Consequences of Industrialisation

Question 1

Middle class growth

Answer 1

75% 1816-31

Question 2

Arkwright

Answer 2

First factory, Cromford 1771, dies 1792 with £500 000 in bank

Question 3

Benjamin Gott

Answer 3

wool, employed 1500, 1820s had over £100 000 in bank

Question 4

national capital invested

Answer 4

in industry, trade, and transport

5% in 1760 to 26% in 1860

Question 5

1808 banks

Answer 5

800 local banks

Question 6

1866 banks

Answer 6

154 joint stock, with 800 branches nationwide

Question 7

1835

Answer 7

Municipal Corporations Act
reformed local govt, urban govt lacked administrative means to control building, sewage disposal, and provide clean water
But not compulsory

Question 8

Manchester population growth

Answer 8

by 44% in 1820s

Question 9

Bradford population growth

Answer 9

63% in 1810s, 69% in 1820s, 52% in 1830s

Question 10

Before 1833 work day

Answer 10

14 hour days, 6 days a week

Question 11

employed in manufacturing

Answer 11

2/5 workers 1801, 2/3 1871

Question 12

fines

Answer 12

2 hour wages for being 10 minutes late

Question 13

examples of positive working conditions

Answer 13

New Lanark

Saltaire (Titus Salt)- high quality housing for time, e.g water supply, separate cooking and living spaces