Cianci-Moses Word Scramble
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The Spinning Jenny was the earliest textile-related machine, but what was the new mechanization used during this period? | It was the mechanization of weaving. |
Early factory workers were allowed to.. | Hire their wives and children as assistants. |
In the mid-1920's weaving and spinning machines were placed in a factory and they did not require skilled operators. So who were the people who met the requirements? Why? | Women and Children worked because they accepted lower wages and they did not try to assemble a union or organization. |
The people became concerned of child laborers in what year? | In the 1830's |
What was the English Factory Act of 1833? | It forbade the employment of children under age nine, limiting the workday of children nine to thirteen of nine hours a day, and it also required the factory owners to pay for two hours of education a day for there children. |
What happened in 1847 because of the British workers demanding shorter workdays? | In 1847, Parliament mandated a ten-hour workday so they could spend more time with their children. |
The European family was passing from being the chief unit of production and consumption to? | They became the chief unit of consumption. |
Since wages were sent over long distances to parents, children would now do what? | They would begin to move farther away. |
Women became associated with what domestic duties in the early second industrial revolution? | Nurturing and rearing children, housekeeping, food preparation, and household management. |
Who usually supported the household? | Men supported the household. |
What was usually a women's task? | Hand Spinning |
Women who worked in factories around the 1820's were usually? | Single, young women or widows. |
In what country did the largest group of women work the land? | France |
What was a charwoman? | She was hired for the day to do rough house cleaning or washing, and they usually symbolized working women. |
Who was Louise Aston? | She was a German political radical who wrote a poem about a women being offered money for the exchange of sex, so that she will be able to help support her family. |
True or False: Illegitimate births decreased | False illegitimate births increased and usually the father of the baby married the mother. |
What was a supervised dormitory? | It was a place where factory women lived. This helped the parents of young girls feel okay with allowing their child to stay there, since it was a safe environment. |
Why did women bear many children? | They bore many offspring because they were the ones allowed to enter the working world and help support their family. |
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