Lesson test: Resistance and reform

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Resistance and reform

1.[3p]
What were the Luddites of 1811 to 1816 mainly demanding?

Enforcement of the apprenticeship rules, quality standards and wage machinery that had been swept away

Correct

The abolition of all machinery in every trade

The answer is: Enforcement of the apprenticeship rules, quality standards and wage machinery that had been swept away

The vote for every adult man

The answer is: Enforcement of the apprenticeship rules, quality standards and wage machinery that had been swept away

Free trade in grain and the repeal of the Corn Laws

The answer is: Enforcement of the apprenticeship rules, quality standards and wage machinery that had been swept away

2.[3p]
A machine costs £200 and saves £60 a year in wages. If there is a 25 per cent chance each year that it is destroyed, what is the expected annual return, as a percentage?

CorrectNot quite: 5

3.[1p]
Which Manchester meeting of 1819 was broken up by cavalry?

CorrectNot quite: Peterloo

4.[3p]
What made the Factory Act of 1833 effective where the Acts of 1802 and 1819 were not?

It created four salaried inspectors with power to enter mills and prosecute

Correct

It was the first to set any limit on children's hours

The answer is: It created four salaried inspectors with power to enter mills and prosecute

It applied to woollen as well as cotton mills

The answer is: It created four salaried inspectors with power to enter mills and prosecute

It was passed by a reformed Parliament

The answer is: It created four salaried inspectors with power to enter mills and prosecute

5.[3p]
A mill has revenue of £10,000, materials and wages of £8,500, and a fixed capital charge of £1,000. Cutting the day from 11.5 hours to 10 cuts revenue and variable costs in proportion. What is the profit afterwards, in pounds?

CorrectNot quite: 305

6.[3p]
Match each statute to what it did.

Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800
Reform Act of 1832
Mines Act of 1842
Ten Hours Act of 1847

barred women and boys under ten from working underground
made it an offence for workmen to combine
gave seats to the industrial towns and the vote to one man in five
limited women and young persons to ten hours

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Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800: made it an offence for workmen to combine Reform Act of 1832: gave seats to the industrial towns and the vote to one man in five Mines Act of 1842: barred women and boys under ten from working underground Ten Hours Act of 1847: limited women and young persons to ten hours

7.[2p]
The 1842 Chartist petition carried about 3.3 million signatures. About 650,000 men could vote in England and Wales. How many times the electorate is that?

CorrectNot quite: 5.1

8.[2p]
Which of the six points of the People's Charter never became law?

Annual parliaments

Correct

The secret ballot

The answer is: Annual parliaments

Payment of members of Parliament

The answer is: Annual parliaments

The abolition of the property qualification for members

The answer is: Annual parliaments

9.[2p]
Put these five in the order they happened.

The Factory Act creates the first salaried inspectors
Cavalry ride into the crowd at St Peter's Field
Frame breaking is made a capital offence
Peel repeals the Corn Laws
The Reform Act redistributes seats to the industrial towns

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a, b, c, d, e

1.[3p] What were the Luddites of 1811 to 1816 mainly demanding?

2.[3p] A machine costs £200 and saves £60 a year in wages. If there is a 25 per cent chance each year that it is destroyed, what is the expected annual return, as a percentage?

3.[1p] Which Manchester meeting of 1819 was broken up by cavalry?

4.[3p] What made the Factory Act of 1833 effective where the Acts of 1802 and 1819 were not?

5.[3p] A mill has revenue of £10,000, materials and wages of £8,500, and a fixed capital charge of £1,000. Cutting the day from 11.5 hours to 10 cuts revenue and variable costs in proportion. What is the profit afterwards, in pounds?

6.[3p] Match each statute to what it did.

7.[2p] The 1842 Chartist petition carried about 3.3 million signatures. About 650,000 men could vote in England and Wales. How many times the electorate is that?

8.[2p] Which of the six points of the People's Charter never became law?

9.[2p] Put these five in the order they happened.

1.[3p]
What were the Luddites of 1811 to 1816 mainly demanding?

2.[3p]
A machine costs £200 and saves £60 a year in wages. If there is a 25 per cent chance each year that it is destroyed, what is the expected annual return, as a percentage?

3.[1p]
Which Manchester meeting of 1819 was broken up by cavalry?

4.[3p]
What made the Factory Act of 1833 effective where the Acts of 1802 and 1819 were not?

5.[3p]
A mill has revenue of £10,000, materials and wages of £8,500, and a fixed capital charge of £1,000. Cutting the day from 11.5 hours to 10 cuts revenue and variable costs in proportion. What is the profit afterwards, in pounds?

6.[3p]
Match each statute to what it did.

7.[2p]
The 1842 Chartist petition carried about 3.3 million signatures. About 650,000 men could vote in England and Wales. How many times the electorate is that?

8.[2p]
Which of the six points of the People's Charter never became law?

9.[2p]
Put these five in the order they happened.