Britain : TU & COOPS Factors

Question 1

How accurate is it to say that in the years 1834-70 trade unions had no significant impact in Britain? (2016)

Answer 1

Failures - Locality, Lack of Funding (Short term)
Successes - TUC, NMU’s (Long term)

Question 2

How far was the shift to factory production responsible for the growth of trade unions in the years 1785-1834? (2017)

Answer 2

Factory system
Gov. Policy
Protection of Workers

Question 3

How far do you agree that the development of the New Model Unions was the most important achievement of trades unions in the years 1785-1870? (2018)

Answer 3

NMU’s
TUC
Pre 1850 unionism
Trades Councils

Question 4

To what extent was the principle of self-help the most significant feature of the cooperative movement in the years c1800-70? (2019)

Answer 4

Self-help
Community
Economic opportunity

Question 5

How far do you agree that support for trade unions was the most significant feature of working-class protest in the years 1785-1834? (2020)

Answer 5

Trade Unions
Luddism / Swing Riots
Radical societies
Friendly societies

Question 6

How accurate is it to say that Owen’s New Lanark project was the most significant development in the cooperative movement in the years c1800-70? (2021)

Answer 6

New Lanark
Principle of self-help
Rochdale Pioneers

Question 7

How accurate is it to say that trade unionism changed significantly in the years 1834-70? (2022)

Answer 7

Financial Development
Increase in size and power
Regionalism

Question 8

How far do you agree that the aims of the cooperative movement were very similar to the aims of the trade unions in the years 1785-1870? (2023)

Answer 8

Similar : Collective action, Protection of Workers, Self-help
Differences : Legislative aims (union) , economic aims (Co-op)

Question 9

How far do you agree that the Rochdale Pioneers made the most significant contributions to cooperative activities in the years 1799-1870? (2024)

Answer 9

Rochdale Pioneers
New Lanark
Government legislation