How far did the industrial revolution adversely affect the lives of People in Britain?

Question 1

What are the two sides?

Answer 1

Positive effects of the industrial revolution, negative effects of the industrial revolution.

Question 2

What is it fair to suggest?

Answer 2

It is fair to say that there were extensive adverse affects upon the lives of the majority of the people in Britain during the industrial revolution.

Question 3

Name two areas in the UK where improvements were made to factory conditions?

Answer 3

Saltaire and New Lanark

Question 4

What was Robert Owen more?

Answer 4

Philanthropic

Question 5

Who wrote the first 1 million cheque?

Answer 5

Robert Owen

Question 6

When was the Davey lamp introduced?

Answer 6

1815

Question 7

What was work in the factories better paid than?

Answer 7

Pre-industrial agricultural jobs

Question 8

What were average wages in the footers and foundries?

Answer 8

12-15 shillings a week

Question 9

What was average income in 1750 versus 1780?

Answer 9

1750 average family income was at £12/year. 1780 average family income at £24/year

Question 10

What did the richer classes being able to afford clean water show?

Answer 10

This shows how some of the problems that worsened the lives of many people were not universal, and many people’s lives actually improved.

Question 11

What were bad houses int he UK?

Answer 11

Back to back houses

Question 12

What proportion of workers in Birmingham lived in back to back houses?

Answer 12

⅔ of workers in Birmingham lived in back to back houses.

Question 13

By 1841 how many back to back houses did Nottingham have?

Answer 13

12 600

Question 14

What did the exponential urban growth put strain on?

Answer 14

Sanitation

Question 15

Where was water supplied from?

Answer 15

Hand pumps

Question 16

Where were communal toilets emptied into?

Answer 16

Cesspits

Question 17

Where was the first cholera outbreak?

Answer 17

Sunderland

Question 18

When was the first cholera outbreak?

Answer 18

1831

Question 19

How many people did the first cholera outbreak kill?

Answer 19

32 000 people within the first year.

Question 20

How many people did Asiatic cholera kill?

Answer 20

Asiatic cholera killed 52 000 people in 1832 and 70 000 between 1848 and 1849

Question 21

By 1850 what happened to coal production?

Answer 21

By 1850 coal production had reached 55 million tonnes/year.

Question 22

What was a working week in the factories?

Answer 22

6 days a week, 14 hours

Question 23

What was a working week in the mines?

Answer 23

6 days, 12 hours

Question 24

What was a working day never less than throughout the 19th century?

Answer 24

Never less than 10 hours a day throughout the 19th century

Question 25

What led to a high accident rate in factories?

Answer 25

Poorly lit, overcrowded and cramped conditions.

Question 26

In 1842 what proportion of the mining force was under 19?

Answer 26

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