2- industrialisation and protest

Question 1

what did south east england specialise in for its industry

Answer 1

grain

Question 2

what did lancashire and scotland specialise in for its industry

Answer 2

cattle and sheep breeding

Question 3

what was the new power used to boost productivity

Answer 3

steam

Question 4

what was the biggest change to agriculture 1750-1830

Answer 4

introduction of enclosures- no more common land

Question 5

what did james watt and matthew boulton make

Answer 5

rotative engine

Question 6

who made the rotative engine

Answer 6

james watt matthew boulton

Question 7

what place was known as cottonopolis

Answer 7

manchester

Question 8

what year was the bank of england formed

Answer 8

1694

Question 9

in 1808 how many banks had been made

Answer 9

800

Question 10

by what year had 800 banks been made

Answer 10

1808

Question 11

what year was a particularly low point in banking

Answer 11

1825

Question 12

in 1866 there were 154 joint stock banks with how many banks nationwide

Answer 12

850

Question 13

in what year were there 154 joint stock banks

Answer 13

1866

Question 14

how many joint stock banks were there in 1866

Answer 14

154

Question 15

what year was the introduction of the steam engine

Answer 15

1769

Question 16

what did the arrival of the steam engine mean for bisuness

Answer 16

factories no longer needed to be by rivers

Question 17

what happened to the south due to geographical changes in industry

Answer 17

it became relatively unimportant as it maintained agricultural production and traditional ways.

Question 18

what percentage did the populatuion of manchester grow in the 1820s

Answer 18

44%

Question 19

how many children died in their first year of life due to population growth.

Answer 19

3/20

Question 20

by 1880 what percent of the population lived in towns.

Answer 20

80%

Question 21

how much was richard arkwright worth when he died in 1792

Answer 21

£500,000

Question 22

when did richard arkwright die

Answer 22

1792

Question 23

how many people did benjamin gott employ in his wool industry

Answer 23

1500 men

Question 24

how many people did richard crawshay employ in his ironworks

Answer 24

5000 people

Question 25

in 1851 how many total workers were there total

Answer 25

9.7 million

Question 26

list the 3 problems for people living in inner cities

Answer 26

housing
sanitation
lack of commiunal ‘free space’

Question 27

what were the major diseases for living conditions

Answer 27

influenza and cholera

Question 28

how many people died from cholera in Sunderland 1831

Answer 28

32,000

Question 29

what was back to back housing

Answer 29

housing that shared a rear and side wall 4m wide

Question 30

how many bricks deep was the foundation of back to back housing

Answer 30

3 bricks deep

Question 31

when was the first factory act

Answer 31

1833

Question 32

what was a limitation of this act concerning inspectors

Answer 32

there were 4 for the entire country

Question 33

what did the 1842 mines act do

Answer 33

banned underground employment of children under 10 and women

Question 34

what did the 1847 factory act introduce for women and children

Answer 34

10 hour working days

Question 35

in 1867 the factories act extended to all factories with what criteria

Answer 35

employing 50 or more workers