For this Blog post (DUE on Friday, October 8th) you need to visit the British National Archives website on the 1834 Poor Law (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/lesson08.htm).
The page hosts a description of the law and some background on the Industrial Revolution. Take a look at those and then turn your attention to the poster on the page. If you click on the poster, it will open - bigger - in a new window.
Address the following questions:
1. How does the poster represent what you've learned about the industrial revolution (in lecture the week of October3rd; from your textbook reading, chapter 20; and from your primary source reading)?
2. What does it say about the conditions for poor people in 19th century England?
1. The Industrial Revolution saw production increase from the use of machines, The task then became to have labor maximize the production of machines to create a greater profit. In the poster you see poor people being overworked in terrible condition all for the sake of profit (little pay+overworked=greater profits). the workhouses took advantage of the poor with little consideration for their health and safety.
ReplyDelete2. The living conditions were terrible for the poor, the diet was poor, the work was hard, families were split up, and even children were forced to work in dangerous factories. In Edwin Chadwick's writings he points out the need for proper sewage and plumbing and the fact that these unsanitary conditions lead to an increase in disease.
Walter Szchur
1. The industrial Revolution came together that condition. The agricultural revolution is 18th century. It needed to house that factory. Early factory owners were profit that English revolutions. The British industries are pool of labor that new factories. The cottage industry profited that well-developing. It purchased the potential on the factory. It purchased to buy some foods.
ReplyDelete2. In 19th century, the country is England for conditions. Although most people didn’t go to the workhouse became punish people. The new poor law contained the old factory. The poor made them to wear a uniform worker. The children found themselves to work in mines. It could treatment the poor people. The children work out to hiring.
Ali Kamal
1.The Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century led to the agricultural revolution which led to the increase to food production and the British agricultre could of fed more people at lower prices with less labor.
ReplyDelete2.In the 19th century women and children were employed in the factories and of working in the mines.The conditions of the poor people weren't so great because they were dying off because of the diseases living conditions and also working in dangerous factories
1.The Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century led to the agricultural revolution which led to the increase to food production and the British agricultre could of fed more people at lower prices with less labor.
ReplyDelete2.In the 19th century women and children were employed in the factories and of working in the mines.The conditions of the poor people weren't so great because they were dying off because of the diseases living conditions and also working in dangerous factories.
Nolan Charles
!. The Industrial Revolution led to the increase of producing more products for lower prices and in a less amount of time. As well as making illness's easier to get over.
ReplyDelete2. The conditions of the poor weren't the best. Huge families lived in small houses, poor diet and health. It was harder for the poor class to get over illness's as fast as the upper class.
Alyssa D'Angelo
1. The poster shows us how the lower classes were treated in factories during the begging of the industrial revolution. In it, we can see workers being brutally treated; some are being whipped, others were hung in the background, and we can even see children forced to work.
ReplyDelete2. This poster, and various other sources from the time, tell us that the conditions for these workers was terrible. They had little to no rights in their place of work and were often faced with very dangerous and dirty conditions. One thing that stands out is that all of the workers are bald, presumably to show that lice was very prevalent and the overall hygienic factors were very low.
-Michael Garlin
1. The Industrial Revolution led to an increase of products at a faster rate for lower prices which benefited in larger profits. In the poster it shows poor people (the working class) being overworked entirely because all that was cared about were the profits being made.
ReplyDelete2. The conditions for poor people in 19th century England were terrible. They had little to no rights and were even exposed to dangerous things. It was dirty and filthy and many diseases became a huge problem. The workers in the poster are being whipped and hung, they were in a dangerous place at work.
- Alyssa Gallo
1. The poster regarding the Poor Law Act of 1834 represents the social transformations that took place during the Industrial Revolution. As machines such as the steam engine and the cotton gin were being invented in Great Britain, people during this time began to flock from their rural environment to the urban cities that were beginning to grow larger. This movement caused cities such as London to increase in population, while simultaneously creating a more unsanitary living and working lifestyle for the poor people in the center of this urbanization.
ReplyDelete2. In Nineteenth Century England, the poor suffered through terrible living conditions. The industrial working class usually encountered dangerous and deadly experiences. Those who worked in cotton mills and coal mines had a grim future; filled with deformities, sickness, and premature death. The conditions at home were no better, usually consisting of overcrowded row houses, sewers, and exposed gutters filled with garbage. These conditions in both work and at home were extremely unsanitary, and believed to be one of the main reasons that disease and epidemics spread throughout these areas.
Erica Raso
1. The industrial revolution was a period in time where merchandise productivity changed greatly. There were many new inventions, and machines, made to make products faster and easier. The poster illustrates all of the new inventions. The poster also illustrates the lifestyle that it brought apron the poor. With the rise of the industrial revolution came the downfall of day to day life. Things like housing, hygiene, health, and happiness were becoming worse.
