Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. Significant changes which take place over a relatively short period of time are usually described as __________ by historians.
- 'revolutions' ✓
- What happened to the monarchy in France during the French Revolution?
- powers of the monarch increased
- powers of the monarch decreased
- the monarchy was abolished ✓
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- Which of the following statements about death rates during the Industrial Revolution are accurate?
- death rates were higher in urban areas than rural areas ✓
- death rates were similar across all areas of Britain
- death rates fell in all areas of Britain, but at different rates
- death rates rates rose in most new industrial cities ✓
- death rates were often highest in middle class areas of cities
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- Few cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833
- Many cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833 ✓
- A decreasing number of cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events from the Industrial Revolution into chronological order.
- 1⇔steam engine developed
- 2⇔more mills begin exploiting steam power
- 3⇔demand for coal increases in cities
- 4⇔new canals built linking industrial areas
- Which quote from J C Symons' report on conditions in Glasgow's Wynds best demonstrates that overcrowding was a problem?
- "This area is made up of a maze of lanes"
- "I was little prepared for the filth and poverty within the homes"
- "Sometimes there were 15 or 20 people living in a single room" ✓
- "There was generally no furniture in these places"
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Exit quiz
- Match each key word with its correct definition.
- radical⇔supports big social and political reforms ✓
- reactionary⇔opposes political or social progress and reform ✓
- revolutionary⇔supports use of violence to achieve big changes ✓
- What impact did the Corn Laws have on bread prices?
- decreased
- increased ✓
- remained the same
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- What percentage of the British population could vote in the years around 1815?
- 1% ✓
- 10%
- 50%
- 100%
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- Write the missing word. Radicals argued that universal ______ was the first step to to solving most of the problems of industrial workers.
- 'suffrage' ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔British government introduces the Corn Laws
- 2⇔Growing anger at the government leads to a series of radical mass meetings
- 3⇔60 000 attend a meeting at St Peter's Field in Manchester
- 4⇔16 peaceful protestors are killed by Manchester yeomanry
- 5⇔Henry Hunt is arrested by the government and the Six Acts introduced
- Which description of the organisers of the mass meeting at St Peter's Field in 1819 is most appropriate?
- the organisers were radicals ✓
- the organisers were reactionaries
- the organisers were revolutionaries
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Key learning points
- The Corn Laws were introduced in 1815 to keep the price of wheat high by putting tariffs on foreign imports.
- The Corn Laws meant many poor people could no longer afford bread.
- The government ignored industrial workers who had no right to vote, which increased calls for universal suffrage.
- Tens of thousands of industrial workers gathered at St Peter's Field in Manchester in 1819 to peacefully protest.
- The local yeomanry attacked protestors at St Peter's Field, killing 16, this became known as 'the Peterloo Massacre'.
Common misconception
Radicals encouraged the use of violence to solve the problems that industrial workers faced.
Radicals like Cobbett and Hunt emphaisised the importance of peaceful protests and the need to persuade government to extend voting rights.
Keywords
Tariff - a tariff is a tax to be paid on goods purchased from abroad
Universal suffrage - universal suffrage describes a system where all adults can vote
Radical - a person who supports the idea that there should be big social and political changes is known as a radical
Reactionary - a person who opposes political or social progress and reform is known as a reactionary
Yeomanry - yeomanry are local volunteer soldiers
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