Industrial Revolution - Living/ Working Conditions

Question 1

What was the great exhibition?

Answer 1

An international exhibition held in the Crystal Palace in London. price Albert (husband of queen victoria) got 100,000 objects from around the world to celebrate of progress and industrialisation

Question 2

How many people did the great exhibition attract?

Answer 2

6 million over its six month run

Question 3

When did the great exhibition take place?

Answer 3

1851

Question 4

What percent of manufacturing goods where made in Britain?

Answer 4

40%

Question 5

What percentage of trade was through a British port?

Answer 5

25%

Question 6

Examples of Poor working conditions in factories

Answer 6

. Deaths caused by machinery
. Beaten if they don’t work fast enough
. Toilet is a bucket in the corner
. Beaten with straps

Question 7

Examples of poor living conditions

Answer 7

. Broken windows
. Rats
. Sacks for beds
. Houses built poorly - no foundation, half a brick thick walls and materially unfit for the job
. Walls black due to smoke