ReplyDelete2. The poster exemplifies the life of the poor as one of complete sadness. people were promised many things and never got what was promised to them. The housing was all in the city with large families in cramped space. This brought more illness. the children also worked at these times and often got injured and beaten while working. This poster shows the example of the brutality that came upon the poor during the industrial revolution.
--Diandra Cunniff
1. The Industrial Revolution was a time period that took place in the 19th century. Before the Industrial Revolution many people owned farms and grew crops to collect their income. There were not many jobs to be had and the amount of poverty increased. Factory work was about the only work that was available.This illustration shows people working hard and were not thrilled about it. The excerpt on the side of the illustration states that if poor people came to work in these houses, then they would be guaranteed jobs and their children would be guaranteed an education. This had drawn these people in because they thought that this may be a better life.
ReplyDelete2. In the 19th century, Poor people believed that moving to these workhouses would better their lives for their families. Soon after being there for a short amount of time, they realized it was not what it was cracked up to be. They began to hate these workhouses. In the background of the illustration there are people hung. They hung themselves because of how much they dreaded being there. They had worked extremely hard and very long hours.They were not making much to support their families, and The rights they were guaranteed were not given to them.
1.) The Industrial Revolution was a period of increased production and a time of technological growth. As a result, the working population increased, seemingly improving the lives of those who did not belong to the aristocracy. While the poster does illustrate the growth of the working population, it also illustrates the poor working conditions and treatment of the workers.
ReplyDelete2.) The poster depicts a life of hard work and many hardships for the people of England in the work place. This is best shown by the man being whipped by a boss.
-Ashley Heffernan
1.During the Industrial revolution society saw a shift from a agricultural society, to a society greatly impacted by new inventions and machinery. No one was prepared for the impact that the inventions would have. While the new machines and factories increased productivity, it turned society into a consumer society. Producing products faster and at a lower cost had its consequences to the population. The poor law had good inventions of lowering the cost of looking after the poor, however it was used at deterrent with its harsh conditions. People became increasingly afraid of getting sick or becoming old and having to resort to being a inmate at these workhouses.
ReplyDelete2.The assigned poster shows us the harsh living conditions and brutality in the workhouses that were supposed to be helping. This poster was created in opposition to the workhouses and were meant to expose what was really happening to the poor lower class citizens. In the smaller pictures inside the poster you can see people being whipped, chained, hanged, the old and the ill. Captions all around the poster read "lord have mercy on me". While they are over worked and starving, the bosses refer to them as lazy. These workhouses were used at a last resort for people struggling to support themselves and people became fearful of having to go there.
Erin Gibson
1. The Industrial Revolution in Britain was a vast change that nobody was prepared for. There was a shift from suburban living to rural living and the cities were not at all prepared for this influx of people. Machines and technology allowed for mass production and the work once done by hand by workers was now performed in a fraction of the time. The poster shows the harsh conditions workers faced (ie. The man being whipped)and how business owners seriously neglected the health and well being of their employees.
ReplyDelete2. The poster supports the fact that poor people in the 19th century were severely mistreated. They were exposed to disease, worked in unsafe conditions, and children began to be brought into the mix. Poor people had it very bad during this time in England.
Anthony Bucher
1. How does the poster represent what you've learned about the industrial revolution (in lecture the week of October3rd; from your textbook reading, chapter 20; and from your primary source reading)?
ReplyDeleteThis poster represents the harsh and cruel working conditions that lower class citizens were made to endure. Workers were treated like work horses rather then employees, and subjected to dangers in the workplace on a daily basis.
2. What does it say about the conditions for poor people in 19th century England?
The conditions of poor people in 19th century England were unhealthy, detrimental, and unsanitary. Too many people were crammed into spaces that were dangerously small and had no temperature control. Sadly, lower class citizens and the poor had little to no choice as to where they would work or in what conditions. To survive and support their families, they had to maintain employment despite these dangerous conditions.
Lauren Sampogna
1. Even with the use of machinery to make production easier, overcrowding increased to the point where many were left unemployed, and those who were unemployed had to deal with poor working conditions.
ReplyDelete2. The poor were placed into crowded factories to work for long hours, trading most of their day and freedom for food, housing, and employment.
Johann Zinamon
The poster shows how bad and inhumane the working conditions were during the Industrial Revolution in 19th century England. Employees weren't treated as people but as expendable working machines. If someone got hurt severely, they were no longer useful to the factory owners and would be thrown out on the streets.
ReplyDeleteThe conditions were awful for the poor, but they had to work in order to survive. There was overcrowding in both the factories and the city, cruel factory owners, and low wages that would keep the working class poor.
