Question

Select the factors that forced the working class to demand their rights through protests and agitations.

• A. Increase in inflation and unemployment
• B. Suppression of people's freedom
• C. Denial of the right to vote
• D. Deterioration in the living and working conditions

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C), (D)

Deterioration in the living and working conditions

The living and working conditions of people worsened during the Industrial Revolution. Britain witnessed an increase in unemployment rate and food prices due to the war between France and England. The British parliament opposed the right to vote for the working class people and also enacted several laws that curtailed people's freedom. These factors resulted in mass protests of the working class in their quest to achieve an equitable society.