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11 Cards in this Set
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Transport - what happened? |
1. Invention of steam trains 2. Invention of bikes - 1885 3. Canals - 4000 miles 4. London to Edinburgh: 2 weeks -48 hours 5. Cars at the end if the 19th century |
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Transport - analysis |
1. Food was fresher and cheaper 2. People could live further from the work place resulting in the development of suburbia |
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Education - what happened |
1. Children were expected to have 2 hours schooling a day - 1833 2. Free school for all children aged 5-13 - 1870 |
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Children |
1. NSPCC - 1844 - by 1900 over 1,000,000 children helped 2. Barnardos - 1867 - educate and help destitute children 3. It became an offence to not treat sick children |
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Working conditions - Laws |
1. In 1832 law passed meaning children under 9 could not work 2. 1847 a law was passed with a 10hr max. day for women and children 3. In 1899 u'13s had a 30hr max. week |
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Health facts |
1. With scientific breakthroughs sterilisation and surgeons gowns etc introduced to surgery meaning the surgery death rate cut by 60% 2. Anaesthetics and antiseptics were develope 3. 1796 - cure for smallpox developed - Edward Jenner |
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Entertainment - sport |
1. Sports teams were able to travel 2. Football league began founded in 1888 3. FA cup started in 1871 4. First Wimbledon - 1877 |
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Entertainment - other |
1. Music halls - 1p entry 2. 1840s - Thomas Cook - holiday day trains 3. Hobbies : photography, cross stitch, roller skating, hair wash 4. Shopping popular pass time: 1850s-1900 |
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Diet - facts |
1. Farmers were producing more food thanks to new technology 2. Better transportation meant fresh food in cities 3. Consumption of strong alcohol went down and the popular alternative was cadbury's drinking chocolate 4. More shops meant food variety 5. New ways of storing food were developed such as pasteurisation 6. In 1880 the first shipment of frozen food came in from Australia |
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Working conditions - other |
1. Factory accidents = 40% hospital use 2. 1871 - first trade unions - organised strikes and petitions 3. Strict rules against: lateness, damage, talking, whistling, singing, swearing and illness 4. Workers were often paid in tokens which could only be used in factory owned shops |
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Hygiene facts |
1. 1860s councils ensured sewers and clean water supplies 2. 1800 - cotton became more popular and it was easier to kill germs on it 2. Iron pipes were invented 3. In the 1880s some towns made an attempt at better housing |
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