Social Reform 1830s

Question 1

Who was Lord shaftsbury

Answer 1

Spent a lifetime working to reform both social and economical

Question 2

How were conditions in factories

Answer 2

There were longer working hours to meet up with high demands.
Industrial Revolution
Children as young as 6 would work
Accidents were common and people often lost limbs or even died

Question 3

Conditions in mines

Answer 3

Women and children would work in mines with men also. They would sit in the dark for 12 hours often. People lost legs when carts ran them over

Question 4

Why did people want reform?

Answer 4

They were shocked to hear about women and children working. Women were dragging coal on their hands and knees, people were appalled. They also saw the poor conditions kids worked in, with many hazards laying around. Children were being harmed by machinery and mistreated by the factory owners.

Question 5

When was the ten hours bill passed

Answer 5

1833. It limited hours a child could work

Question 6

When was the children’s employment commission set up?

Answer 6

1840

Question 7

Which act stopped the employment of women and children in underground areas in mines?

Answer 7

Mines and collieries act 1842 prohibited women and children to work in underground areas

Question 8

What was the ragged school

Answer 8

Set up in 1844, he educated those too poor to attend normal schools