Industrialisation and Protest: Industrial Protest in Britain

Question 1

When did the Luddite movement begin and end?

Answer 1

1811-1813

Question 2

By February 1812 how many knitting frames had the Luddites destroyed?

Answer 2

1000 (Costing £6,000-£10,000)

Question 3

The Frame Breaking Act of 1812 did what?

Answer 3

Make Frame Breaking punishable by death

Question 4

In 1812 soldiers were brought in to protect where from the Luddites? What happened?

Answer 4

Rawford Mill. Two Luddites were killed.

Question 5

William Horsfall was executed by the Luddites, but the killers were brought to justice when?

Answer 5

January 1813… effectively the end of Luddite moement

Question 6

In what year did the Swing Riots break out?

Answer 6

1830

Question 7

Why did the Swing Riots break out?

Answer 7

Two bad harvests, the threshing machine and wage reductions

Question 8

What were the Swing Rioters’ demands?

Answer 8

Wage increase
Reduction to rents
End of rural unemployment

Question 9

How many Swing Rioters were arrested/executed?

Answer 9

1976 arrested, 19 executed

Question 10

In what year did John Hobhouse attempt to restrict working hours for children?

Answer 10

1825

Question 11

Who were the main organisers of the 10 hour movement?

Answer 11

Richard Oastler and George Bull

Question 12

How did the 10 hour movement go about seeking change?

Answer 12

Petition and peaceful mass meeting (eg. Oastler’s letter to the Leeds Mercury on why workers needed help)

Question 13

Which MP and which Lord sympathised with the cause for the 10 hour movement?

Answer 13

Michael Sadler MP and Lord Ashley

Question 14

When was the first Factory Act passed?

Answer 14

1833

Question 15

What did the first Factory Act include?

Answer 15

No child under 9 could work
9-13: Only 48 hour week
13-18: Only 12 hours a day
Under 13s got 2 hours education a day
Inspectorate of Factories established

Question 16

Why was the inspectorate of factories ineffective?

Answer 16

Only 4 members and there were 4,000 mills

Question 17

When was the second factory act and who pushed it through?

Answer 17

1844, Robert Peel

Question 18

What did the second Factory Act do?

Answer 18

Restricted children’s and women’s hours further and introduced moderate safety precautions

Question 19

In what year was the Ten Hour day approved?

Answer 19

1847

Question 20

In what year was it specified when workers could and couldn’t work?

Answer 20

1850

Question 21

In what years were factory reforms extended to all industries?

Answer 21

1860 and 1864

Question 22

In what year did Edwin Chadwick publish his report on public health in the UK?

Answer 22

1842

Question 23

The Health of Towns association was established in what year?

Answer 23

1844

Question 24

In what year was the Public Health Act passed?

Answer 24

1848

Question 25

What was the flaw with the Public Health Act of 1848?

Answer 25

Not compulsory

Question 26

When were the Burial Acts passed and what did they do?

Answer 26

1852-1857, Burials had to be overseen by a burial committee to prevent the spread of disease

Question 27

When was the Sanitary Act passed?

Answer 27

1866