HISTORY 10 - CHAPTER 6 - WORK,LIFE AND LEISURE


Q1: Give  reasons why the population of London
expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.
Ans: 1.   The city of London was a magnet for the migrant populations due to the job opportunities provided by its dockyards and industries.
2.   By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London.
 3.   So, the population of London kept expanding through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 
4.   During the first world war, London began manufacturing motor cars and electrical goods. 
5.This increased the number of large factories, which in turn increased the number of people coming to the city in search of work.

Q 2: What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century? Explain the factors which led to this change.

1. Factories employed large numbers of women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

2. With technological developments, women gradually lost their industrial jobs, and were forced to work within households
3. Changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century were primarily based on industrial and
technological advancements.

4. Consequently, women had to work in households for a living, and this led to an increase in the number of domestic servants. 

5. Some women also began to earn by lodging out rooms.
6 . Women also took up the professions like tailoring, washing or making matchboxes.

7. With the coming of the First World War though, women once
again joined the industrial sector.