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Industrial Revolution Living Conditions by Thomas Kwa

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

STRUCTURED LABOR

2. Living conditions

THOMAS KWA

STRUCTURED LABOR

  • Factories needed permanent workers
  • Consistent hours

CHANGES OVER TIME

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WEAVERS' PLIGHT

SKILLED LABOR WAS LESS VALUED
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CHANGES OVER TIME

  • Regulations: after years
  • At first, conditions unanticipated
  • Middle class began
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DEMOGRAPHICS

  • Increasing urbanization
  • Less space in cities
  • Poor living conditions
  • Suburbs created
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RECREATION

  • Working children could rarely play
  • Cricket, rugby, other sports
  • The middle class was essential for recreation
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THE POOR LAW

  • 1834: Poor Law Passed
  • Workhouses provided aid
  • Poor discouraged through bad conditions
  • Daily work, designed to be harsh
  • Became more important with increasing population
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