people living in the towns and cities. This aided a social factor, the creation of a new urban working class and led to poor working and living conditions in Russia, this caused even greater resentment of the government and helped the formation of the SDs who also had a part to play in the 1905 Revolution. This high density of people living in towns and cities made it easier for revolutionary parties easier to rally and less easy to crush than when most people lived in more rural areas.
In the early 19th century, The Poor Law Act 1834 changed the approach to the poor, from the 1601 Poor Law Act. The attitude became a more punitive approach to deter people from claiming relief and get people back into work. Webb and Webb (1963). With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, competition for better paid jobs caused thousands of people to migrate from the rural areas of Britain, to the urban. Although the economy was fast growing, the over-populated, unsanitary conditions had a huge effect on people in Britain, particularly the working-class.
It is the concept that rapid social change intensifies disorganization. The Industrial Revolution, although a time of great prosperity within many social institutions, was documented to be a phase of increased crime, poverty, and disease. However, others say that violence increases due to the deterioration or weakening of important social institutions such as the family, schools, and religious organizations. According to the functionalist perspective, this causes the main mechanism for social control to rely on external institutions, allocating the task of damage control to the police and the justice system. Unfortunately, it is documented in society today that the government,
Jack Heagy Period 4 The Problems and Solutions of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a time of great leaps and bounds for the newly industrialized world, but these newfound advances came with their fair share of problems. During this time there was no way for a government to satisfy the middle and working classes simultaneously. What was beneficial for one group was harmful for the other, and vise versa. There was a constant figurative tug-of-war between the money seeking middle class and the right seeking working class. This tug of war would inevitably lead to problems.
With this new development, entrepreneurs began to open new workshops and forced their employees to work long strenuous hours to produce their goods. A number of other factors contributed to Britain’s success in the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which was essential for industrialization. Additionally, Britain was a political stable society and a great marketplace for manufactured goods. As demand rose for British goods, merchants needed more cost effective methods of production, which led to the rise of mechanics and factory systems.
Prompt: Many individuals were involved in transforming the US out of an age of unrestrained, unregulated business practices to constrain the unfettered influence of monopolies and the horrid working and living conditions for many trapped in cities by poverty. Examine the influence that these groups had on this era? - Social Reformers - Financial reformers - Political reformers It took effort from many individuals to transform the United States from the unregulated business practices, the influence monopolies, and the disgusting working and living conditions for those who were in the cities. However, many groups, such as the social reformers, financial reformers, and political reformers, had a great influence on this era. Many social reformers