9.2- Case Study: Manchester

Question 1

urbanization

Answer 1

city building and the movement of people to cities

Question 2

middle class

Answer 2

a social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business-people, and wealthy farmers

Question 3

people who smashed the machines they thought were putting them out of work

Answer 3

Luddites

Question 4

Positive effects of the Industrial Revolution

Answer 4

-Created jobs
-Contributed to the wealth of the nation
-Fostered technological progress and invention
-Provided hope of improvement for people’s lives
-Education- jobs for teachers & engineers
-healthier diets, better housing, cheaper mass-produced clothing

Question 5

Negative effects of rapid industrialization

Answer 5

-unhealthy working conditions
-air and water pollution
-child labor
-rising class tensions- especially between the middle and working class

Question 6

“From this filthy sewer pure gold flows”

Answer 6

Alexis de Tocqueville
Manchester

Question 7

restricted working age and hours

Answer 7

first Factory Act of 1819