Opposing Views To Factory Reform

Question 1

What were the Tories morality issues with factory reform?

Answer 1

Argued it was a decline of traditional economic practices

Question 2

What did the Whigs suggest about morality?

Answer 2

Morality was driven by economic growth

Question 3

What was the main economic argument against the overworking of children?

Answer 3

Children overworked will be poor workers as adults

Question 4

What were the issues with reform movements in the 1800s?

Answer 4

Different demands and motivations caused divides, largely driven by skill differences

Question 5

What was the government’s main opposition to factory reform?

Answer 5

Their belief in the benefits of a free market ideology

Question 6

What were middle class arguments opposing factory reform?

Answer 6

Argued factories had to stay the same to be competitive - can be seen as biased as they were the ones gaining profits

Question 7

What did Whig economist Nassau Senior argue?

Answer 7

Profits are only made in the last hour of the day