Jbbb Flashcards
What work did people do before the factories?
Worked on the land, had skilled jobs, worked in home based industry
Where was the first factory?
Derbyshire (Cromford)
Name 2 problems with the new factories
Long hours, low pay
Why were children employed in factories
Cheap, small fingers, could get under machines, parents needed the money
How could workers improve things?
Join a Trade Union, Protest, Strike
What issues existed with housing
Overcrowding, lack of planning, lack of space and light, expensive rents, back to backs, lack of running water
What issues were there with waste
No rubbish collection, lack of toilets, rivers used to dump waste spread disease
What did the government do to tackle the issue
Public health acts, build sewers, started cleaning up
Who could vote in the 1800
Only rich men, less than 5% of the population
Who were the chartists
People who wanted to vote
Name three positives of the empire
Wealth to britain, pride for Britain, better infrastructure in empire countries
Name three negatives of the empire
No say for empire people’s, exploitation, enforced religion
When was the Indian mutiny
May 1857 to July 1859
What was the name of the Indian troops that fought in the Indian mutiny
Sepoys
What was the outcome of the Indian mutiny
The East India trading company was abolished, Britain tighten it’s control and India became more westernized
