The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution aided in the creation of a middle class. What were some of the distinctions of the middle class compared to the poor or the nobility?
| There were no differences between the nobility and the middle class. The nobility was the middle class. | |
| They were often managers, lawyers, doctors, or industrial owners who married for companionship rather than power, educated their children, and often hired at least one servant. | |
| The middle class lived in extremely expensive homes with gilded fixtures, preferred the single life more than marriage until age 50, avoided public life -especially politics, and sought profit more than anything else. |
