Manchester Dbq Ap Euro

There were a plethora of issues being raised by the growth of Manchester such as, Living conditions for the population, and Poverty amongst the people that lived in Manchester; the reactions to those issues usually consisted of there being a decrease in poverty and the conditions of living.

One of the issues that was raised by the growth of Manchester was living conditions, as supported by Robert Southey who states that Manchester is the second in the kingdom in size and population, and has buildings the size of convents that were blackened by the smoke coming from the factories, in addition Southey says how the streets are narrow because of the buildings are packed together which creates a feeling of despair, every time the people of Manchester hear the bell ringing instead of their prayers the air is filled with calls of wretches from their work. Southey is qualified to make this statement because he is a poet so it is fair to say that he has never worked in a factory before making his opinion not biased at all, Southey may also be considered an educated man since he was able to write a book about the things in which he has seen. To show a similar relationship Alexis de Tocqueville states how in Manchester you don’t see happy ease going out for a walk in the streets or even going out to walk in the county side, yet you see the individual powers of man being taken away to where he is somber and uncouth individual, where a civilized man is turned back into a savage, yet able to produce things that fertilize the world. This is also seen by Flora Tristan who states that most of the workers of Manchester lack clothing, bed, and wholesome food, and work form twelve to fourteen hours each day in a low ceilinged room where they breathe air tainted with the very products they create. She continues pointing out how sickly and emaciated their thin frail bodies are. To show a similar relationship document 11 shows a engraving of Manchester, this engraving points out