20.I Growth of Banking - consequences of industrialisation (22 -squalid conditions) Flashcards
What 5 factors could be mentioned for a question on consequences of industrialisation?
Squalid conditions, Reform agitation, Government Legislation, Growth of Banking, Growth of Middle Class
Squalid conditions
What did the population increase by between 1751 and 1851?
6 million to 17 million
Squalid conditions
What proportion of workers in Birmingham lived in back to back houses? How deep were the foundations?
2/3
3 bricks
Squalid conditions
When was the Sunderland cholera outbreak? How many killed?
1831
32,000
Squalid conditions
When did Chadwick wrote his report on Manchester? How many streets had stagnant pools of refuse? How many unpaved?
1842
252 had stagnant pools of refuse
248 were unpaved
Reform Agitation
When were the Grand National at their peak? How many members?
1 million in 1834
Reform Agitation
How many Short Time committees by 1833?
26
Reform Agitation
How many people attended the Days of May? When were they? Who led it?
200,000
May 1832
BPU
Reform Agitation
How many signatures on the 1839 Chartist campaign?
1.2 million
Government Legislation
What did the 1832 reform act do?
Increased the electorate to 650,000 (middle class representation)
Government Legislation
What did the 1833 Factory Act do?
Gave under 18s less than a 12h working day
Government Legislation
What did the 1842 Mines Act do? What proportion of the workforce were children under 19 in 1842?
Banned working underground for women and children under 10
1/3
Government Legislation
What did the 1867 reform act do? (2)
- Granted the vote to all lodgers who paid rent of £10 a year or more.
- 2.5 million people given the vote
Growth of Banking
What did the 1826 Banking Act do? (2)
- Allowed the issuing of notes to banks with more than 6 members
- Middle classes could get loans to buy machinery
Growth of Banking
When could Joint Stock banks issue cheques?
1833
Growth of Banking
How many banks in 1784 compared to 1808?
119 compared to 800
Growth of Banking
In 1820, who paid all of his employees through banks? How many employees?
Benjamin Gott
1500
Growth of Middle Class
How much did the middle class increase by between 1816 and 1831?
75%
Growth of Middle Class
By 1811 how much money worth of goods had the middle class created in factories?
£130 million
Growth of Middle Class
Name a popular middle class movement and when it was created?
Reform Union in 1864
Growth of Middle Class
From 1851 to 1871, how many did the number of domestic servants increase by?
From 900,000 to 1.4 million
Factory System
In 1851, what proportion of the population was employed in manufacturing? What did this rise to in 1871?
2/5
2/3
Factory System
Who was seen as the founder of the Factory system? How much was he worth at the time of his death?
Richard Arkwright
£500,000
Factory system
How many people lived in towns in 1800 compared to 1880?
25% compared to 80%
