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Question 1

1. What mill was Peel the owner of?

Answer 1

New Lanark

Question 2

2. What act did he get passed?

Answer 2

Mills Act 1819

Question 3

3. What did the act ensure

Answer 3

No child under 9 was employed, maximum day of 16 hours for under 16

Question 4

4. What city was Titus Salt the largest employer in?

Answer 4

Bradford

Question 5

5. Between 1801 and 1851, what was the population growth?

Answer 5

13,000 to 104,000

Question 6

6. How many textile mills did Titus Salt have?

Answer 6

Five

Question 7

7. In 1842, what burners did Salt install in his factories?

Answer 7

Rodda Smoke Burners

Question 8

8. What did the 1834 Factory Act ensure?

Answer 8

Illegal for children under 9 to be employed in textile factories

Question 9

9. What year was the Coal Mines Act formed?

Answer 9

1842

Question 10

10. What city did Sadler move to in 1800?

Answer 10

Leeds

Question 11

11. Who took over from Sadler as PM

Answer 11

Lord Shaftesbury

Question 12

12. What did the tax amount reach on newspapers in 1815?

Answer 12

4d

Question 13

13. How much Cobbett sell his paper for?

Answer 13

2d

Question 14

14. What year was the Reform Bill Passed for Cobbett?

Answer 14

1832

Question 15

15. Name one of the two books that Robert Owen wrote?

Answer 15

Formation Of Character, A New View of Society

Question 16

16. What did Robert Owen spend £4000 on?

Answer 16

Publishing his activities

Question 17

17. What movement was campaigned by Richard Oastler and George Bull?

Answer 17

Ten hour movement

Question 18

18. What was the Ten Hour Movements aims?

Answer 18

Reduce the working day for under 16’s

Question 19

19. What year did the luddites riots take place?

Answer 19

1811-1816

Question 20

20. Who was the lead speaker at St peters fields when the peterloo massacre took place

Answer 20

Henry Hunt