1. The enclosure movement gave a population rise to cities because all of these farmers that had been shorted out of their land needed a permanent job. At the time, the factory industries were beginning to boom, so these farmers took up jobs working in the factories. This caused many people to be living in unsanitary conditions, and some people became very sick from it. People were so desperate for money, the children would work in small mines in order to keep their family off of the streets. The harsh conditions of these working places, caused many labor unions to be created, to protect these new workers.
2. When many of the lower/middle class families moved to the cities, it caused an increase in poor sanitary conditions. Many of the aristocrats decided to leave the cities so they would not get sick or have to mingle with these lower classes. Anyhow, the location reversals of these classes, caused more of the lower class to be in the cities. Politicians who wanted to be voted into office now had to appeal more to the lower classes rather than to the aristocrats.
3. The decline of slave trading and an increase in immigration caused the creation of many Labor Unions. Now that there were no slaves, the business owners could not find any cheap labor. The American working conditions made immigrants want to join a union because it would pretty much give them a job to work and support their family, but also serve to make sure that these "uneducated factory workers" were not getting ripped off.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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