Question

Explain in a few sentences whether this document could be used to support Engels’s claims about the working class in England.

Document: A diary entry from 1844, written by a worker living in Manchester. It describes crowded and filthy conditions in that city.

Answer 1

Yes, this diary entry could be used to support Engels's claims. The time, place, and descriptions in the diary match Engels's descriptions of the working class in Manchester.

Answer 2

This diary entry could definitely be used to support Engels's claims as it describes the conditions as being crowded and filthy and shows that the working class was meaningless to the government at that time and that they were forced to work and live under horrendous conditions.