Lesson Y8-U04-L05
Children at Work Mines, Mills & Reform Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 10
20 questions
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Lesson Y8-U04-L05, Children at Work Mines, Mills & Reform: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 10: Year 8: Industrial Revolution, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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What was a 'trapper' in a coal mine?
- A coal cart driver
- An air-door child
- A tunnel digger
- A pit pony trainer
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What was the role of a hurrier in a coal mine?
- Weaving cotton threads
- Operating steam engines
- Guarding ventilation doors
- Pushing coal carts
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What does the term reform mean in history?
- Banning all trade
- Changing to improve
- Overthrowing a king
- Closing down mines
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What is an Act of Parliament?
- A legal law
- A royal speech
- A factory rule
- A court verdict
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Why were children widely employed in Victorian factories?
- Strong adult build
- Demanded high wages
- Highly educated
- Cheap and small
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Which child worker crawled under moving machines to clean up loose cotton fluff?
- A piecer
- A hurrier
- A trapper
- A scavenger
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What was the main job of a piecer in a textile mill?
- Opening ventilation traps
- Joining snapped threads
- Clearing factory waste
- Digging coal seams
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What did the Mines Act of 1842 ban?
- Night shift working
- Underground child labour
- All textile factories
- Sunday church work
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Which innovation was introduced by the Factory Act of 1833?
- Minimum wage laws
- Trade union rights
- Factory inspectors
- Free school meals
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What daily working limit was set by the Ten Hours Act 1847?
- Six hours
- Ten hours
- Twelve hours
- Eight hours
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Under the Factory Act of 1833, how many hours a day were 9 to 13 year olds allowed to work in textile mills?
- 9 hours
- 10 hours
- 6 hours
- 12 hours
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What was the main hazard for a coal mine trapper?
- Heavy machinery
- Chemical fumes
- Total darkness
- Loud factory noise
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Why was hurrying particularly damaging to children's bodies?
- Starvation diets
- Chemical burns
- Deafening noise
- Cramped tunnels
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What was a major danger faced by coal getters?
- Boiler explosions
- Spinning frames
- Moving spindles
- Roof falls
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What do historical sources reveal about child trappers?
- Exhausting long hours
- Short working weeks
- Safe working conditions
- High daily wages
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Why did some mine owners defend child labour?
- Promoting safety
- Improving education
- Ensuring fair pay
- Fear of costs
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Which evidence best supported reformers like Lord Shaftesbury?
- Machine instruction manuals
- Eyewitness child accounts
- Owner profit records
- Factory tax forms
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Why was the reform of child labour slow?
- Laws were instant
- Passed in stages
- Children refused help
- Factory owners cooperated
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Which belief led factory owners to oppose government interference in business?
- Socialism
- Mercantilism
- Laissez-faire
- Feudalism
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Which law banned children under nine from working in textile mills?
- Public Health Act 1848
- Factory Act 1833
- Ten Hours Act 1847
- Mines Act 1842
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