The Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century changed the European working lifestyles from agrarian to urban. This change of lifestyle happened very quickly, and left thousands of lower class working citizens in poverty. Throughout the nineteenth century several different arguments were made on how to improve the lives of European workers. Arguments made to improve the lives of European workers include: having a stronger government, giving more rights to the working class, turning towards a socialistic government, or simply maintaining the status quo. Documents 3, 7, and 9 claim that having a more involved government will improve living conditions for workers. In Document 3, Saint-Amand Bazard claims that the laissez-faire type government …show more content…
Document 4 shows a petition made by the London Workingmen’s Association in an attempt to, “enact that every person producing proof of his being 21 years of age shall be entitled to have his name registered as a voter.” In 1838, the time that this petition was created, it was mainly nobles and upper class citizens who had the right to vote, so it makes sense that the working men of Europe wish for male suffrage because then they have the ability to elect people whom they believe will better improve their lives. Document 5 introduces a woman activist, Flora Tristan, who wants universal working rights for all citizens in the, “universal union of working men and women.” Document 8 introduces another woman activist, Pauline Roland, who claims that, “as soon as a woman comes of age, she has the right to arrange her life as she wishes.” Women have historically been undermined in the working society through such laws as the Factory Law or the Mines Act, which left women without work or having less hours. It makes sense that women such as Tristan or Roland would want universal working rights because it makes women less dependent on man, which they believe will improve their …show more content…
Document 1 introduces Thomas Malthus, an economist who claims that the populations of Europe are growing at too quick of a rate to maintain. Malthus believes that regulating the populations of Europe will improve the livelihoods of citizens. Malthus explains, “poverty has little or no relation to forms of government, or the unequal division of property; and as the rich do not in reality possess the power of finding employment and maintenance for all the poor.” It makes sense that Malthus’ claim should go against the three other groups ideas of changing the government or the rights of the people because he is simply maintaining his belief that regulating population will improve livelihood. In Document 2, David Ricardo claims that, “wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market.” It makes sense for Ricardo to support capitalism because in his theory, the iron law of wages, he claims that in order to sustain life, wages will always be at the subsistence level, so no changing of the government or rights will do anything to change the livelihood of the working class. Document 10 shows John Stuart Mill’s take on government, “The present system is not, as many Socialists believe, hurrying us into a state of general indigence and slavery from which only Socialism can save us.” Though many groups argued that changes must be made in order to improve the
In “Suffragette” podcast and transcript, “but by the 1880s roughly 60 per cent of the male population had the right to vote. But no women. The campaign for women's suffrage had begun shortly after the Great Reform Act of 1832,” There was
Women suffrage was a prominent issue during the 18th century. Before the issue arose, women had very typical characteristics and roles in society. They mostly stayed home and cared for their children and completed house work. Moreover, women commonly did not have social and legal rights. Their spouse was considered the brains and wealth of the family.
The reformers had goals to earning women suffrage, and methods to help achieve that goal. For example women wanted the right to vote, in document 5 it shows how women feel they have no voice either in the election or legislation. In the 19th amendment women got the right to vote. The reformers method to getting women the right to vote was raising public awareness, in document 7 it shows how a member
The view that the reason for main women achieving the vote in 1918 was due to the hard work of women during World War One is highly valid. This view is supported by many historians such as Phillips and Bartley. On the other hand, there are other factors that also contributed to women achieving the vote; changing attitudes of society, politics and the campaigns of the suffragists. Changing societal views is supported by Pugh and Bruley, whereas, Joanou and Purvis show that politics hold conflicting values as they either support women’s vote or are in for the vote to salvage their image. Whilst campaigns of suffragists hold the view of ‘Germany was portrayed as the powerful male aggressor, Belgium and Britain as the vulnerable female victims
The author of the source believes that real freedom in a society can only be obtained when its citizens have a certain standard of living one that includes educated and healthy citizens who are not affected by poverty. The source emits a modern liberal or collective viewpoint that embraces the value of a society that is conscious of all the citizens and works to create a high standard of living for the society as a whole. Similarly to what John Locke believed, the author is an advocate for the protection of life, liberty and security. With education, safety and health comes freedom; freedom to grow, freedom to share and freedom to chose.
Problems in Manchester DBQ In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution brought many changes to Europe. While some of these changes, such as light, coal, and more jobs, benefitted the continent and set it towards many of the advances that put us where we are today, many of the changes at the time lead to miserable people within the city. Along with the fact that factories were polluting water in rivers and the air, people working in the factories died young because of long work hours, little sleep and little family time. In addition, people were having many children in order to bring more income to the family, forcing their children to work at as little as the age of three.
