Lesson Y8-U04-L07

Protest and Reform Fighting Back Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 10

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U04-L07, Protest and Reform Fighting Back: 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

  1. What is the term for an organised group of workers who demand better pay?

    • Luddite mob
    • Trade union
    • Factory guild
    • Parliamentary committee

  2. What is the historical definition of a massacre?

    • Military defeat
    • Prison escape
    • Unarmed killing
    • Public execution

  3. What did the Combination Acts of 1799-1800 make illegal for workers?

    • Joining unions
    • Leaving towns
    • Using machines
    • Striking at night

  4. Who were the skilled textile workers who smashed new industrial machines?

    • The Luddites
    • The Diggers
    • The Chartists
    • The Levellers

  5. Which made-up leader did the Luddites claim to follow?

    • Thomas Clarkson
    • Henry Hunt
    • Richard Arkwright
    • General Ned Ludd

  6. Roughly how many soldiers did the government send to deal with the Luddites?

    • About 12,000
    • About 120,000
    • About 1,200
    • About 1,200,000

  7. What punishment did the British government introduce for machine-breaking in 1812?

    • Transportation
    • Heavy fines
    • Death penalty
    • Hard labour

  8. Where did the Peterloo massacre take place on 16 August 1819?

    • Trafalgar Square
    • Hyde Park
    • St Peter's Field
    • Waterloo Station

  9. About how many people gathered peacefully at Peterloo?

    • About 16,000
    • About 600,000
    • About 6,000
    • About 60,000

  10. Who was the speaker that the Peterloo crowd had come to hear?

    • Edwin Chadwick
    • Henry 'Orator' Hunt
    • Thomas Clarkson
    • George Stephenson

  11. Roughly how many people were killed at Peterloo?

    • About 18
    • About 8
    • About 180
    • About 1,800

  12. Why was the event at St Peter's Field given the sarcastic name 'Peterloo'?

    • Cold weather
    • River flood
    • Mocking Waterloo
    • Muddy ground

  13. What were the harsh laws passed by the government after Peterloo called?

    • The Corn Laws
    • The Six Acts
    • The Factory Acts
    • The Poor Laws

  14. What punishment did the Tolpuddle Martyrs receive in 1834 for swearing a union oath?

    • Immediat exile
    • Public hanging
    • Transportation
    • Life imprisonment

  15. What did the repeal of the Combination Acts in 1824-25 legally allow workers to do?

    • Form unions
    • Carry weapons
    • Vote in elections
    • Overthrow the King

  16. Why did the events at the Peterloo massacre cause such nationwide shock?

    • Killed local MPs
    • Started a civil war
    • Burned down a town
    • Attacked unarmed crowd

  17. Which 1847 parliamentary act limited women and young workers to a ten-hour day?

    • Factory Reform Act
    • Mines Regulation Act
    • Public Health Act
    • Ten Hours Act

  18. Why did the Luddites smash industrial machinery in the mills?

    • Threat to wages
    • Religious beliefs
    • Lack of coal fuel
    • Fear of explosions

  19. What new enforcement method did the Factory Act of 1833 introduce?

    • Royal commissioners
    • Police patrols
    • Trade union reps
    • Factory inspectors

  20. What method of fighting for reform proved more lasting than machine-breaking?

    • Arson attacks
    • Church blockades
    • Passing laws
    • Food riots

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