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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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Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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Which statement is true of Rule (1991) findings?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 5

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Komlos questioned which findings?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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