The Industrial Revolution that took place during the victorian era of England was characterised as being a time of mass expansion and modernization. The world was changing and thus effected the people of these times. The invention of steam engines and the development of cities changed everything for the people living in the nineteenth century, including social interactions and events. Although this time can be portrayed as a fanciful time of invention and development, many people suffered great injustice due to the need for labour and the greed of the upper class citizens. Child labour spiked and many families were left below the poverty line, which cause a significant spike in criminal related activity.
He believes that the wealth of the nation is increased by the increase of production, the increase of trade, improvement of technology, and expansion of the nation’s market. He believes that all of these things can be the result of division of labor between different classes. I think that Adam Smith would agree more with Ure because these ideas align with the support of industrial capitalism, which is what Ure believed in as well. Even though Smith and Ure may not agree with industrial capitalism for the same reasons, they were both still supporters of it, whereas Marx was not as much of a
The Industrial Revolution took place from the 18th to 19th century and was a period when rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. There were many effects of this mass industrialization of cities, some good and some bad. However, the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution outweigh the positive effects. Increased use of child labor, massive increase of population in cities and urban areas, and poor working conditions for factory workers were all factors that contributed to the Industrial Revolution causing overall negative effects.
Similar as it is today, women were not compensated equally compared to men. Some men wouldn’t even let the women leave the house to work because men have usually been the head of the family for a very long time; some people thought that women should have “the right to choose [their] work” and no one can “confine her to the house” if she feels otherwise (Document 5). Even people that didn’t think only gender equally would fix conditions still chipped in. Many people thought that physical action would help change the situation, but even they thought that there should be a march “for equal rights and duties” (Document 7). The industrial revolution in France followed a particular course, as it did not correspond to the main model followed by other countries.
In the 1840’s there was a wave of democratization created after Jackson’s presidency. It was created the value of the common man, and the importance of every person who was in the government. Of course, there were exceptions to this rule as there still certain groups like blacks or women that were viewed as inferior, but the majority of the population felt like they had worth. This led to series of reforms: hospitals for the mentally ill, schools for people with physical disabilities, the temperance movement, and labor unions. This movements fought a better society with better treatment even though there would be no economic incentives to do so.
It was an enormous social change for women to take part in public decision making, and gave them a voice to abolish unjust laws. The suffragettes in Australia argued that they were intelligent enough to vote, that it was unfair for them to be taxed without representation, and that they were equal to men therefore should have equal rights. In contrary, the suffragettes’ opponents alleged that women already had indirect power through manipulating their husbands and father’s voting choices at the ballot box, that women were equal but different and that women could not fulfil the duties of citizenship therefore should not vote. The suffragettes encouraged people to sign their petition, as well as held meeting and debates in order to gain supporters. Women in Australia used civil methods of protest, and didn’t adapt the more radical methods used by suffragettes in other countries.
Up until the early 20th Century, women in Britain were viewed as second class citizens, seen as both physically and mentally inferior to men. They campaigned vigorously for the right to vote as they longed to be treated as equal in society. In 1918, the Liberal government passed a law called the ‘Representation of the People Act’ which finally gave the vote to all ‘respectable’ women over the age of 30. This essay will discuss four of the key reasons why women gained the right to vote in 1918 including the Suffragists, women who worked during the First World War, changes in society and the Suffragettes. I will argue that the Suffragettes are the main reason why women got the vote.
The Core Principles of the Federalist 10 and the Communist Manifesto Federalist 10 and the Communist Manifesto, the most notable works of James Madison and Karl Marx respectively, present different socio political theories that defend government structures that were fairly atypical for their times. These theories are well known as they are two radically different approaches to solving and identifying the cause of political corruption by analyzing historical patterns of failed governments. These documents have differed causes and solutions of said political corruption, but can be outlined by four main principles; classicism, oppression, staple chaos, and equality.
Throughout the nineteenth century there were arguments about the proper sphere of women, and during this time only women obtained some limited legal and financial rights while still struggling for the social equality, and began to have access to some professions. The aim of universal suffrage, as mentioned in the first chapter of the study, was achieved in Britain in 1928, and in the twentieth century women generally had more independence. The two world wars had significant effect on perceptions of what women were capable of doing. In each world war women were encouraged to take work in the national interest. The fact that their ability to do ‘men’s work’ could no longer be denied.