The Industrial Revolution

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A reason some businesses hired children was:

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So they could save money by paying the children less money

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In pre-industrial times (before the industrial revolution), most people lived…

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in rural villages

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The agricultural revolution led to Britain’s industrialization (mass production) because...

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It created new inventions that could be used for urban industrialization

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The series of laws passed by the British parliament that made large, factory style farms possible by selling public land was known as…

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Enclosure Movement

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The agricultural revolution would allow for...

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Larger populations

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Which term refers to “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?

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Capital

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Effects of factory conditions on children EXCEPT:

• They could lose hands or other body parts in machines
• They could be beaten by the owners/managers of the factories
• They were paid very well for the work that they did
• They could work up to 16 hours a day with very few breaks for little pay

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They were paid very well for the work that they did

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The movement of people into cities is called…

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Urbanization

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What is Jacob Riis describing in the quote below?
“Bedrooms in tenements [run down apartments] were dark closets, utterly [completely] without ventilation [windows]. There couldn’t be any. The houses were built like huge square boxes, covering nearly the whole lot. Some light came in at the ends, but the middle was always black.”—Jacob Riis, The Battle with the Slum, 1902

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The poor ventilation and lack of light in tenements

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What was the cause of these effects?

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The Industrial Revolution