True or False? Steel smoke covered cities in soot that caused health issues.
False. The correct answer is coal.
Working class women worked wage-earning jobs.
True.
There were 4 main ranks in the social hierarchy during the Industrial Revolution.
False.
Factory workers needed no skill to work the machines.
True.
Children who were 4+ years could work in factories.
False. Correct answer is 5+
Poor living conditions led to the spread of these two diseases: ______ and ______
Typhoid and cholera
True or false? Women and men worked in the same job areas.
False. Men/women/children were split up in jobs.
The lower working class was mainly built up of what kind of people?
Rural people who moved to urban areas
What was the main pro about factory work?
The wages were higher than working agricultural jobs.
What killed many among the industrial working class?
Diseases.
What was the toxic fog left behind from coal smoke called?
Soot.
Did middle class women still have to work?
No, because their husbands made enough money.
Name a two middle class jobs.
Factory owners/managers
White collar workers: doctors, lawyers, teachers
Factory workers’ living conditions were ______.
Over crowded (shoddy tenements).
How long were were working hours for factory workers in the working class?
12-14 hours (very long)
What was a reason for housing shortages?
Increased population.
Middle class women focused on _____ tasks.
domestic
Industrialists became more _____ than traditional landed ______.
industrialists became more powerful than traditional landed aristocracy
C____ grew far too _u___ for their ____s____re.
Cities grew far too quick for their infrastructure.
How did middle class people view the working class.
They thought of them as lazy.
What what were two main reasons there was an increase in crime?
- Stealing to survive
- Violent crimes after alcohol consumption
_i__ class women had __nn___ to __r_ for their ______n.
High class women had nannies to care for their children.
Who benefited the most from industrialization (according to the video)?
The middle class.
A major con of factory work was _____-_____ repetitive work.
Mind-numbing
Dangers of children working in factories led to what?
Laws being passed to remove children from work and to put them in schools.