Living Conditions during The Industrial Revolution

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, about (a)   of England's population lived in rural areas.

Why did farm workers move to the city?

• Many farm workers were replaced by machines, leading people to search for jobs in the city.

• Many farm workers wanted a new life in the city.

• Many farm workers wanted to look for a better life.

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(a)   or "slums" were created by the government for those people who had no other option for housing.

The (a)   of 1834 provided workhouses for people with no where else to go.

Poorhouses were designed to be ​ ​ (a)   so people would not want to stay and live off the government.

• terrible
• awesome
• beautiful
• nice
• accommodating

Even though the conditions were awful, people lived there out of (a)   .

Why were thieves and criminals comon in the city?

• They were able to escape from the police due to the crowded and confusing streets.

• They were looking for factory equipment.

• They were loving living in the city and needed money.

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​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   and Influenza caused many problems throughout the city.

• Typhoid,
• typhus,
• cholera
• tuberculous
• fever
• covid
• sore throats
• club feet

Factory workers traded the poverty of their country life for a crowded, dirty, smelly and (a)   new city life.

(a)   the people who developed cholera ended up dying.