Changing labour laws
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- In this lesson, we will learn about the ways in which governments tried to improve working conditions during the nineteenth century.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these is not a job that young children did in 1800?
Chimney sweep
Thruster
Trapper
Q2.
What percentage of people in England lived in towns and cities in 1700?
10%
2%
70%
Q3.
What percentage of people in England lived in towns and cities in 1870?
10%
27%
90%
Q4.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
When farming methods became much more efficient in the 1700s.
When the people of Paris rebelled against their king in 1789.
When William of Orange replaced James II as king in 1688-89.
Q5.
What did William Blake think about the Industrial Revolution?
He admired the new technology.
He didn't realise that the Industrial Revolution was taking place.
He thought that it was all part of God's plan for humanity.
5 Questions
Q1.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
When farming methods became much more efficient in the 1700s.
When the people of Paris rebelled against their king in 1789.
When William of Orange replaced James II as king in 1688-89.
Q2.
What 'class' were most people in nineteenth-century Britain?
Middle Class
Poor Class
Upper Class
Q3.
Which Act banned children younger than nine from working in factories.
The Great Reform Act (1832)
The Mines Act (1842)
The Poor Law Reform Act (1834)
Q4.
Why was the Factory Act (1833) unpopular with many poor families?
Because many couldn't read the Factory Act.
Because they hated their children and it kept them in the house.
Because they thought that work made their young children healthy and strong.
Q5.
Alongside Acts passed by the government, what else do historians look at to understand how working conditions changed during the nineteenth century?
Roman pottery
Shipwrecks
The internet