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Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 17

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Source 17.1A Testimony (Elizabeth Bentley, Factory Worker)

Source 17.1B Testimony (William Harter, Mill Owner)

Source 17.2 The Condition of the Working Class in England

Source 17.3 Outside the Factory

Source 17.4 Only a Weaver

Source 17.5 The Internationale

Source 17.6 The Railroad as a Symbol of the Industrial Era

Source 17.7 Capital and Labour

The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.

Guiding Question

In what different ways was social class experienced in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution?

Instructions

Below are four topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply.

Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 17.29

Which sources provide evidence of how the middle class and industrialists experienced the Industrial Revolution? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 17.1B: The testimony of William Harter offers the perspective of an industrialist. Source 17.2: Engels indicates that the middle classes are able to live apart from the working poor in Manchester if they choose. Source 17.6: This source depicts middle-class people traveling for the purpose of leisure on the railways of the Industrial Revolution. Source 17.7: This source emphasizes the wealth and luxury enjoyed by industrialists. Source 17.3: This source depicts working-class women on a break, not members of the middle class or industrialists. Source 17.5: This source records life from the perspective of wage laborers.

Incorrect: Source 17.1B: The testimony of William Harter offers the perspective of an industrialist. Source 17.2: Engels indicates that the middle classes are able to live apart from the working poor in Manchester if they choose. Source 17.6: This source depicts middle-class people traveling for the purpose of leisure on the railways of the Industrial Revolution. Source 17.7: This source emphasizes the wealth and luxury enjoyed by industrialists. Source 17.3: This source depicts working-class women on a break, not members of the middle class or industrialists. Source 17.5: This source records life from the perspective of wage laborers.

Question 17.30

Which sources provide evidence of the daily lives and struggles of factory workers as distinct from other classes and groups of workers? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 17.2: Engels provides a vivid description of the living conditions of factory workers in Manchester. Source 17.3: While perhaps an idealized image, this painting does capture a moment of rest in the working day for a group of factory workers. Source 17.5: “The Internationale” was the anthem for many workers’ movements and describes the struggle for a greater share of the wealth generated from factory work. Source 17.4: This source chronicles the daily life of unemployed artisans, not factory workers. Source 17.6: This source depicts a middle-class family, shedding no light on the lives of factory workers. Source 17.7: This source depicts miners, not factory workers.

Incorrect: Source 17.2: Engels provides a vivid description of the living conditions of factory workers in Manchester. Source 17.3: While perhaps an idealized image, this painting does capture a moment of rest in the working day for a group of factory workers. Source 17.5: “The Internationale” was the anthem for many workers’ movements and describes the struggle for a greater share of the wealth generated from factory work. Source 17.4: This source chronicles the daily life of unemployed artisans, not factory workers. Source 17.6: This source depicts a middle-class family, shedding no light on the lives of factory workers. Source 17.7: This source depicts miners, not factory workers.

Question 17.31

Which sources provide firsthand evidence concerning worker perceptions of factory supervisors, industrialists, and other elites? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 17.1A: Elizabeth Bentley’s testimony expresses her impressions of factory supervisors. Source 17.4: This source criticizes the new capitalists for undermining the artisanal way of life. Source 17.5: “The Internationale,” composed by a working-class activist, criticizes industrialists and others who extract the wealth from the labor of workers. Source 17.2: Engels offers a description of working-class living conditions, but offers no insight into how workers viewed their social superiors. Source 17.3: This image was created by the professional painter Eyre Crowe and offers no insight into how factory workers viewed their superiors. Source 17.7: This source does depict the great gap between rich capitalists and laborers, but it was created by the artist John Leech, so it does not offer firsthand insight into how workers perceived their social superiors.

Incorrect: Source 17.1A: Elizabeth Bentley’s testimony expresses her impressions of factory supervisors. Source 17.4: This source criticizes the new capitalists for undermining the artisanal way of life. Source 17.5: “The Internationale,” composed by a working-class activist, criticizes industrialists and others who extract the wealth from the labor of workers. Source 17.2: Engels offers a description of working-class living conditions, but offers no insight into how workers viewed their social superiors. Source 17.3: This image was created by the professional painter Eyre Crowe and offers no insight into how factory workers viewed their superiors. Source 17.7: This source does depict the great gap between rich capitalists and laborers, but it was created by the artist John Leech, so it does not offer firsthand insight into how workers perceived their social superiors.

Question 17.32

Which sources provide direct evidence of workers organizing to take action? Choose ALL that apply.
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Correct: Source 17.5: This source encourages all workers to organize to secure their fair share of their labors. Source 17.1B: When the factory owner Harter spoke about working hours to the Parliamentary commission, he raised no concerns about workers organizing. Source 17.2: While Engels recounts the living conditions of the poor, he offers no evidence of workers’ efforts to organize. Source 17.3: This image of workers at rest offers no evidence of efforts to organize for rights. Source 17.4: While the weavers of Coventry express class consciousness, they do not seek to organize workers for action; instead they lament their fate. Source 17.6: This image depicts middle-class, not working-class, people.

Incorrect: Source 17.5: This source encourages all workers to organize to secure their fair share of their labors. Source 17.1B: When the factory owner Harter spoke about working hours to the Parliamentary commission, he raised no concerns about workers organizing. Source 17.2: While Engels recounts the living conditions of the poor, he offers no evidence of workers’ efforts to organize. Source 17.3: This image of workers at rest offers no evidence of efforts to organize for rights. Source 17.4: While the weavers of Coventry express class consciousness, they do not seek to organize workers for action; instead they lament their fate. Source 17.6: This image depicts middle-class, not working-class, people.