Standard of Living Debate

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Tests knowledge of the Standard of Living Debate from 1750-1850 British Industrial Revolution - includes historiography, key dates and key facts
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Resumen del Recurso

Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What percentage did Clapham (1926) say real wages increased by?
Respuesta
  • 50%
  • 30%
  • 40%

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Who said the industrial revolution was progress and a nation in which everyone shared the spoils?
Respuesta
  • Colquhoun
  • Ure
  • Toynbee
  • Ashton

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Who coined the term 'the condition on England' in 1839?
Respuesta
  • Michael Sadler
  • Richard Oastler
  • Thomas Carlyle
  • Karl Marx

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Which statement is true of Rule (1991) findings?
Respuesta
  • London wages fell, south wages dropped dramatically and wages in the north increased.
  • London wages rose, south wages dropped dramatically and wages in the north increased.
  • London wages rose, south wages rosedropped dramatically and wages in the north increased.
  • London wages fell, south wages dropped dramatically and wages in the north decreased slightly.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Komlos questioned which findings?
Respuesta
  • Horrell and Humphries household budgets
  • Nicholas and Steckle (1991) fall in heights to convicts sent to Australia
  • Floud, Watcher and Gregory (1990) rich were taller than the poor and all wages fell after 1830.

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
What do left wing pessimist historians during the cold war stress about the standard of living?
Respuesta
  • Increase in mortality in urban areas
  • More to standard of living than real wages
  • Real wages remained low

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
How many out of Horrell and Humphries' 1350 household budgets were from Lancashire?
Respuesta
  • 867
  • 856
  • 786
  • 567

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Which two groups did the Hammonds and Webbs look at?
Respuesta
  • Coal miners
  • Women
  • Children
  • Handloomers

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
Who claimed the Industrial Revolution was 'disastrous and terrible'?
Respuesta
  • Toynbee
  • Ure
  • Ashton
  • Hartwell

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What do historians use to measure standard of living, tick all that apply.
Respuesta
  • Real wages
  • Consumption
  • Anthropometrics (Heights)
  • Weight
  • Working conditions
  • Life expectancy
  • Food intake
  • Army records

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Richard Oastler compared the plight of factory children to west African slaves, True or False
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Michael Sadler's report showed the mechanized horrors of the industrial revolution, true or false?
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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