Social Conditions and the Call for Unions

Research the websites below. Take notes to answer the guide questions. Using your answers to the guide questions, your notes from the websites, and notes from your book answer the Main Question below:

Description of Manchester by Friederich Engels

Reforms implemented as a result of social conditions scroll down and find that heading

British Trade Unions

The Labour Party -read about the emergence of this political party in Britain

Guide Questions:
1. Who is Engels? How does he describe Manchester? Was this description typical of industrialized aresa in Britain? What conditions existed that workers would have wanted changed?

2. What trade unions developed over time in Britain? What major legislation was passed as a result of these unions? What major events in history did these unions play a role in?

3. What legislation did the British government pass? What reforms did this create? Why do you think the government began to legislate working conditions?

4. What political movements grew out of the call for reform in industrialized Britain? Were they popular? Why or why not?

MAIN QUESTION:

Unions were the savior/enemy of the people.

Analyze this statement. Choose the statement you agree with most and defend your position.