Thursday, September 13, 2007

European Working Conditions and Agriculture


#1 The two general causes of the increase in European population size in 1940, were most likely, the increasing birth-rate and/or the falling death-rate.
#2 memorized: Britain; 45,000,000 and U.S. 92,000,000
#3The two main social groups in European cities during the late 1800s were the property owning minority; bankers, industrialists, merchants, and men who owned or invested in industrial enterprises. And, there were the majority of the industrial working class; people who's only income were the wages their employers gave them.
#4 There were various rules industrial workers were made to observe. Some such rules were that the workers were not allowed to leave their positions for any purpose other than doing a 'work-related' task, and they were forbidden from talking with their fellow workers.
#5 Factory Workers suffered horrible working conditions during the 1800s. The workplaces were often hot, noisy, dirty, and oily. Disease was frequent and the workers were often ill, and dirty, injured and worse!
#6 The living conditions of the working class, were usually just as bad. Houses were often too close together, there were no drainage systems, and houses were often litteraly falling apart! There were usually no beds, only dirt floors, and straw to sleep on, there were no furnishings, the houses were always damp, and cold. As a result, diseases spread quickly and injuries and damage resulted.