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AP Success - AP World History: 19th Century Coal Mining Insights

Source 1

"The mineral fuel which constitutes so great a source of our national wealth is not extracted from the earth without a fearful sacrifice of life; either cut off suddenly, or slowly, but as surely, destroyed by inhaling the poisonous gases of the mines. Scarcely a week passes without fatal explosions, of which little notice is taken beyond the immediate scenes of the calamities; nor is it till some thirty or forty human beings have been killed at one flash that public attention is aroused ; whilst the thousands who are sent to premature graves by the daily operating effects of the insidious atmospheric poison are altogether unminded."

English publication, The Spectator, 3 November 1849

Question 1

Multiple choice

According to the source, what was a significant consequence of coal mining during the 19th century?

Question 2

Multiple choice

The source from The Spectator highlights which of the following aspects of the Industrial Revolution?

Question 3

Multiple choice

What does the source suggest about public awareness and reaction to mining accidents in the 19th century?

Question 4

Multiple choice

The phrase 'fearful sacrifice of life' in the source most directly reflects which of the following?

Question 5

Multiple choice

The reference to 'the thousands who are sent to premature graves' in the source is indicative of which broader 19th-century trend?

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