Post Industrial Revolution and Reforms Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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Factory acts
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Limited working hours for women and children, improved safety standards
2
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Mines act
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Prohibited women and children under 10 from working underground
3
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Ten hours act
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Limited workday to 10 hours
4
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Public health act
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Created a Board of Health to improve sanitation
5
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Education Acts
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Established universal elementary education
6
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Reform Acts
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Gradually expanded voting rights to working class men
7
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Impacts of the reforms
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Improved living and working conditions for workers, reduced child, labor and exploitation, expanded government responsibility for public welfare, growth of labor, unions, and workers, rights movements, and gradual shift towards democratic representation
