Factory Act of 1833
How many hours much children be schooled a day
2 hours
How many factory inspectors needed to enforce the law?
4
Urbanization New demands on city services Separation of work from home—home becomes a place to produce children, not goods. Clock/calendar regimented life styles Child labor
Benefits of Industrial Revolution
Where did industrial revolution start?
Great Britain
8 out of 10 worked in countryside Subsistence farming Cottage industries - factories rarely employed more than 50 people Handmade - buttons, needles, cloth, bricks, pottery,
Life before industrial revolution
Pollution levels skyrocket because more garbage and no where to put it
Pollution
Metallurgical
The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals
Puddling
a metallurgical process that was used in the Industrial Revolution to make iron and steel
Employer rule
age certificate required for workers
children of 13-18 years
cannot work more than 12 hours a day
Children of 9-13 years
cannot work more than 9 hours a day
Child Labor
none under age of 9 cannot work at night
self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
subsistence farming