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1
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What are the two sides?

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Positive effects of the industrial revolution, negative effects of the industrial revolution.

2
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What is it fair to suggest?

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It is fair to say that there were extensive adverse affects upon the lives of the majority of the people in Britain during the industrial revolution.

3
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Name two areas in the UK where improvements were made to factory conditions?

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Saltaire and New Lanark

4
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What was Robert Owen more?

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Philanthropic

5
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Who wrote the first 1 million cheque?

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Robert Owen

6
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When was the Davey lamp introduced?

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1815

7
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What was work in the factories better paid than?

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Pre-industrial agricultural jobs

8
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What were average wages in the footers and foundries?

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12-15 shillings a week

9
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What was average income in 1750 versus 1780?

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1750 average family income was at £12/year. 1780 average family income at £24/year

10
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What did the richer classes being able to afford clean water show?

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This shows how some of the problems that worsened the lives of many people were not universal, and many people’s lives actually improved.

11
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What were bad houses int he UK?

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Back to back houses

12
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What proportion of workers in Birmingham lived in back to back houses?

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⅔ of workers in Birmingham lived in back to back houses.

13
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By 1841 how many back to back houses did Nottingham have?

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12 600

14
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What did the exponential urban growth put strain on?

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Sanitation

15
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Where was water supplied from?

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Hand pumps

16
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Where were communal toilets emptied into?

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Cesspits

17
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Where was the first cholera outbreak?

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Sunderland

18
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When was the first cholera outbreak?

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1831

19
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How many people did the first cholera outbreak kill?

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32 000 people within the first year.

20
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How many people did Asiatic cholera kill?

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Asiatic cholera killed 52 000 people in 1832 and 70 000 between 1848 and 1849

21
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By 1850 what happened to coal production?

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By 1850 coal production had reached 55 million tonnes/year.

22
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What was a working week in the factories?

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6 days a week, 14 hours

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What was a working week in the mines?

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6 days, 12 hours

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What was a working day never less than throughout the 19th century?

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Never less than 10 hours a day throughout the 19th century

25
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What led to a high accident rate in factories?

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Poorly lit, overcrowded and cramped conditions.

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In 1842 what proportion of the mining force was under 19?

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