19.I Reforms passed due to desire to improve WC life Flashcards
Desire to improve WC
Which MP campaigned for factory support/ better healthcare?
Lord Shaftesbury
Desire to improve WC
What did the 1833 FA do?
Reduced the working day to 12h for children
Desire to improve WC
What was one of the reasons for passing 1834 PLAA?
Passed due to Speenhamland depressing wages
Desire to improve WC
What did the 1842 Mines Act do?
Women and children under 10 could not work underground
Desire to improve WC
What did the 1848 Public Health Act do? What was the average life expectancy in Manchester?
Set up the board of health
Done to reduce the death rate in industrial areas (can argue this was done for self interest)
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Pressure groups
How much damage from swing riots? How does this link to the question?
£100,000 arson damage
It takes time to draft bills, could very easily have been influential to factory acts
Pressure group?
Who led the 10 hour movement?
Richard Oastler and John Fielden
Pressure groups
How many short time committees by 1833? How many signatures did the one in Leeds achieve in a week? Who were they made from?
26
10,000
Spinners and weavers
Self interest
How many died from Cholera in Sunderland in 1831? Link to Q
32,000
Workers dying could cause public health act
Self interest
How did new Lanark cause reform?
In 1834, Owen boasted he maintained profits of £300,000 a year despite looking after workers - showed that it was possible to gather large economic success while placating workers
Self interest
How did the French revolutions contribute when were they? How many death?
1830 / 1848
MPs were scared at losing their power, therefore they allowed some change
Around 1000 deaths 1830
Around 10,000 deaths in 1848
