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The impact of Industrialisation Flashcards

1
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When was the first bank in England established?

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1694

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2
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How many banks were there by 1794?

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119

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3
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How many banks were there by 1808?

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800

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4
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When were county banks allowed to issue bank notes?

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1794

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5
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When were caps on joint stock banking removed?

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1826

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6
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Which act allowed joint stock banking and when?

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banking co-partnership Act-1826

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7
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By 1866, how many stock banks were there, with how many branches nationwide?

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154 stock banks

850 branches nationwide

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8
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In 1750, which two cities were the only two cities to have a population of over 50,000?

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London and Edinburgh

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9
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By 1851 how many cities had a population over 100,000?

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29

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10
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What was the population of London by 1851?

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over 2.3 million

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How much did carpenters’ wages between 1765 to 1795 increase by?

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from 64% to 88%

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12
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Whose factories in Staffordshire saw wages rise more rapidly than any general labour?

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Wedgewood’s factories

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13
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What was the rate that Urban areas grew by between 1801-51?

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23% to 29%

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14
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By 1800 what percent of people lived in towns, what was this percentage by 1880?

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25% and 80%

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15
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What did trade and transport grow from between 1760 to 1860 due to national capital invest in industry?

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from 5% to 26%

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16
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How many miles of track was built in Britain by 1850?

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600 miles

17
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How many miles of canals were there by the 1820s?

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4000 miles

18
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How many miles were there of turnpike roads by 1836?

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22,00 miles

19
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What were the names of the houses being built in the late 1700s?

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back-to-back houses

20
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What caused respiratory problems in these houses?

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use of candles and oil lamps created smokey atmospheres

21
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Why was the water supply sanitation bad?

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people got water from the same pumps and the draining system couldn’t cope with the amount of waste

22
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Why was the communal privies bad?

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they were emptied into cesspits, these cesspits were open air sewage, if one leaked, it could contaminate water supplies

23
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Where and when was the first cholera outbreak, how many killed?

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Sunderland 1831, 32,000 deaths within a year

24
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How many workers were there in 1851 and how many worked in textile factories?

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9.7 million, 6% worked in textile factories

25
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Where did workers obtain water from?

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standpipes in the streets, they were only turned on for limited time per a day

26
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How many inspectors were there to cover 4000 textile mills?

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4

27
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Which act was the first to mention women?

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1842 mines act which allowed them to work with children underground

28
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The 1844 factory act allowed women to work a maximum of how long per a day?

A

12 hours

29
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What type of work was forbidden for women?

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night work

30
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In the 1847 factory Act, what were the hours per a day for working women?

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10 hours

31
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What were women restricted to for hours in 1853?

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10 1/2 hour days

32
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In 1833, children under what age were not allowed to work?

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9

33
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How long were children 9-12 allowed to work per a day?

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1 hour a day

34
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Factory owners had to keep a register of what?

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children

35
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In the 1844 factory act, children under the age of what were allowed to work, and for how long?

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under the age of 8 were allowed to work half days

36
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Children aged 13-18 were allowed to work a maximum of how many hours?

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12 hours a day

37
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In the 1847 factory Act, children were allowed to work how many hours a day?

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10 hours a day

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