Effects on Urban Areas
Areas of cities where low-income families are forced to live.
What are slums?
New classes emerged in society due to this
What is industrialization?
where did women work when in the work force
what are coal mines
opressive heat, coal dust in lungs and mine collapses
What are dangers children faced in coal mines?
the industrial revolution was powered by this
what are fossil fuels
One of the most feared and fast spreading diseases at the time.
What is cholera?
Another term to call the laborers in factories and coal mines in the industrial age.
What is the working class?
when was women working in the coal mines deemed illegal in Britain
what are the1840s
what was more harmful to breathe than factory dust
what is coal dust
what did the burning of these resources result in
what is smog
Living standards increased for many due to this.
What is industrialization?
The new class that emerged due to industrialization.
What is the middle class?
compared to men what were womens wages
what is half mens wages
children as young as ___ would work in the factories
what is five
what are respiratory problems
industrialization lead to an increase in what
what are living standards
Wages were kept low because of this
What is competition for jobs?
what social class were women exempt from working in the mines
what is middle class
why were children so widely demanded in these factories
what are their small size and fingers
factories commonly dumped their waste into these
what are lakes, rivers, and streams
what social issues greatly increased due to industrialization
what is crime and violence
Another name for people who hold office jobs
What is white-collar workers.
being a ___ symbolized status and wealth
what is housewife
who advocated for the women and children to stop being taken advantage of in the factories
what is the labor union
what were the most commonly pollutes areas in this time
what is the air and water