Q. What changes resulted from industrial revolution?
The Industrial Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient.
Q. What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on population?
The Industrial Revolution brought new machinery, increased the food supply, and improved sanitation. Vaccinations and antibiotics have greatly improved human health. With a dramatically lower death rate, human populations have grown.
Q. How did the Industrial Revolution affect the supply of goods?
The Industrial Revolution made it easy for goods to be produced in large quantities. What did effect did it have on the farming community? New inventions allowed crop production to increase each year, especially cotton. More slaves were needed to pick cotton until slavery was outlawed.
Q. How did the Industrial Revolution changed the lives of workers?
When the Industrial Revolution started, powered machines, factories and mass production took place. People began to move into cities to get jobs in industry. The Industrial Revolution improved the standards of living for most people, but resulted in tragic living and working conditions for the working class.
Q. Why was the industrial revolution seen as both a blessing and a curse?
Why was the Industrial Revolution seen as both a blessing and a curse? Blessing: More money for some people. Travel more, more jobs. Curse: Bad living conditions, low pay.
Q. Which of the following groups benefited the most from the industrial revolution?
Industrialization and Nationalism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In Europe, which group benefited most from the industrialization of the 19th century? | Middle Class |
| Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution? | coal and iron ore |
Q. Why did the middle class benefit the most from the industrial revolution?
As a group, the middle class saw enormous benefits from the industrial revolution. The growth of new businesses and factories created thousands of new jobs. They were also able to educate their children, so that their social standing would be maintained or even rise with the next generation.
Q. Why was factory work dangerous for children?
A lot of factories used child labor in unsafe conditions. Factories hired children because they worked for low wages. Children were subjected to the same long work weeks and poor conditions as adults. Many children were killed or got sick working in factories.
Q. Why do you think the employers were able to continue mistreating child employees even after the provisions in the 1833 Factory Act?
However, we can say that employers continued to mistreat working children even after the 1833 Factory Act because the government failed to propose strong supervision of factories to ensure that the law was being enforced.
Q. What was the Factory Act of 1844?
In 1844, Parliament passed a further Factories Act which in effect was the first health and safety act in Britain. All dangerous machinery was to be securely fenced off, and failure to do so regarded as a criminal offence. No child or young person was to clean mill machinery while it was in motion.
Q. When were the Factory Acts passed?
1833
Q. Why were the Factory Acts passed?
The main objectives of the Indian Factories Act, 1948are to regulate the working conditions in factories, to regulate health, safety welfare, and annual leave and enact special provision in respect of young persons, women and children who work in the factories.
Q. Who is an occupier under Factories Act?
The Factories Act stipulates that every factory must have an “Occupier” – defined under its Section 2(n) as the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory. A proviso was inserted in 1987 to the clause (n) that, in the case of a company, any one of the directors shall be deemed to be the Occupier.
Q. Where is Factory Act applicable?
The Act is applicable to any factory using power & employing 10 or more workers and if not using power, employing 20 or more workers on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of power, or is ordinarily so carried on, or whereon twenty or …
