Reforms Of The Industrial Revolution
Reforms of the Industrial Revolution
During the time of the Industrial Revolution reforms in various categories addressed the evils of the Industrialization itself. The category of reforms that had the greatest effect on the Industrial Revolution were the ones about Child Labor. In this packet the two documents that illustrated the ideas of making reforms on child labor were Document 3 and Document 4, which explained the Health and Morals act of 1802 and the Factory Act of 1833. The Health and Morals act of 1802 basically said that children under the age of 9 are not allowed to be employed, and that children under 14 are limited to 14 working hours a day. This act was huge because it made people open their eyes and see how before this act came to be, children were being extremely over-worked, and was bad for their health. The Factory Act of 1833 stated that children under the age of 18 were limited to what type of factories they could work in, due to the extreme dangers in some factories. This Act was a big step in cleaning up the mess the Industrial Revolution caused with making children do labor work. It gave the children much more safety and allowed them to work and make money, but not work themselves to death. Ultimately these two very important acts under the category of Labor reforms clearly portrayed how big of a problem child labor was until these acts came into place. Child labor was definitely one of the evils of the Industrial Revolution.
During the time of the Industrial Revolution reforms in various categories addressed the evils of the Industrialization itself. The category of reforms that had the greatest effect on the Industrial Revolution were the ones about Child Labor. In this packet the two documents that illustrated the ideas of making reforms on child labor were Document 3 and Document 4, which explained the Health and Morals act of 1802 and the Factory Act of 1833. The Health and Morals act of 1802 basically said that children under the age of 9 are not allowed to be employed, and that children under 14 are limited to 14 working hours a day. This act was huge because it made people open their eyes and see how before this act came to be, children were being extremely over-worked, and was bad for their health. The Factory Act of 1833 stated that children under the age of 18 were limited to what type of factories they could work in, due to the extreme dangers in some factories. This Act was a big step in cleaning up the mess the Industrial Revolution caused with making children do labor work. It gave the children much more safety and allowed them to work and make money, but not work themselves to death. Ultimately these two very important acts under the category of Labor reforms clearly portrayed how big of a problem child labor was until these acts came into place. Child labor was definitely one of the evils of the Industrial Revolution.