Unit 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What is urbanization (1)
A
Towns grew and people moved there to find jobs
2
Q
How whas the housing conditions (3)
A
- built cheaply and quickly
- close together, damp dark and unhealthy
- few had proper toilets, running water and windows
3
Q
What was sanitation like in tge cities (4)
A
- rubbish rot in the streeats
- factory smoke polluted the air
- water supply often polluted
- all caused disease to spread causing epidemics
4
Q
Where did most people work IN TGE BEGINNING of the Revolution (2)
A
- textile mills
- coal mines
5
Q
Why were working conditions unhealthy and dangerous (5)
A
- no safety rules
- moving machine parts weren’t covered
- caused accidents, as clothing, hair or limbs got caught
- some worked16 hrs/ day
- work strictly and as fast as the machines
- became ill and died young
6
Q
Why did people start working young (2)
A
Wadges were low
All family members worked to survive
7
Q
Where did most kids work (1)
A
Dark narrow tunnels in mines
8
Q
What was sent to the government about working conditions (2)
A
Photos of the work place and interviews with the workers
9
Q
What caused children to easily become crippled (4)
A
- strange positions helpd
- smoke and fiber inhalation
- deaf from machine noise
- beaten when did something wrong
