Starter quiz
- Match each key word with its correct definition.
- industrial⇔economic activity involving manufacturing of goods ✓
- mill⇔a factory equipped with machinery for manufacturing ✓
- urban⇔relating to towns and cities ✓
- Write the missing word. Mills were usually located next to rivers so that they could exploit ______ power.
- 'water' ✓
- What was the impact of the Bridgewater Canal on coal prices in Manchester?
- prices fell ✓
- price remained the same
- prices rose
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- How long did most cotton mills operate their cotton spinning machines for?
- 9 hours per day
- 12 hours per day
- 18 hours per day
- 24 hours per day ✓
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- Which situation is likely to lead to largest spread of disease?
- many people being distanced over an area
- few people being distanced over an area
- many people being close together in an area ✓
- few people being close together in an area
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- How did the use of the water frame and steam engines in cotton manufacturing affect the wages of cotton workers?
- wages increased
- wages remained the same
- wages decreased ✓
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Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. During the Industrial Revolution, cities grew as many people moved from ______ areas.
- 'rural' ✓
- How much did Glasgow's population grow by between 1750 and 1841?
- grew over twice as large
- grew over three times as large
- grew over four times as large ✓
- grew over five times as large
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- Which type of worker was cheapest for mill owners to employ?
- children ✓
- skilled women
- unskilled men
- unskilled women
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- Starting with the lowest, sort the following areas according to their death rates in the 1830s.
- 1⇔rural areas
- 2⇔urban areas
- 3⇔Glasgow
- Why did J C Symons describe the houses in the Wynds of Glasgow as 'lairs'?
- they were used by criminal gangs
- they were dirty and overcrowded ✓
- they were difficult to find in the city
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- Which judgement about the laws concerning child labour passed in 1825 and 1833 is most accurate?
- exploitation of child labour continued ✓
- exploitation of child labour was ended
- exploitation of child labour became even worse
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Key learning points
- The population of Britain more than doubled between 1750 and 1841.
- Many people moved from the countryside to industrial towns like Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
- Many people in industrial towns lived in poor conditions.
- Working conditions in factories were dangerous and unpleasant.
- Cotton mills commonly employed chiildren as workers.
Common misconception
The Industrial Revolution led to a decline in living conditions across all parts of Britain.
The decline in living conditions during the Industrial Revolution was generally confined to industrial towns and their poorest areas.
Keywords
Urban - an urban area is a town or city
Rural - a rural area is in the countryside
Migrated - people who have migrated have moved from one area to another
Unsanitary - if conditions are unsanitary they are dirty and likely to damage people’s health
Exploitative - if something is exploitative it involves treating others unfairly, in a way that helps make money for you but could harm others
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