Pneumonics - Economy 1906-14

Question 1

Glastonbury: Popstar Taylor Swift gets an audience of 4306 million

Answer 1

Population of Britain was 43 million in 1906

Question 2

Latest gossip:
Brad is texting Len
Seth Hales is very cool
Liv, Bell and the gals are being shipped
Cheryl found a steal in Sheffield

Answer 2

• Bradford and Lancashire were textile bases
• South Wales had coal
• Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast were for shipbuilding
• Steel in Sheffield

Question 3

My ex is icky and lives in Kent

Answer 3

• 60% exports came from staple industries in 1913

Question 4

Half of Britain was in love before the war

Answer 4

Britain owned half the world’s shipping before 1914

Question 5

TEHEE growth annually instead of TOOHOO

Answer 5

• New industries
• Grew (T)hree point (E)ight percent annually
• Compared with overall growth rate of just over 2%

Question 6

Man can afford new facts

Answer 6

Henry Ford built a new factory in Manchester

Question 7

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Answer 7

16,000 vehicles by 1913

Question 8

Tent in kent employment

Answer 8

Farming accounted for 10% of employment, national income, national investment 1906-14

Question 9

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Answer 9

32% Britain’s national wealth was in investments overseas by 1913

Question 10

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Answer 10

Key concerning areas in the British economy:
- Agricultre
- Lack of research
- Lack of progress
- Low-wage economy
- Issue of free trade
- Education shortcomings

Question 11

Olly ate Kent with a mechanical pencil
Amer went live at midnight

Answer 11

Only 8% of coal was mechanically cut in 1914
America cut 25% of coal mechanically in 1900

Question 12

Very decadent RAM and facts

Answer 12

Large scale electrification of tramways and factories only began in 1890: a decade after America

Question 13

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Answer 13

Only 1/4 of wheat came from British farms before WW1