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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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Standard of Living Debate

Questão 1 de 12

1

What percentage did Clapham (1926) say real wages increased by?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 50%

  • 30%

  • 40%

Explicação

Questão 2 de 12

1

Who said the industrial revolution was progress and a nation in which everyone shared the spoils?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Colquhoun

  • Ure

  • Toynbee

  • Ashton

Explicação

Questão 3 de 12

1

Who coined the term 'the condition on England' in 1839?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Michael Sadler

  • Richard Oastler

  • Thomas Carlyle

  • Karl Marx

Explicação

Questão 4 de 12

1

Which statement is true of Rule (1991) findings?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 5 de 12

1

Komlos questioned which findings?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 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.

Explicação

Questão 6 de 12

1

What do left wing pessimist historians during the cold war stress about the standard of living?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Increase in mortality in urban areas

  • More to standard of living than real wages

  • Real wages remained low

Explicação

Questão 7 de 12

1

How many out of Horrell and Humphries' 1350 household budgets were from Lancashire?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 867

  • 856

  • 786

  • 567

Explicação

Questão 8 de 12

1

Which two groups did the Hammonds and Webbs look at?

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Coal miners

  • Women

  • Children

  • Handloomers

Explicação

Questão 9 de 12

1

Who claimed the Industrial Revolution was 'disastrous and terrible'?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Toynbee

  • Ure

  • Ashton

  • Hartwell

Explicação

Questão 10 de 12

1

What do historians use to measure standard of living, tick all that apply.

Selecione uma ou mais das seguintes:

  • Real wages

  • Consumption

  • Anthropometrics (Heights)

  • Weight

  • Working conditions

  • Life expectancy

  • Food intake

  • Army records

Explicação

Questão 11 de 12

1

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

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação

Questão 12 de 12

1

Michael Sadler's report showed the mechanized horrors of the industrial revolution, true or false?

Selecione uma das opções:

  • VERDADEIRO
  • FALSO

Explicação