History Test - Industrial Revolution Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
- Approximately, between what years was the “Industrial Period
A
Between 1750 and 1900.
2
Q
- Define the key term ‘Revolution’.
A
A dramatic change in condtion.
3
Q
- What percentage of the population lived in towns by 1900?
A
68%?
3
Q
- What was the population of Wigan at the beginning of the 1800s AND the end of the 1800s?
A
Ignore.
4
Q
- Name two diseases that increased due to the Industrial Revolution.
A
Cholera and Smallpox.
5
Q
- How did the Factory Act of 1833 protect children?
A
It made it so that textile companies couldn’t hire anyone under the age of 9.
6
Q
- The lives of ordinary people changed quickly in the period of the Industrial Revolution. Give one example of how peoples’ lives changed after the Black Death in the 14th century.
A
People left the countryside.
7
Q
- What is the name of the building in Wigan, next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal, where cotton spinning occurred right at the very end of the Industrial Revolution?
A
Trenchefield Mill.
8
Q
- How many million tonnes of cargo went down the Leeds-Liverpool canal per year?
A
2 million tonnes.
9
Q
- What was Wigan’s main export during the Industrial Revolution, often loaded and unloaded at Wigan Pier?
A
Coal.
