G3 Flashcards
These were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom beginning in 1802 to regulate and improve the conditions of industrial employment.
A. Industrial acts
B. Factory acts
C. Employment acts
B
How long do factory workers in the first industrial revolution work per day?
A. 8-12 hours/day
B. 10-14 hours/day
C. 12-16 hours/day
C
This refers to workers’ refusal to work if demands were not satisfied. One of the most effective tools to labor unions.
a. Worker-organized strikes
b. unions
c. workers’ rights
A
Labor groups known as __ would demand for higher wages, less hours worked, and improved workplace conditions.
a. labor reforms
b. unions
c. the industrial working class
B
What are the two distinct classes that emerged?
a. Social Class and Higher Class
b. Middle Class and Working Class
c. Working class and Higher Class
B
Which of the following is one of the three impacts that led people to migrate from rural areas to urban cities?
a. Widespread of diseases
b. Increase in population growth
c. Access to international markets
B
What is the most common illness in the textile industry?
a. Cough and Fever
b. Skin disease
c. Lung damage
C
This act stated that no children under 9 were to be employed and that children aged 9-16 years were limited to 12 hours’ work per day. It applied to the cotton industry only, but covered all children, whether apprentices or not.
A. The Cotton Mills and Factories Act of 1819
B. The Factory Acts
C. The Cotton Mills and Factories Act of 1919
A
How old were the children when they were forced to work?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 5
C
Members of this class included merchants
who invested their profits in factories, inventors, and skilled artisans who pioneered new technologies.
A. Industrial Middle Class
B. Industrial Higher Class
C. Industrial Working Class
A
