Living Conditions
What are tenements?
Over populated, unsanitary housing for poor factory workers in the city
What was the invention that made factories work much more efficently?
Steam Engine
Name two of the jobs children often did during the IR
Chimney sweeps, Trappers, Crawled under looms to retrieve thread, mule scavenger
What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?
Britain
When looking at the origin of the source, what are you looking for?
Who made it & what type of source is it
What is urbanisation?
The rapid growth in urban areas opposed to rural areas
What invention revolutionised cotton production?
Cotton Gin
How many hours did a child work in a factor PRE reforms?
12-16 hours
What years did the Industrial Revolution take place?
1750-1900s
What can make a source unreliable?
bias perspective, information that does not line up with other sources, dodgy author
How many families on average lived in one tenement?
2-3
What system did Samuel Morse create that allowed people to communicate long distance?
Telegraph
After the reform of 1901, what was the new lowest age children could be to work in a factory?
12
What was the main source of power for the early steam engine?
Coal
When asked if a source is useful, what does this mean?
Whether a source provides information for a given question enough to answer it
What was the cause of diseases spreading amongst people?
Poor sanitation
What invention changed the way water transport was conducted?
Steamboat
Name two reasons why children often ended up in child labour
What form of transportation transformed how people and materials travel
Locomotive
What does 'bias' mean?
prejudice against one group of people or thing
What are the names of two diseases commonly spread around this time?
cholera, tuberculosis, typhoid, small pox
What was the disease called that match stick girls would get because of the toxic chemicals they worked with?
Fossy Jaw
What was the deformity that chimney sweepers often had as a result of their job?
Bone deformities and lung problems
During the Colliery Disaster, what was the average age of those deceased?
15-20
If the transcript of a speech from 1930 is found in a textbook from 2025, is this a primary or secondary source?
Primary