Chapter 13.2 - The Emergence of Mass Society ()
- Name three issues governments had to worry about to address the concerns of the masses.
- How did the population of London change from 1800 to 1900?
- Describe four specific policy changes or inventions that helped improve public health and sanitation.
- What percent of the population was the “new elite” and how much of the wealth did they control?
- What kind of people were in this group?
- The next 15% were the “diverse middle class.” What kind of people were in this group?
- The remaining people were the “working” or “lower” classes. How much of the population did they make up?
- What kind of people were in this group?
- By 1870s, some reforms had been made to improve life for this group. Describe three of these reforms.
- Describe three limits still placed on women as of 1800.
- What kind of jobs did women have access to as a result of the demands of the Industrial revolution?
- Yet what was still the only “honorable and available career” for most women?
- Give two reasons why the number of children per woman declined in the 1800s.
- Between 1890 and 1914, near the very end of the Industrial Revolution, how had the lives of families changed for the better due to higher wages and standard of living?
- During the 1840s and 1850s, women sought equal political rights. What right did they seek in particular to achieve this goal?
- It wasn’t until after what major world event that they gained this right in most European countries and the USA?
- Before the 1870s, what was reserved mostly for the upper and middle classes?
- Most of these new teachers were of what gender?
- What was the most immediate result of public education?
- What sprang up to appeal to the new, reading public?
- How did the definitions of “work” and “leisure” change after the Industrial revolution, compared to those in cottage industries before it?
- How did individuals’ involvement/role in leisure activities change? Give one example.
- How did the relationship between money and leisure activities change?
- Describe three details about the home of a worker in London in 1890? (p340)
- Describe three details about the home of an industrial owner in London in 1890? (p341)
