Question

Match each event during the Industrial Revolution with its effect on work and labor. People moved from rural to urban areas. Workers were subjected to poor working conditions and long hours. Slavery became a less attractive form of labor. Enclosure Acts prevented small farmers from working on common lands. arrowRight Paid workers increased the demand for manufactured goods. arrowRight Factory owners strived to increase profit. arrowRight

Answer 1

The correct matches are the following.

Match each event during the Industrial Revolution with its effect on work and labor.  

Event: Factory owners strived to increase profit.

Effect: Workers were subjected to poor working conditions and long hours.

Event: Paid workers increased the demand for manufactured goods.

Effect: Slavery became a less attractive form of labor.

Event: Enclosure Acts prevented small farmers from working on common lands.

Effect: People moved from rural to urban areas.

The Industrial Revolution changed the life of many people in the country. Farming technologies made many farmers abandon their farms in rural America and decided to move to larger industrial cities such as Chicago and New York, where the factories were located. This fabrics and industries demanded more hands to operate the machines and created many jobs, although those were low paid jobs. Businessmen and fabric owners became very rich at the expense of the workers who spend long hours at the factories working under unhealthy and risk conditions.