8.8 Flashcards

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How did advances in engineering and machines affect factory work and factory workers?

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  1. Advances in machinery meant fewer workers were needed in the factories and the workers were unskilled
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What is mass production?

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Mass production-making lots of goods quickly and cheaply

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Manchester’s population grew significantly between 1777 and 1851. Outline the causes of this.

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Manchester grew so fast because more and more factories provided work there

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Identify why women and children were often given jobs over male workers during this time?

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Women and children were cheaper to employ

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What were some of the improvements in workers lives by 1860?

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  1. Standard of living improved, wages increased
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What were some of the problems created by the new production methods and what were working conditions like before the parliamentary reform?

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Problems included-loss of jobs for skilled workers.

- poor quality of goods as priority was quantity
- poor safety conditions for workers
- harsh working environments: no heating or colling, noisy, cramped, long hours, unsanitary conditions and poor lighting
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Explain how the assembly line worked in Henry Ford’s car factory?

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  1. Fords factory had workers completing one part of the vehicle all day-as the car moved down the line
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What was special about the 1908 Ford Model T automobile?

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  1. It was cheap so cars were no longer just for the wealthy
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In what way was ford’s bussiness model different from many other industrialists?

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  1. Ford had his workers well and sold his car cheap
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How do current automated assembly lines differ from ford’s time?

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  1. Today robots do a lot of the work at a car factory and workers monitor the robot.
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