David Copperfield | Compare and Contrast

  • 1850s: The lower classes crowded into English urban centers and working without any labor restrictions on their behalf are pessimistic about ever rising out of poverty. No social services are available to help them.

    Today: England has social programs such as national health insurance and subsidized housing that help improve the lives of those in the lower class.

  • 1850s: Voices emerge in protest against conditions for the working class, including a huge Chartist demonstration in 1848 in London. Protestors present a...

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