Factory reformers (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Youngest factory workers' age
Youngest factory workers' age
As young as 5 or 6 years old
Typical daily working hours in factories
Typical daily working hours in factories
14 to 16 hours per day
Laissez-faire economic philosophy
Laissez-faire economic philosophy
Free market forces regulate; no govt interference
Richard Oastler's dates
Richard Oastler's dates
1789-1861
Ten Hour Movement's goal
Ten Hour Movement's goal
Limit working day to 10 hours
Oastler's 1830 letter published in
Oastler's 1830 letter published in
Leeds Mercury
1833 Factory Act minimum age
1833 Factory Act minimum age
Banned children under 9
1833 Act hours for ages 9-13
1833 Act hours for ages 9-13
9 hours per day max
Factory inspectors first appointed when
Factory inspectors first appointed when
1833
1847 Factory Act alternate name
1847 Factory Act alternate name
Ten Hours Act
Ten Hours Act extended to all factories
Ten Hours Act extended to all factories
1867
Robert Owen's model community
Robert Owen's model community
New Lanark, near Glasgow
Owen's working day length
Owen's working day length
8 hours
Titus Salt's model village
Titus Salt's model village
Saltaire in Bradford
Cadbury family's religion
Cadbury family's religion
Quaker