23.I Gov attitude to factory reform changed little

Question 1

What are the 3 factors for this question?

Answer 1

Government did care
Government did not care
External pressure factors that forced the government to care

Question 2

Did Care
What did the 1847 Factory Act do?

Answer 2

Made 10h working day legal for Women and Children

Question 3

Did Care
What did the 1833 Factory Act do?

Answer 3

Limited child labour hours and enforced 2 hours of schooling (only 4 inspectors for 4000 factories)

Question 4

Did Care

What did the 1844 Factory Act do?

Answer 4

Women given 12 hour days
Factory equipment had to be caged

Question 5

Did care

What did the 1842 mines act do?

Answer 5

Banned women and children under 10 from being employed in mines

Question 6

Did not care

Which MP led the opposition against the 10h movement?

Answer 6

Lord Althrop

Question 7

Did not care

Who lost their fingers in a factory accident? When?

Answer 7

Martha Appleton (13)
Sacked without compensation
1859

Question 8

Did not care

When was required schooling (introduced in the 1833 factory act) removed?

Answer 8

1844

Question 9

Did not care

What did continuous pressure on industrial goods cause mining production to increase by?

Answer 9

1770 - 1850
6 million to 55 million tonnes

Question 10

External Pressures
Where were short time committees initially formed? How many in 1833?
When did they campaign until?

Answer 10

Leeds and Huddersfield
26
1847 Factory Act

Question 11

External pressures

Which MP was unusual and proposed the 10h day multiple times? What years did he propose it?

Answer 11

Lord Ashley
1838, 1839, 1840

Question 12

External pressures

Which 2 MPs believed that the 10h day would improve productivity?

Answer 12

Oastler and Bull

Question 13

External pressures

When were 2 prominent French revolutions?

Answer 13

1830/48