The first regular passenger train line was established in 1830 between which two cities?
Liverpool and Manchester
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What were living conditions often like in working class neighbourhoods?
Small, poorly ventilated and poorly lit houses built with poor quality materials. 1 room for cooking and eating, 1 room for sleeping. No running water or sewage
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When workers protest unsafe and unjust working conditions by refusing to work until their demands are met it is called?
A strike.
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What were working conditions like in the first textile factories?
Frequent accidents with burns, cuts, mutilations and death. No health insurance or unemployment benefit or pension schemes. Low wages. Frequent dismissals
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What are organizations that workers form to improve their working conditions?
Trade unions
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What was the timetable for an average working day in the first textile factories?
Workers start at 6am and finish at 8pm. With a 10 minute break for breakfast, 1 hour for lunch and 20 minutes for tea.
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What factors improved iron manufacturing?
The invention of new techniques and furnaces leading to the invention of wrought iron
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What is the division of labour and how did it effect workers?
Each worker specialised in a single task in the production process, with fixed timetables and working at the speed required by machines
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What invention of the industrial revolution was considered a lethal risk to people's health, affecting their respiratory system, anxiety levels and leading to miscarriages of pregnant women?
Railways and increased travelling speeds
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What decade is considered the start of the first industrial revolution?
1760
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What was the shift from hand tools to power driven machinery called?
The Industrial Revolution
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What new forms of transport emerged or became widespread in the second industrial revolution?