changes in the social class
The social classes were greatly affected by the Industrial Revolution. A new middle class was created by several different sources. Some of the people that made up the middle class were merchants, who gained their profit from investing in the factories. With increased technology and the factory system advancing, people who invested there gained a decent profit to obtain the title of the middle class. Other people that made up the middle class were inventors or skilled artisans. These people were the main source for creating new technologies. Inventors created new technologies during the Industrial Revolution that were used to benefit the people and result in making jobs easier. Middle-class families lived in nice, clean, comfortable areas and had well-furnished homes. Middle class men opposed any effort made in Parliament to improve conditions for workers. Living in the middle class, women had to become "ladies" and take part in "ladylike" activities. Some of these activities included embroidery, drawing, or playing piano. "Ladies" did not work outside or in fields and did not do housework. They hired maid-servants for jobs around the house. Young girls were educated in taking on the same task that their mother did for when they grow up and take on the same role. Sons of families were educated in becoming a businessman. The middle class mainly focused on themselves and did what they could to benefit themselves. They had little to no sympathy for the poor. They believed that the poor should be able to support themselves just as the middle class did. Some felt that the poor were lazy and claimed that they could not "work their way up" out of poverty.
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