HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Factory workers faced a rigid work schedule
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Factory workers were paid high wages and received benefits
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Factory workers were only men
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Factory work was less strenuous than farm work
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Detailed explanation-1: -Factory workers had to face long hours, poor working conditions, and job instability. During economic recessions many workers lost their jobs or faced sharp pay cuts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The workers were burdened with problems like low wages, long working hours, unhygienic working and living conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Working for businesses during the Industrial Revolution paid better wages than agricultural work. The increase in the number of factories and migration to the cities led to pollution, deplorable working and living conditions, and child labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main characteristic of the factory system is the use of machinery, originally powered by water or steam and later by electricity. The factory system began widespread when cotton spinning was mechanized.