Ben Rosino
1. The poster shows the terrible conditions for workers in 19th century England. The Industrial Revolution dramatically increased production and availability of employment. Europe shifted from mostly rural to urban. Pollution increased, and the land scape was altered.
ReplyDelete2. Living conditions in urban slums were unsanitary for the poor. Often they would have no choice but to send women and children to work in factories for a fraction pay men would receive.
Anthony Spencer
1. You can see evidence of the beating of workers to keep them awake and in line. You see children as well as women workers.
ReplyDelete2. All of the faces, men, women, and children, are gaunt and sickly depicting the conditions of the time.
Carissa Roig
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ReplyDelete1)The Industrial Revolution brought about rapid and drastic changes to the fabric of society. Rapid urbanization and the need for a new discipline, resulted in a constant tension between the need for employment and the abuse suffered in the new factory environment. New, mostly rural bred workers, were forced to learn to work in close confines, for many hours at a stretch doing repetitive, often boring tasks. Overseers used harsh measures to enforce rules in the new "factories". The smallest infraction brought harsh punishments including beatings. In the case of the poster, it depicts the plight of those forced to work in the poor houses. Those who were too poor to fend for themselves, were forced to work in these workhouses.
2) The poor, who were often unskilled, were no longer looked at as victims, but as lazy or undisciplined.If you could not afford to feed and house yourself or your family, you were required, under the new "Poor Laws", to work in locally sponsored workhouses. Conditions in these workhouses were abysmal.Families were split up, even the children forced to work long hours at physically demanding tasks. Any perceived "slacking" was met with punishment, withholding of the poor food provided, or worse yet, being turned out in the street. Only the truly desperate sought out aid here.Often, orphans and unwanted children were brought to them and forced to work there.
Elizabeth Fyke
1)Durring the industrial revolution not only the men worked but the women and children worked long stressful hours of labor.
ReplyDelete2)the poor working class people were looked as not to skill full and lazy and you can see by there faces in the picture that they are treated unfairly and are on the verge of death.
Daniel Prodromakis
1. The poster represents how the Industrial Revolution led to many jobs in factories, but these jobs in the factories were very harsh conditions to work in. Many people working in the factories were paid very badly and work a tremendous amount of hours. The working conditions were unsanitary and also dangerous. Many of the men working were working about a foot apart from each other sweating for hours at a time with not much food to it. There was a very poor ventilation system therefore sometimes the men would pass out from working in the poor air system and heat.
ReplyDelete2. Conditions for the poor people in England during the 19th century were horrible. The poor were beyond poor. The people did not have enough food to eat or clothes to keep them warm. If they had a job their job was not a well paying job and they really had to work for the small amount of money they earned. The poor would easily catch disease because of their lack of hygiene and poor sanitation.
-Erin Meade
1. This excerpt and picture exemplifies the horrible conditions that all workers had to face in factories. Not only was their poor ventilation, so the workshops were hot and smokey, the hours were sometimes in excess of twelve a day. It also strikes me that most people were not concerned for the betterment of the impovished. The only thing that concerned them was to get them off the streets, even calling them lazy for not having a home.
ReplyDelete2. The poor had perhaps the worst conditions of anyone during the Industrial Revolution. Not only were they forced to work according to the Poor law of 1834, but additionally they had no real home to return too. The poor law didn't provide help to the poor really, it just secured a source of free slaves from the city. Conditions for the other citizens were increased as the poor were taken off the streets, but the poor themselves didn't have any way of getting out of that system.
-Travis Holmes
1. When the Industrial Revolution hit there was really only one concern, money! The new warehouse system of labor was designed to increase production and did so at great rates. However this came at the cost of the people. In the photo men, women, and children are all subjected to horrible working conditions and portrays it as a form of slavery.
ReplyDelete2. Living conditions for the poor during the 19th century were very poor. Families were living in homes to small to accommodate their numbers. Food was scarce, leading many to be undernourished and eventually led to more health complications. With the Poor Law, the poor were assisted but by no means living a decent life. Families were split, they were forced to wear uniforms, diet was poor. The system was designed for the poor to be sustained with no chance to succeed.
-David Somma
1.During the industrial revolution, the poor was treated very poorly. They worked in harsh working condtions. In the poster in showed how all people were treated working in these houses. They were paid very poorly and many of them starved. Most children worked in these houses and they also worked in mines.
ReplyDelete2. Just the poor people of the 19th century were treated worse then everyone else. When people worked in these house, they were treated bad. They didnt eat much and those who did survive starvation would eat what they could find. Some would eat dead bodies if they were that hungry and that deperate for food.
-kaitlynn vuturo