Power And The People (8)

Question 1

When were the Corn Laws introduced?

Answer 1

1815

Question 2

What happened to wheat during the war?

Answer 2

Cheap French wheat was banned

Question 3

What happened as a result of French wheat?

Answer 3

British farmers for a high price for the wheat they grew

Question 4

What did the Corn Laws do?

Answer 4

Kept the price of wheat high by banning non-British wheat

Question 5

Who were the Anti-Corn Law Leagues leaders?

Answer 5

Richard Cobben and John Bright

Question 6

How did the Anti-Corn Law Leagues leaders persuade?

Answer 6

Excellent orators and have pamphlets

Question 7

What did Robert Peel see?

Answer 7

The benefit of free trade

Question 8

What did Robert Peel support?

Answer 8

The Anti-Corn Law League

Question 9

What happened during the Irish Famine?

Answer 9

They relied heavily on potatoes and the potato harvests failed

Question 10

Why did Britain not help Ireland?

Answer 10

They had no spare wheat

Question 11

What were Britain and Scotland faced with?

Answer 11

Crop failure

Question 12

When did Robert Peel repeal the Corn Laws?

Answer 12

1846

Question 13

What happened to Robert Peel after the Laws were repealed?

Answer 13

He was forced to resign

Question 14

How many slaves died on the ships?

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

What was the life expectancy of a slave?

Answer 15

27

Question 16

Why did people start changing their minds about the treatment of slaves?

Answer 16

‘White slaves’ and it was not Christian

Question 17

Who created the Anti-Slavery Society?

Answer 17

William Willberforce

Question 18

What happened with the Maroon Slaves?

Answer 18

They escaped from their plantation in Jamaica

Question 19

What happened at St Dominique?

Answer 19

Slaves rebelled and killed the plantation owners

Question 20

When was slave trade abolished?

Answer 20

1807

Question 21

When was the Abolition of the Slavery Act?

Answer 21

1833

Question 22

When were the Corn Laws repealed?

Answer 22

1846

Question 23

How young were children who worked in coal mines?

Answer 23

4

Question 24

How young were children who worked in factories?

Answer 24

6

Question 25

Who were the public most shocked to hear the conditions of?

Answer 25

Women and children

Question 26

Why did many politicians disagree with reform?

Answer 26

Laissez-faire politics

Question 27

What did Micheal Sadler suggest?

Answer 27

A maximum 10-hour day for under 18’s

Question 28

What was Micheal Sadler’s suggestion called?

Answer 28

The 10-hour movement

Question 29

What did Edwin Chadwick report?

Answer 29

Sanitation and epidemics like cholera in towns

Question 30

What did Josephine Butler campaign?

Answer 30

The age of consent to be moved from 13 to 16

Question 31

When was the Factory Act introduced?

Answer 31

1833