Industrial Revolution

Question 1

When did the industrial revolution begin

Answer 1

The 1800s

Question 2

What did Charles ‘ turnip ‘ Townshed introduce

Answer 2

The four course rotation of wheat - turnips - barley - clover to his farm

Question 3

What did robert bakewell do

Answer 3

He made selective breeding to develop the new Leicester sheep

Question 4

Who promoted these ideas to a wider audience

Answer 4

Arthur young

Question 5

Who heralded the factory age

Answer 5

Richard Arkwright

Question 6

How much did the production of coal and iron increase

Answer 6

Iron : 30 fold

Coal : 20 fold

Question 7

What did newcomen and watt contribute to

Answer 7

The production of steam power to drive machinery more quickly

Question 8

Who built roads in the 1700s

Answer 8

Thomas telford

Question 9

What did george stephenson and Isambard kingdom brunel over see

Answer 9

Railway mania of the 1800s

Question 10

Why did the railway mania happen

Answer 10

There was no fast ways of transporting goods and people around the country

Question 11

Why did cities have to be located on canal routes

Answer 11

Canals where the fastest ways of transporting goods

Question 12

What fraction of the globe was covered by england’s trading nation and when

Answer 12

1/3 of the globe in 1914

Question 13

How much did the population increase

Answer 13

260%

Question 14

What was it a change from

Answer 14

Agriculture to industry

Question 15

What did domestic industry move to

Answer 15

Factory work

Question 16

What did canals and pack horses move to

Answer 16

Railways and telegraph

Question 17

When was education available to the poorest people

Answer 17

1800s

Question 18

When did the government pass the factory act and what did it enable people to do

Answer 18

They passed it in 1833 and it made children who worked in factories go to schools for two hours, it was compulsory

Question 19

What else did the government do to help schools

Answer 19

It granted them money

Question 20

When was the ragged schools union set up and what did it do

Answer 20

It was set up on 1844 and it was set up to give schooling to poor children

Question 21

When was the public schools act passed and what did it do

Answer 21

It was passed in 1868 and it reformed britains public schools such as Eton and Harrow

Question 22

What did the education act do and when was it set up

Answer 22

It made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10 and it was passed in 1880

Question 23

When was the second education act passed and what did it do

Answer 23

It was passed in 1902 and it established a system of secondary schools

Question 24

What were the consequences of the agricultural revolution

Answer 24

The growing population would have starved without it
The increased amount of machinery meant fewer workers were needed, they left land and went to industrial towns of the north of england

Question 25

What were some of the causes of the industrial revolution

Answer 25

Toynbee 1884 said that Britains trade had stimulated a growth of industry
A H John 1961 said the growth had been stimulated by the agricultural revolution
W W roston 1960 traced the growth of output back to capital investment which had allowed expansion and innovation

Question 26

Who developed better roads

Answer 26

General wade, jack metcalf, thomas telford and john macadam

Question 27

What did turnpike trusts do

Answer 27

Ever since the 17th century they were set up to improve main roads for which a toll was charged

Question 28

What was the first railway and when was it built

Answer 28

The first railway was the stackton and darlington in 1825

Question 29

Who built the rocket

Answer 29

George stephenson

Question 30

When was railway mania

Answer 30

1840

Question 31

When was the railway regulation act passed and what did it do

Answer 31

It was passed in 1844 and it improved conditions in first class

Question 32

When was the london underground opened

Answer 32

1863