1
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What was the population in 1851?
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20.8 million
2
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Why did disease spread so quickly in towns?
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Overcrowded housing
3
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What does GNCTU stand for?
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Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
4
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Why did Robert Owen’s GNCTU fail?
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Bad communication between branches
Employers began dismissing members
5
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Why were the Tolpuddle Martyrs convicted?
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They were said to have taken secret oaths
6
Q
Describe the Cooperative movement
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Set up by skilled tradesmen
Bought goods at wholesale prices and sold on for profit
By 1850 there were over 100 stores
7
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When were Friendly Societies given legal status?
A
1793
A Level History: Industrialisation
flashcards
Decks in class (25)
# Cards
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Dates25
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1: The British Political System16
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2: Government: Pitt the Younger as PM and His Successsors10
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3: Economic Developments11
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4: Social Developments12
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5: Political Pressures on Government21
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6: Wartime Pressures on Government16
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7: Government: Lord Liverpool as PM11
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8: Government: Canning, Goderich and Wellington as PMs6
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9: Economic Developments 1812-18325
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10: Social Developments2
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11: Pressure For Change9
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12: Greater Democracy5
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13: Grey and Melbourne as Prime Ministers12
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14: Whig Response to Social Change18
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15: Pressure for Change9
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16: Conservative Response to Change7
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17: Economic Developments8
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18: Social Developments7
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19: Government and Developing Political Organisation6
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20: Government and Democracy12
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21: Pressure for Change10
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22: Economic Developments9
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23: Social Developments9
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24: Condition of Britain by 18853
