employers. b. They bargained for better working conditions and higher pay. c. If factory owners refused these demands, union members could strike, or refuse to work. 2. British unions had shared goals of raising wages and improving working conditions. Reform Laws 1. New laws reformed some of the worst abuses of industrialization. a. Parliament passed the Factory Act, which made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old. b. The Mines Act prevented women and children from working underground. c. The Ten Hours Act of 1847 limited the workday to ten hours for women and children who worked in factories. Other Reform Movements 1. Parliament passed a bill to end the in the British West Abolition of Slavery trade Indies in 1807. 2. Britain finally abolished slavery in its in 1833. empire 3. In the United States the movement to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence by ending slavery grew in the early 1800s. Women Fight for 1. factory workers usually made only one-third as much money as men. Change 2. Women formed unions in the trades where they dominated. a. served as safety inspectors in factories where other women worked. b. In the United States, college-educated women like Jane Addams ran settlement houses. These community centers served the poor residents of slum neighborhoods. 3. The movement for women’s rights began as they demanded suffrage.
employers. b. They bargained for better working conditions and higher pay. c. If factory owners refused these demands, union members could strike, or refuse to work. 2. British unions had shared goals of raising wages and improving working conditions. Reform Laws 1. New laws reformed some of the worst abuses of industrialization. a. Parliament passed the Factory Act, which made it illegal to hire children under 9 years old. b. The Mines Act prevented women and children from working underground. c. The Ten Hours Act of 1847 limited the workday to ten hours for women and children who worked in factories. Other Reform Movements Abolition of Slavery 1. Parliament passed a bill to end the trade in the British West Indies in 1807. 2. Britain finally abolished slavery in its empire in 1833. 3. In the United States the movement to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence by ending slavery grew in the early 1800s. Women Fight for Change 1. factory workers usually made only one-third as much money as men. 2. Women formed unions in the trades where they dominated. a. served as safety inspectors in factories where other women worked. b. In the United States, college-educated women like Jane Addams ran settlement houses. These community centers served the poor residents of slum neighborhoods. 3. The movement for women’s rights began as they demanded suffrage.
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