Industrialisation

Question 1

Was parliamentary concern for the suffering of the working children the main reason for factory reform in the years 1819-48?

Answer 1

Parliamentary concern, industrial protest movements, work of individuals

Question 2

How accurate is it to say that Luddism in the years 1811-17 was remarkably similar to the swing riots that took place in the years 1830-31?

Answer 2

Causes/reasons, methods, response, success

Question 3

How accurate is it to say that the growth of banking was the most important consequence of industrialisation in the years 1785-1870?

Answer 3

Growth of banking, Growth of the middle class, impact on the working class

Question 4

How accurate is it to say that industrial working conditions were transformed in the years 1833-64?

Answer 4

Improvements: legislation/work of movements and individuals/unions
Continuing issues: mines/factories/19th century economy

Question 5

How accurate is it to say that squalid living conditions were the main consequence of the growth in industrial towns in the years 1785-1848?

Answer 5

Squalid living conditions, middle class growth, unionism/cooperative movement