KE Task 4

Task 4: A: Two of the most significant social consequences of the Industrial Revolution are urban crowding and worker safety. Urban crowding had the biggest effect on the poor and immigrants. As the rich and middle class moved to the edge of the city, property owners bought the properties in the city and leased them to the poor. The housing was often inadequately kept up and dirty.
The growth of cities outpaced the ability of local governments to extend clean water, garbage collection, and sewage systems into poorer areas, so conditions in cities deteriorated. High rents, low wages, and poor services produced misery in the midst of unprecedented growth [ CITATION The12 \l 1033 ]. A lot of the city workers, property owners and employers of these poor people and...