Effects of Industrialization
What are factory workers?
This act limited women and children to working only 10 hours.
What is the 10 Hours Act?
This city is where the Peterloo massacre took place
What is Manchester?
One of the gains for workers as a result of unions.
What are wages doubled or goods were cheaper?
By 1900 between 1/3 and 1/2 of people in industrialized countries lived where?
What are cities?
This act made it so no women could work in these places and boys must at least be 13!
What is the Mines Act?
Between 1811 & 1816, working in many parts of Britain smashed these as a sign of revolt.
What are machines?
To create a better future for children, this was created in 1914
What is Free Public Schools?
Name one of the two effects of the industrial revolution that reduced the number of deaths caused by disease
what are medical discoveries and public sanitation?
This act in 1833 made it so kids (9-13) couldn't work more than 8hrs/day
What is the Factory Act?
One of the things the protestors were protesting at the Peterloo Massacre.
What is- higher wages, better work conditions, or protection from unemployment
These people were known as the Bobbies or the Peelers
This city was not chartered as a city and therefor couldn't charge taxes to improve the infrastructure in the city. People struggled with poor sanitation and housing.
Where is Manchester?
What are trade unions?
This many people went to the 1819 demonstration (known as the Peterloo Massacre)
What is 60,000- 80,000?
What are two ways working conditions improved?
What are proper ventilations, safety devices, electrical switches, and factory codes
What caused living conditions to grow so poor during the industrial revolution?
What is overcrowding, people flocking to cities because of no jobs in agriculture
These acts outlawed labour unions (in 1799 and 1800)
What are the combination acts?
The amount of deaths from the Peterloo Massacre (RIP)
What is 11 or 18? (RIP)
What is one aspect of the insurance funds that helped protect workers rights?
What is insurance for people who cant work due to sickness or accident
or
what is old age pension for workers