Question

What was the condition of poor Labourer in London after Industrial Revolution?
Or
State any three problems faced by Indian cotton weavers in 1850s.
Or
Explain any three effects of the Great Depression of 1929 on United States.

Answer 1

After Industrial Revolution, people come to London in large number. The condition of poor labourers in London were as follows
(i) Factory or workshop owners did not accommodate the migrant workers. Instead individual landowners put up cheap unsafe fenements for the workers.
(ii) A surury shows that about 1 million labourers were vary poor and were expected to live unto an average of 29 (compared to the average life expectancy of 55 among the gentry and middle class). These people were more than likely to die In a work house, hospital or lunatic asylum.
(iii) The better-off city dwellers demanded that slums simply be cleared away. Gradually, a large number of people began to recognise the need for healthy housing for poor.
Or
The there problems faced by Indian cotton weavers in 1850s were as follows
(i) Their export market collapsed due to increase in import duties on them in England.
(ii) They could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality. Their local market shrank as they were flooded with cheap Manchester imports.
(iii) When the American Civil War broke out and cotton supplies from US were cut off, Britain turned to India. Indian weavers were forced to buy cotton at very high prices.
Or
The three effects of the Great Depression on Untied States were as follows
(i) With the fall in prices, US banks had also slashed domestic lending and called back loans.
(ii) Many houses and businesses collapsed Faced with falling incomes, many households were unable to repay the loans.
(iii) Unemployed soured, people trudged long distances looking for work. Unable to recover investment and loans and repay depositors, thousands of banks went bankrupt and were forced to close.