Living Conditions during The Industrial Revolution

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, about __ 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.

• Not Here

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

The __ 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 ___.

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.

• No Here

​ (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 ___ new city life.

__ the people who developed cholera ended up dying.