Britain: Industrial Revolution

Question 1

When was the threshing machine created?

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

Who created the threshing machine

Answer 2

Andrew Meikle

Question 3

When did Richard Arkwright die?

Answer 3

1792

Question 4

When were county banks allowed to issue bank notes?

Answer 4

1797

Question 5

When was the first census taken?

Answer 5

1801

Question 6

When was the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act passed?

Answer 6

1802

Question 7

What did the Health and Moral of Apprentices Act do?

Answer 7

Set treatment of apprentices and workplace cleanliness

Question 8

Which group of workers protested in St George’s Fields in 1808?

Answer 8

1808

Question 9

Where were the weavers protests in 1808 held?

Answer 9

St George’s Fields, Manchester

Question 10

When do Luddite protests begin?

Answer 10

1811

Question 11

Why do Luddites begin protesting in 1811?

Answer 11

Unemployment and increasing use of machinery

Question 12

When was the frame Breaking act Passed?

Answer 12

1812

Question 13

What did the 1812 Frame Breaking act do ?

Answer 13

Made destruction of frames punishable by death

Question 14

Whhen was the statue of Artificers repealed?

Answer 14

1813

Question 15

What were the corn laws introduced?

Answer 15

1815

Question 16

When did Luddism end?

Answer 16

1817

Question 17

When was the cotton mills and factoey act passed?

Answer 17

1819

Question 18

What did the the Cotton mills and Factory act do?

Answer 18

Limited child labour (9-16) to 12 hours a day

Question 19

When was the Banking Co-partnership Act do?

Answer 19

1826

Question 20

What did the Banking Co-partnership Act do?

Answer 20

Allow for joint-stock banks and finacial development by repealing the 1720 bubble act

Question 21

When were the Swing Riots?

Answer 21

1830-1831

Question 22

Why did the swing riots break out?

Answer 22

increased used of machinery 2 consectively poor harvests agricultural working condition

Question 23

When was the start of the 10 Hour movement?

Answer 23

1830

Question 24

When was the Manchester to liverpool railway built?

Answer 24

1830

Question 25

When Oastler write his letter on 'Yorkshire Slavery'

Answer 25

1830

Question 26

How many people did the cholera outbreak in Sunderland kill?

Answer 26

32,000

Question 27

When was the major Outbreak of cholera in Sunderland?

Answer 27

1831

Question 28

Where did Cholera originally break out in 1831?

Answer 28

Sunderland

Question 29

When was the first Factory act passed?

Answer 29

1831

Question 30

What did the first Factory Act do ?

Answer 30

Limited the working day for u18s to 12 hours

Question 31

When was the first Factory Act amended?

Answer 31

1833

Question 32

How did the amendment change the first Factory Act?

Answer 32

Children u9 no longer allowed to work, 9-13 limited to 8 hours a day

Question 33

When were London joint stock banks permitted to issue cheques

Answer 33

1833

Question 34

When were the south wales Rebecca riots?

Answer 34

1838

Question 35

When was the bank of england set up?

Answer 35

1694

Question 36

How many banks were there in 1784?

Answer 36

119

Question 37

how many banks were there by 1808?

Answer 37

800

Question 38

What percentage of people lived in towns?

Answer 38

30.6

Question 39

How many pounds of cotton was imported in the uk during 1761?

Answer 39

3 million

Question 40

What was the nickname of children during the industrial revolution?

Answer 40

The white slaves of england

Question 41

How did children end up in Factory?

Answer 41

they were bid for or bought

Question 42

What was a traditional meal in a cotton mill?

Answer 42

Porridge

Question 43

Who were the first wave of workers?

Answer 43

Orphans

Question 44

how old did you have to be to leave a cotton mill?

Answer 44

earliest 21 and latest 24

Question 45

When did injuries usually occur in a cotton mill?

Answer 45

in the last 2 hours

Question 46

Were children given an education?

Answer 46

yes

Question 47

how long was the working day?

Answer 47

14-15 hours with the oppourtunity for overtime that might be paid

Question 48

what was the worst punishment in a factory?

Answer 48

a shaven head

Question 49

how long would children be left in the punishment room?

Answer 49

a week

Question 50

what was in the punishment room?

Answer 50

nothing apart from a blanket to sleep with

Question 51

What could be left in the punishment rooms

Answer 51

corpses

Question 52

average married age for a women in 1700

Answer 52

27

Question 53

average married age for a women in 1800

Answer 53

23.5

Question 54

why did the earlier a women marry introduce a growing population?

Answer 54

they produced 2-3 more babies

Question 55

what industry employed the most children?

Answer 55

agriculture

Question 56

what was the highest paying job in a cotton mill?

Answer 56

mill manager

Question 57

what was the lowest paying job in a cotton mill?

Answer 57

winders

Question 58

what was the ration of men to women in a factory?

Answer 58

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