Factories in the North In the 1800’s the working conditions were harsh and unfair. By the mid-1800’s‚ more and more things were made by machines. Clothes‚ guns‚ watches‚ shoes‚ and farming machines were made by machines. By the 1840’s the average workday was 11.4 hours. The workers were very tired and have a huge chance of getting injured because many factory machines moved quickly. Workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by their machines. Factories had no cooling or heating systems. During
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of the leaders in history who helped shape the philosophy and formation of governments‚ let us commit to both imitating the good and avoiding the bad. Vocabulary communism Political system of collective ownership of property‚ population is of one class. Communist Manifesto Book by Marx urging workers to overthrow upper classes; textbook for communism and socialism. dissenter One who disagrees or has a difference of opinion. free enterprise system Political system in which the government allows
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Why is the working class disadvantages in the UK? The working class is massively disadvantaged through the health system. Health is hard to define as there is no universal agreement ion how social classes are defined. Nettleton (2006) said that poor diet at younger age than the rich and are more susceptible to major diseases. It states the % more babies are still born or in in the first week of life in unskilled families than in professionals families. This shows that health is a massive disadvantage
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g ------------------------------------------------- WORKING CLASS HERO: It’s something to be “Working Class Hero” is a song made for the class split back in the 1940’s and 1950’s. The song is written by John Lennon‚ who was one of the singers in the old and legendary band‚ The Beatles‚ with Paul McCartney‚ Ringo Starr and George Harrison. He recorded the song between the 26th of September and the 6th of October; the song was though first released in 1971 in the United States and in UK in 1975
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Gilson: Discussed Darby’s working in her class. He works on homework with mom at home. Discussed Darby needs to work more on detail of assignments and following directions. Talked about his not giving accommodated version as parent of test (as agreed to by parents during Parent Teacher conference). Gilson gave the test again‚ she did not modify‚ did cut out one of the options on multiple choice. Discussed that the essay part of the test was not an accurate measurement of Darby’s skills‚ since
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The article examines the relationships between the black working poor and the black middle class. The black middle class is defined as being fragmented‚ comprised of an array of incomes‚ professions‚ and educational levels. The article also states that black middle class experiences economic shifts that move back and forth between blue-collar and white-collar income levels and occupations. (Shawn A. Ginwright 2002) The black middle class experienced dramatic growth in the post civil-rights era. This
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Industrialisation and its consequences politicised the working class in the first half of the 19th century. How true is this statement? Britain was the first nation to industrialise. Industrialisation is “change from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and commerce”. Allen Clarke suggested industrialisation happened because “capitalists saw that fortunes were to be made more quickly in manufacture than in agriculture”. It appears agriculture lost the investors attention
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Alexandra Vu Hull World History Honors 10 Period 5 Question: Did the working class reproduce irresponsibly? Side: YES! SHRUTI’S Email: • More mouths to feed • less food for others • work to take care of the kids • less space to live • Kids killed in jobs • Less jobs for adults. • No schooling for kids who work. • Less likely to be more mannerly (it is hard for them to spend time with their parents as there are so many kids.) • They don’t earn more
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Eng209 Qiuxiang Wu (leah) Summery #2 In chapter three “importing the third world” of “the working poor”‚ David K. Shipler writes about the difficult life of immigrants in America. He states that undocumented immigrants are underpaid‚ exploited‚ and abused in sweatshops. His purpose in writing this chapter is to inform us of the essential contribution that immigrants make‚ the unfair treatment they receive‚ and the confined life they live in America. In supporting his argument‚ Shipler also discusses
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status just like in our society today. Whether it’s a hundred years ago‚ or even a thousand the social system is relatively similar. For example‚ you can compare the high class in our society with the nobles and lords‚ and the lower class would be the peasants and the serfs. There are many similarities between our social class‚ so it is understandable there are other similarities between us; like our experiences in life are similar so compare this to the medieval ages. The Lords and the Nobles
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