Booklet 3 - Industrialisaton and protest

Question 1

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

Answer 1

29 cities

Question 2

Between 1765-1795 carpenters wages in Manchester rose to what % of the rates in London?

Answer 2

64%-88%

Question 3

What fraction of children died within the first year of their life?

Answer 3

3/20

Question 4

I’m the 1830’s what fraction of children in Manchester and Sheffield died before their 5th birthday?

Answer 4

1/2

Question 5

What fraction of people worked in manufacturing in 1801 compared to 1871?

Answer 5

1801: 2/5
1871: 2/3

Question 6

How much was Richard Arkwright worth when he died in 1792?

Answer 6

£500,000

Question 7

How many workers in Birmingham lived in back to back housing?

Answer 7

2/3

Question 8

When was the first major outbreak of cholera in Sunderland and how many people were killed?

Answer 8

32,000

Question 9

Typhus claimed how many people a year?

Answer 9

4000

Question 10

How many troops were sent to deal with Luddites and how many Luddites died in Lancashire in 1812?

Answer 10

12,000

18 men killed

Question 11

How many frames were destroyed in 1812?

Answer 11

1000

Question 12

How much did the swing riots cost approximately?

Answer 12

£120,000

Question 13

How many were sentenced to death as a result of the Swing Riots?

Answer 13

252

Question 14

3 amendments in The Factory Act in 1833?

Answer 14

No children under 9
No night work for under 18s
Employed children have to be registered 
A minimum break of 1 1/2 hour break a day for a meal
4 inspectors appointed to enforce action

Question 15

How may of chadwicks report sold about the links between disease and sanitation

Answer 15

100,000