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Guided Reading Industrialization Case Study: Manchester

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Guided Reading Industrialization Case Study: Manchester. Ch. 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.

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Guided Reading Industrialization Case Study: Manchester

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  1. Guided Reading Industrialization Case Study: Manchester Ch. 9.2

  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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. What were the long-term consequences of the Industrial Revolution? • The environment • Pollution • Natural resources were depleted

  9. 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)

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