industrial revolution section 3 Flashcards
who was oastler
Tory MP (minister of parliament)
what begins the reform process?
child labor
what is the nickname for someone from the conservative side
tory
who created the sadler commission report on child labor?
sadler
which act was created from chadwicks royal commission findings
Factory Act of 1833
what was the main idea of the factory act of 1833
work for 9 hours then get 2 hours of education
who hates the factory act of 1833 and what do they do because of it
parents- they create fake documentation of their kids being older
what jobs came from the factory and mines act
government inspectors
what act forbid children under 10 and women to work in mines
mines act of 1842
which act led to a lot of other laws
mines act of 1842
what was the term for women’s placement at home
“cult of domesticity”
what were the riots from rural countryside labors called
captain swing riots
what were threshing machines used for
wheat
why did the countryside carry out these riots
they didn’t have financial support and their jobs were being replaced
what machine guarantees more food
seed drill
who invented the seed drill
tull
what was born from the swing riots
the salvation army
who were the machine breakers who were angry for machines replacing their work
the luddites (professional weavers)
what were 2 things that made it easier to industrialize
low taxes and royal navy
what began the “corresponding societies”
thomas paine- the rights of man
why were corn laws repealed
potatoe famine (ireland)
what was created to solve the problems corn laws created
anti-corn law league
what was the massacre that killed 11 innocent citizens and where did it happen
peterloo massacre, st.Peters field in manchester (waterloo)
what was the biggest reform bill that shifted representation to the working class
british reform bill of 1832
what is the term for those who didn’t have representation
rotten boroughs
who created the people’s charter
william lovett
what were the 6 demands of the people’s charter and which demand did they not get
votes for all men, equal electoral districts, abolishment of the requirement that members of parliament be property owners, payment for parliament, the secret ballot
they didn’t get: annual general elections
who was oconnor and what did he write
a chartists leader who wrote “the northern star”
what percentage of the population could vote after the 1832 reform bill
3%
Who designed the official medallion of the British anti-slavery movement
wedgewood
what was the law that was hated by landowners because it didn’t encourage the poor
new poor law, 1834
what did new poor law make
landowners had to pay “poor rate”, poverty was a crime, poor had to dress like prisoners
what help did new poor law give to the poor
the workhouse “bastille”
what french law banned unions
le chapelier
what was the system that insisted on taking care of sick family members and restricting profession entry
GUILD system
what didn’t trade u ions want
unskilled workers entering their ranks
what couldn’t unions do
no strikes
who was the mythical figgure of the luddites
ludd
who was the methodist speaker who triewd to help agriculture but was imprisoned
loveless
wesley
founder of methodist church
who was malthus
he had the food and population theory that the poor should have less children
what was economics called
dismal science
what was ricardos theory
when wages are high workers have more children
what did bentham believe
government intervention is needed for safety and laws are judged good if they take care of most people
who was the father of socialism
owen
where was owens factory system and what happen
scotland, store is owned by workers
no private property
what is the def of socialism
people as a society would operate means of production- not individuals
