A Christmas Carol History | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The history behind A Christmas Carol

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Children went to work at 8 years okd or younger during Dickens time

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There was a prison for people who couldn't pay their bills

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workhouses were sad places where poor people worked and lived

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School was only for the rich and kids aged 5-10

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Poor people had to wear the same uniform so everyone would know they lived in a workhouse

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Young and old, men and women, they all lived and worked in the workhouse

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Children could be sold to mines and factories

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Children would be beaten or fined for falling asleep/making a mistake/being late to work

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Children worked 12 to 18 hours a day

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Dickens started working at age 11

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The average life span of a worker was 25 years old

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Malnutrition and disease caused 50% of the deaths of children under 8

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Workhouses were bad to prevent people from wanting to stay there for a long time

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Only abandoned children were in the workhouse

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Poor families had more children to have more workers in the family

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Dickens believed not eating enough food made people uncivilized

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