Social, Economic, Political and Cultural Changes from C19th and Impact on People's Lives

Question 1

When was the @Industrial Revolution’?

Answer 1

1800s

Question 2

This period created wealth for many but what was the other effect?

Answer 2

social problems and poverty for others

Question 3

By 1914, England became a great trading nation with a worldwide _______?

Answer 3

Empire

Question 4

This ‘empire’ covered how much of the globe?

Answer 4

a fifth

Question 5

How much growth in population occurred?

Answer 5

260%

Question 6

What did agriculture change to?

Answer 6

Industry

Question 7

What was the move from domestic industry to?

Answer 7

Factory work

Question 8

What was the change in water and wind power to?

Answer 8

To steam engines.

Question 9

There was a revolution in transport and communications. What did this change to?

Answer 9

Railways and the telegraph.

Question 10

What is an empire?

Answer 10

Ruled by Monarch/country

Question 11

What is a colony?

Answer 11

Country under control of another country.

Question 12

What are the benefits for society of industrialisation?

Answer 12

• transforms farming society
• goods produced more quickly/effectively
• places of work change
• urbanization
• increased food production
• housing/transport development
• advances in technology
• growth in personal wealth
• job opportunities
• economic growth
• trade development
• investment
• Capitalism

Question 13

Britain began to establish oversea colonies in the 16th century, adding to their empire. What negative practice arose out of this?

Answer 13

Transatlantic slave trade

Question 14

4 consequences of of enslavement?

Answer 14

depopulation
famine
collapse of economy
racist ideology

Question 15

When was Harriet Tubman born?

Answer 15

Between 1820 - 1825

Question 16

How many children were in her family?

Answer 16

9

Question 17

Harriet’s early life was full of hardship, what did the ‘owner ‘ of the family do?

Answer 17

Sold 3 of Tubman’s sisters, splitting the family.

Question 18

What did Tubman’s mum do?

Answer 18

She prevented a trader buying her youngest brother, setting a powerful examlpe to Harriet.

Question 19

What injury did Harriet experience?

Answer 19

Tuman refused to help restrain a runaway slave. The overseer threw a 2 pound weight which struck her head. She has seizures , headaches and narcoleptic episodes.

Question 20

Who did Harriet marry in 1874?

Answer 20

A civil war veteran called Nelson Davis. They adopted a baby girl called Gertie.

Question 21

Between 1850 and 1860 Tubman made many trips from the South to the North following a secret road network. How many trips did she make?

Answer 21

19

Question 22

What wa this secret road network called?

Answer 22

Underground Railway

Question 23

How many people did she lead from slavery to freedom?

Answer 23

300

Question 24

Waht nickname did she get called?

Answer 24

Moses … because of her leadership

Question 25

When did Tubman first encounter this Underground Railway?

Answer 25

1849, when she used it to escape slavery herself.

Question 26

Where did Tubman head to from Maryland to escape slavery?

Answer 26

Philadelphia, a city in Pennsylvania

Question 27

Why did her 2 brothers decide to return to the plantation instead of continuing with their escape?

Answer 27

A reward of 300 dollars was offered for their return.

Question 28

How did Harriet describe the feeling when she realised she was free?

Answer 28

A feeling of relief and awe, she felt as though she was in Heaven, like a different person.

Question 29

What made the escape of slavery more difficult?

Answer 29

The Fugitive Slave Law

Question 30

What did the Fugitive Law state?

Answer 30

Escaped slaves could be captured, even if they were in Free States and be returned to slavery.

Question 31

How did Tubman respond to this Law?

Answer 31

She re-routed the Underground Railway, choosing to take people to Canada instead.

Question 32

What did Tubman work as during the American Civil War?

Answer 32

As a cook and a nurse and quickly became an armed scout and spy.

Question 33

How many slaves did Tubman liberate in South Carolina?

Answer 33

700

Question 34

When did Tubman die?

Answer 34

March 1913, buried with military honours.