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Explore the tensions arising between Britain's middle and working classes during the Industrial Revolution period. While poverty plagued the working classes, the emergence of factory owners, shippers, and merchants transformed the social structure. Witness the disparities between the wealthier factory owners and the aristocracy, leading to a gradual shift in societal perceptions. Discover how laborers, facing challenging living and working conditions, eventually organized into labor unions to demand higher wages and better treatment.
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Aim:Examine growing tensions between the middle and working classes
Class Tensions Grow Though poverty gripped Britain's working classes, most of new money belonged to factory owners, shippers, & merchants These people became part of the middle class Social class mad of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, & wealthy farmers
The Middle Class Middle Class transformed the social structure of Britain’s society Some factory owners, merchants, & bankers grew wealthier than landowners & aristocrats Distinctions between 2 wealthy classes Landowners looked down on those who made their fortunes Middle Class not considered socially equal to wealthy until the late 1800’s Gradually, upper middle class consisted of government employees, lawyers, doctors, & factory managers
The Working Class 1800-1850: Laborers saw little improvement in their living & working conditions Watched, their livelihoods disappear as machines replaced them Out of frustration, some smashed the machines Middle & Upper classes prospered immediately from the Industrial Revolution For Workers, it took longer Lives gradually improved during the 1800’s Laborers eventually won higher wages, shorter hours, & better working conditions as they formed together to form labor unions
