APWHM Chapter 5.9 reading guide

How old was Birley when this account was published

44

Tenement

Apartment buildings often owned by factory owners themselves

Slums

Areas of cities where low-income families were forced to live

John Birley article. 1)what type of document is this

Autobiography

Which document,A or B, does this account more closely match? How?

B because it shows that there is concerns but not enough to do something about as in shut down the factories or take the children out of

Why did John Birley not tell the truth about life working in the mill to the inspectors?

Because he was told to by his employers and he did not want to get beat again

Why is Dr. Ward being interviewed by the House of Lords?

Because of the health of textile factory workers

Who do you think is a more trustworthy source,Briley, or Baines? Why?

Briley because he did not oppose middle class people to get voting rights or legislation regulating factories

Which document A or B do you think is more trustworthy? Why?

Document A because Dr. Ward is a surgeon and has seen many many instances where kids come in with there arms or legs being caught in the machinery. The have been cut and stripped all the way down the the bone and sometimes fingers were lost

History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain article. 1)who wrote this article? When was it written

Edward Baines 1835

Why might it matter that Mr. Pooley asked Dr. Holme to examine the children at his factory?

Everyone that is working at his factory and others that might wanna work for him

White collar

Factory and office managers, small business owners, and professionals

What evidence does Dr. Ward use to back his claim that factories were unhealthy and unsafe for children?

He uses the fact that when he went to visit the factories, he and his colleagues could not go more than 10 minutes with out gasping for breath

Which document,A or B, does this account closely match? How?

It is like document B in the fact that they both give examples of how the employees were treated and how many employees are hurt or in good health

What is Baines main point in the final paragraph?

Kids don't look like they are being forced to work and be there

mass production

Made good cheaper, more abundant, and more easily accessible to a greater number of people

What does he mean when he refers to factories as "nurseries of disease and vice"?

That the factories was a breeding ground for many health issues that this children would most likely not over come

What does he mean in the second paragraph when he states "but abuse is the exception not the rule"

That the jobs comes with the abuse. He states later that it's for correction and exposure

How is the source information for this document similar to and differant from document A

The both have Dr. And people who have seen this first hand wether it be from experience like Dr. Holme or through the injuries and accidents like Dr. Ward

Working class

This who labor in factories and coal mines

Why did Baines write this article?

To show that not all of the allegations against them are true

What evidence does Dr. Holme use to back his claim about the health of children in factories? Do you think this is convincing evidence?

Yes there are more people who are in "perfect" health in these factories, but there's is still the 36 of them that still are sick. And the 363 doesn't even count the injuries/ future injeries