Wk5 - Impact on Children

To not pay or reward someone enough for something. To take advantage of people.

• wages

• resistance

• exploit

• reform

If the children got their hands caught in the ​ (a)   of the machines, they would loose a weeks ​ (b)   because they would have to stop the ​ (c)   to get them out.

• spokes
• wages
• machines
• feet
• bread
• factories

Most children went to school during the industrial revolution.

• True

• False

Why did the children have to work in the factories?

• They wanted to because they had good opportunities.

• They were more expensive to hire than other people.

• There wasn't enough space in the schools.

• Their families were too poor, they needed money for food.

The slave owner was shocked that...

• the mill owners wanted reform for the children

• Richard Oaster was a politician

• a child of 9yrs old had to work 12 hours a day

• the mill owners didn't own slaves

I have seen children aged ten ​ (a)   and beaten for making mistakes in their work. I have seen their ​ (b)   almost broken down, so that by the time they are ​ (c)   they cannot walk without assistance. ​ (d)   of these children declare that it is painful to admit they are ​ (e)   after by their children.

• looked
• bruised
• seventeen
• Parents
• bodies

Richard Oaster was a factory _______

How many hours a day did children in the industrial revolution usually work?

• 18hrs a day

• 8hrs a day

• 12hrs a day

• 5hrs a day

What do you think it would have been like to work in the factories?

Long Answer

Do you like the Industrial Revolution more than the History of Sugar?

• Yes

• No