Industrialisation

Question 1

What are the factors for a ‘Growth of Industrialisation’ essay?

Answer 1

Laissez Faire policies
Banking
Non-laissez faire policies
Middle class
Geographical diversity

Question 2

What are the factors for a ‘Working/Living conditions’ essay?

Answer 2

Working conditions
Living Conditions
Women & children

Question 3

What are the factors for a “Consequences of Industrialisation’ essay?

Answer 3

Banking
Government Reform
Living conditions
Working conditions

Question 4

How many banks were there in 1784?

Answer 4

119

Question 5

How much did the middle class grow by?

Answer 5

75% 1816-1831

Question 6

What was Robert Owen worth?

Answer 6

£500,000

Question 7

What was Benjamin Gott worth?

Answer 7

£100,000

Employed 1,500 (1820)

Question 8

What was Crawshay worth?

Answer 8

£200,000

Employed 5,000 (1830)

Question 9

How many banks were there by 1808?

Answer 9

800

Question 10

When was the first joint stock bank?

Answer 10

October 1826, Lancashire banking company

Question 11

What did the banking act of 1826 do?

Answer 11

Restricted issuing of notes (encouraging joint stock banks)

Question 12

How many banks were there by 1866

Answer 12

154 joint stock banks with 850 branches nationwide

Question 13

What was the population of London 1801?

Answer 13

1 million

Question 14

How many people lived in urban areas?

Answer 14

1851- half of 16.9 million lived in cities (increase of 5 million since start of 1800s)

Question 15

How much did Manchester grow by?

Answer 15

30,000 (1775) to 84,000 (1801)

Question 16

How many children died before their 1st birthday 1801-51?

Answer 16

3/20

Question 17

What percent of population lived in towns by 1880?

Answer 17

80%

Question 18

When were the Combination acts?

Answer 18

1799 & 1800

Question 19

What did the Combination act do?

Answer 19

Made it illegal to form unions

Question 20

What was the Master and Servant act?

Answer 20

1823, failure to fulfil a contract was punishable by imprisonment

Question 21

What act did they repeal in 1813 which aided Laissez faire policies?

Answer 21

Repeal of statue of Artificers - removed hinderance regulations

Question 22

When was the steam engine introduced?

Answer 22

1769

Question 23

When did the Stockton-Darlington line open?

Answer 23

1825, needed government approval

Question 24

What percentage did Manchester grow by in the 1820s?

Answer 24

44%

Question 25

What were houses like for workers?

Answer 25

back to back, single brick houses. no foundations, damp and cramped
4 metres wide

Question 26

How many workers lived in poor housing in Birmingham?

Answer 26

2/3

Question 27

What was an example of good housing for workers?

Answer 27

Saltaire, West Yorkshire

Question 28

What was the Mines Act?

Answer 28

1842 - banned women and children from working in mines

Question 29

What did the 1833 Factory act do?

Answer 29

• children needed 2hrs of education per day (but no money put into building schools) & no children to work more than 12 hours a day
• owners required to whitewash their premises one a year (at LEAST)
• only 4 inspectors appointed to enforce act

Question 30

What did the 1844 Factory act do?

Answer 30

• children 13-18 & women work no more than 12 hours per day

- more inspectors appointed

Question 31

Where did most of industry move to?

Answer 31

The north, as it had lots of materials

Question 32

What happened to the south during industrialisation?

Answer 32

Became quite unimportant