Alexander II industry and workers Flashcards
1
Q
Railways increase (miles)
A
1855 - 570 1880 - 14,200
2
Q
Raw cotton increased…
A
10 fold
3
Q
Limitation
A
Lacked foreign investment
4
Q
Reutern’s reforms (2 things)
A
public accounting, ended tax farming
5
Q
Output of coal
A
0.3 million tonnes 1860 - rose to 3.2 million tonnes 1880
6
Q
Working conditions (3 things)
A
No limits on working days, factory conditions poor, only 860,000 urban based workers
7
Q
Living conditions
A
Housing quality poor
