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industrialisation and protest Flashcards

1
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What was the great exhibition?

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A showcase of how much the industrial revolution changed britain. No dogs, refreshment rooms and filtered water.

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How many people were there to each house in the early 1800’s?

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7 people to each house and 4 to one bed.

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What was the ratio of cleaners to toilets in the early 1800’s?

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12 people were employed to clean 70,000 peoples toilets.

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When was the first sewer put in place?

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1853

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How much money was spent on sewers after 1853?

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£3 million

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When was the first cholera outbreak and how many people did it kill?

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In 1831 and killed 32,000

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When were the Luddites?

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1811-1816

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What did the Luddites do?

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Destroyed machinery as they believed it threatened their jobs.

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How did the luddites start?

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Began in Nottingham when two handloom weavers burnt a mill and destroyed machinery.

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10
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Since when had machine breaking been illegal?

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1721

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What was the frame breaking act?

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1812- made destroying machinery punishable by death.

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What happened to the luddites?

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People found guilty were transported or executed.

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When were the spa field riots?

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1816

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Where were the spa field riots?

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Spa Field, Islington, London

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15
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How many people attended the first spa field riot?

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10,000

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How many people attended the second spa field riot?

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20,000

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17
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Who carried out a violent act and robbed a gun shop?

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James Watson

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18
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How did the government respond to the Spa field riots?

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The Gagging Act 1817 and The Sedetious meeting Act 1817

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When were the Blanketeers?

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1817

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20
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Who were the Blanketeers?

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5000 Lancashire weavers

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21
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Where did the blanketeers take place?

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St Peters Field, Manchester

22
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What were the blanketeers protesting about?

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Poor working conditions and poor pay (they only earned 5 shillings a week)

23
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How did the government respond to the blanketeers?

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The Calvery broke the meeting up and arrested 27 people

24
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When were the Pentrich risings?

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1817

25
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When were the swing riots?

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1830

26
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What were the swing riots about?

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They were opposing the mechanisation of the agricultural industry.

27
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How did the swing riots movement begin?

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The destruction of threshing machinery in the South.

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How did the government respond to the swing riots?

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2000 awaited trial- 19 were executed and 500 were transported.

29
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When were the Rebecca riots?

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1839-1843

30
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What caused the Rebecca riots?

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Unfair taxation for farmers- farmers transported crops via toll roads making it very expensive

31
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When was the Peterloo Massacre?

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1819

32
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What caused the peterloo massacre?

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There was high unemployment, especially because of the returning soldiers from the Napoleonic wars

33
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Where was the Peterloo Massacre?

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St peters field, Manchester

34
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How did the government respond to the meeting in St Peters field?

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Sent in the calvery, Killing 15 and injuring 400 people.

35
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Who was Lord shaftesbury?

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An MP who tried to improve childrens lives an in 1833 proposed a 10-hour day for children.

36
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Who was Robert Owen?

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He ran a textile mill in New Lanark

37
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What did Robert Owen do?

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Published magazines and speeches about improving working conditions. He pushed for the 1819 factory act.

38
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What did William Cobbet do?

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He wanted political equality and and published his ideas in cheap newspapers.

39
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When was Habeas Corpus suspended?

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1817

40
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When was income tax abolished?

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1816

41
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What did Adam Smith argue?

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Children had always been employed in the domestic system and that child working conditions were exaggerated.

42
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What did Titus Salt argue?

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That it was better for children to work in a factory than freeze and starve to death.

43
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When was the health of towns association established?

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1844

44
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What did the health of towns association do?

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Apllied pressure to the administration to introduce a public health act.

45
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When was the first public health act?

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1848

46
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What did the 1848 public health act do?

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The central board of health was introduced to oversee local improvements, they ensured clean flowwing water, drainage and sewerage and the cleaning of streets.

47
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When was the first burial act?

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1852

48
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What did the Burial act do?

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There was a creation of public cemeteries.

49
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When was the sanitary act?

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1866

50
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What was the Sanitary Act?

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Made sanitation inspections compulsory for local coorperations.

51
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When was back to back housing made illegal?

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1844

52
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Who wrote a book on the link between sanitation and cholera?

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Henry Golton

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