Module 15 Lesson 2-4

Why were children often employed in the British mining industry?

• They were paid less money than adult male miners.

• They were less likely to be members of mining unions.

• They were less likely to complain about working conditions.

• They were able to crawl through small areas to access coal deposits.

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Typical of child laborers in industrial Britain, ______ began working in a textile factory at age 10 and worked 16 hours a day with only one 40-minute break for lunch.

• Mary Barton

• William Cooper

• Charles Dickens

• Elizabeth Gaskell

Which groups joined the upper class as a result of the British Industrial Revolution?

• doctors and lawyers

• toolmakers and printers

• factory owners and bankers

• government employees and shop managers

The Working Class

Some working class people became so frustrated that they smashed the machines they thought were putting them out of work. One group of such workers was called the Luddites. They were named after Ned Ludd. Ludd, probably a mythical English laborer, was said to have destroyed weaving machinery around 1779. The Luddites attacked whole factories in northern England beginning in 1811, destroying laborsaving machinery. Outside the factories, mobs of workers rioted, mainly because of poor living and working conditions.

Question: Luddites objected to the poor working conditions in factories and protested the loss of their jobs by destroying ______.

• shops

• machines

• police stations

• crowded tenements

Which of the following resulted from nineteenth-century workers joining labor unions?

• Many factory jobs were created.

• The working week was shortened.

• Factories became unhealthy places to work.

• Living conditions in cities became miserable.

Why did Manchester grow quickly as a manufacturing town?

• It has a major river flowing through the town providing water power for factories.

• It is a major port allowing raw materials to be easily transported to their factories.

• It had a supply of skilled workers due to its history as a weapons manufacturing town.

• It was a center of finance that encouraged investment in the creation of new inventions.

Case Study: Manchester The Mills of Manchester

Manchester’s unique advantages made it a leading example of the new industrial city. This northern English town had ready access to waterpower. It also had available labor from the nearby countryside and an outlet to the sea at Liverpool

Question: Manchester had many advantages in developing into a major industrial center: a ready labor supply, a fast-flowing river, and access to the port city of _________

• Glasgow

• Liverpool

• London

• Southampton.

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Complete a 3-2-1 for this reading:

How did the Rhode Island system differ from other mill towns?

• Entire families were hired to work in the mill towns.

• Children were prohibited from working in the mill towns.

• Only adult males were allowed to work dangerous tasks.

• Only young women were allowed to work the textile machines.

Why did Germany industrialize at a later date than Great Britain or the United States?

• Germany lacked sufficient coal and iron deposits.

• Germany had a small population that lived in rural areas.

• Germany was politically separated into many smaller states.

• Germany relied on canals instead of railroads to transport raw materials.