sosial reforms and unions

Question 1

When was the combinations act passed?

Answer 1

1799

Question 2

What did the combinations act do?

Answer 2

forbid the gatherings of workers or employers

Question 3

When was slavery abolished in England?

Answer 3

1807

Question 4

When did the corn law start?

Answer 4

1815

Question 5

What did the corn law do?

Answer 5

put taxes on improrts

Question 6

When was the masters and severs act passed?

Answer 6

1823

Question 7

What did the masters and servers act do?

Answer 7

made it illegal for workers to break their contracts

Question 8

When did Lord Shaftsbury become a MP?

Answer 8

1826

Question 9

What did Lord Shaftesbury do during his career as a Mp?

Answer 9

lead the investigation committee of social issues
passed the 10 hour bill
passed the factory act

Question 10

When was slavery abolished in the empire?

Answer 10

1833

Question 11

When was the anti-corn law league formed?

Answer 11

1833

Question 12

When did the Grand National Consolidates Trade Union form?

Answer 12

1834

Question 13

How many members did the Grand National Consolidates Trade Union have?

Answer 13

800

Question 14

When did the Toddle puddle Martyrs emerge?

Answer 14

1834

Question 15

When was the trade unions congress formed?

Answer 15

1868

Question 16

When was the people’s charter?

Answer 16

1838

Question 17

When was there a potato famine?

Answer 17

1845

Question 18

When was ragged schools established by Lord Shaftesbury?

Answer 18

1844

Question 19

When was the first public health act?

Answer 19

1848

Question 20

What did the first public health act do?

Answer 20

created better conditions in a new town

Question 21

When were the board schools set up?

Answer 21

1870

Question 22

What were the board schools?

Answer 22

government funded schools for children up to age 11

Question 23

When was the trade unions act passed?

Answer 23

1871

Question 24

When was the criminal law amendment act passed?

Answer 24

1871

Question 25

When was education made compulsory?

Answer 25

1880

Question 26

When was the match girls strike won?

Answer 26

1888

Question 27

When was the first meeting of labor?

Answer 27

1893

Question 28

When was the first council controlled by labor?

Answer 28

1898

Question 29

When was the miners strike (Thatcher vs Scargill)?

Answer 29

1984-1985

Question 30

When was the first general strike?

Answer 30

1926

Question 31

When was the Dagenham strike?

Answer 31

1968

Question 32

What did the Dagenham strike aim to achieve?

Answer 32

the female fords factory workers wanted equal pay to their male conterparts