guided reading industrialization case study: manchester ch. 9.2

Guided Reading Industrialization

Case Study: ManchesterCh. 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.

– The poor lacked adequate housing

– Many were forced to live in dark, filthy, overcrowded slums

– Very unhealthy and unsafe conditions

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


• 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.


• Children– As young as six began

to work in factories with their families

– Long hours

– Brutal conditions

– Child labor laws later brought some reforms


• Lower middle class of factory overseers and skilled workers– Enjoyed a comfortable

standard of living


• 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.

What were the long-term consequences of the Industrial

Revolution?• The environment

– Pollution

– Natural resources were depleted

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)

guided reading industrialization case study: manchester ch. 9.2

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