Living Conditions and Rights Quick Check
What can you infer about the experience of working in a factory during the Industrial Revolution?
The conditions were dangerous because of fast-moving machines with no safety mechanisms. ✅
The conditions were safe because children were allowed to work in factories.
The conditions were dangerous because of explosions and falling debris.
The conditions were safe because women changing their hair and clothes to accommodate the fast-moving machinery.
Using the information you’ve acquired, identify how advances in science led to a longer life expectancy during the Industrial Revolution.
People of all classes started to eat more food every day, leading to a longer life.
Increased wages of factory workers meant that they could afford to pay for doctors and medicines if they became ill.
Rapid urbanization stemming from scientific advances in factories led to an increase in hazardous living and working conditions.
Once it was proven that germs cause disease, governments began to pass laws to improve sanitation in industrial cities. ✅
What is one way that the standard of living increased for middle-class people during the Industrial Revolution?
The families of the middle class could buy several sets of ready-made clothing for members of their families.
With more income and leisure time, middle-class families could afford to go to the theater and eat out at restaurants. ✅
Many middle-class families began to sponsor charitable hospitals for the lower class.
The middle class experienced an increase in their standard of living because they could purchase art collections.
Analyze how governments after 1450 used laws, policies, and processes to affect labor systems. What were the effects of these laws, policies, and processes?(1 point)
Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s. In the twentieth century, labor union support helped enact government laws, policies, and processes that helped keep workers safe. ✅
Identify the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
The Industrial Revolution spread ideas and information. This, along with the increasing role of the working class, women’s activism, and the philanthropy of the middle class, allowed the Women’s Suffrage Movement to grow and achieve its goals.
The Industrial Revolution spread ideas and information. This, along with the decreasing need to read and write, allowed the Women’s Suffrage Movement to grow and achieve its goals.
The Industrial Revolution caused widespread chaos in rural and urban areas. This, along with the increasing role of the middle class, women’s activism, and the philanthropy of industrialist elites, allowed the Women’s Suffrage Movement to grow and achieve its goals.
The Industrial Revolution spread ideas and information. This, along with the increasing role of the middle class, women’s activism, and the philanthropy of industrialist elites, allowed the Women’s Suffrage Movement to grow and achieve its goals. ✅