Working In The Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Who invented the flying shuttle?
John Kay
What did James Hargreaves invent?
The spinning jenny
Who invented the spinning machine called a water frame?
Sir Richard Arkwright
The mining of what became major industries?
Coal and iron
How long was the average work week?
Six days with Sunday being the only day off
How many hours a day did workers work?
Between 12 and 16 hours
Why did wages plummet ?
Because of competition for jobs people were prepared to work for lower and lower wages rather than be unemployed
Where wages ever solo that all the members of the family including children forced to work?
Yes
What was the strange fact about women getting paid during the industrial revolution?
Employers were obliged to to pay women only half as much as men
What was an awful feature of the industrial revolution?
Child labour, children are forced to work in order to put a roof over their families heads
Name three common accidents in mines?
Gas explosions, flooding or cave-ins
Why was tuberculosis so widespread during the industrial revolution?
Workers breathed in air full of dust and fiber particles making on diseases such as tuberculosis widespread
