Lesson 1F.2.1

1F.2.1 The Age of Reform in Britain, 1832–1885 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 6

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Lesson 1F.2.1, The Age of Reform in Britain, 1832–1885: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 6: 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Whig Prime Minister, Earl Grey, presided over the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832?

    • Lord Melbourne
    • Sir Robert Peel
    • Lord Liverpool
    • Earl Grey

  2. Which Act of 1833 banned children under nine from working in most textile mills and limited hours for older children?

    • The Poor Law Amendment Act
    • The Factory Act of 1819
    • The Factory Act of 1833
    • The Ten Hours Act of 1847

  3. Which Act of 1834 reformed poor relief by creating unions of parishes and the workhouse system, and was opposed by the Anti-Poor Law League?

    • The Public Health Act
    • The Poor Law Amendment Act
    • The Factory Act of 1833
    • The Municipal Corporations Act

  4. Which 1835 Act reorganised town government by replacing closed corporations with elected councils?

    • The Municipal Corporations Act
    • The Corn Law, which imposed duties on imported grain to protect the incomes of landowners
    • The Combination Act, which banned workers from forming unions to press for higher wages
    • The Bank Charter Act, which regulated the note issue of the Bank of England and reorganised the banking system

  5. Which Act of 1833 abolished slavery throughout most of the British Empire, though with a period of apprenticeship for former slaves?

    • The Slavery Abolition Act
    • The Municipal Corporations Act
    • The Corn Law
    • The Test Act

  6. Which 1838 document, drawn up by the London Working Men's Association, set out six demands for parliamentary reform?

    • The People's Charter
    • The Petition of Right
    • The Rights of Man
    • The Magna Carta

  7. Which organisation, founded in 1839 by Richard Cobden and John Bright, campaigned for the repeal of the Corn Laws?

    • The Tolpuddle Union
    • The Anti-Poor Law League
    • The Anti-Corn Law League
    • The Chartist National Convention

  8. Which Conservative Prime Minister repealed the Corn Laws in 1846, dividing his party and ending his own government?

    • Lord Aberdeen
    • Sir Robert Peel
    • Lord Derby
    • Benjamin Disraeli

  9. Which Act of 1844 regulated the note issue of the Bank of England and set the framework for British banking?

    • The Ballot Act
    • The Public Health Act
    • The Bank Charter Act
    • The Ten Hours Act

  10. Which 1848 Act of Parliament created a central Board of Health and was pushed by Edwin Chadwick's campaign for sanitary reform?

    • The Municipal Corporations Act
    • The Public Health Act
    • The Poor Law Amendment Act
    • The Factory Act of 1833

  11. Which Prime Minister, a Conservative leader who carried the Second Reform Act of 1867, dominated politics in the 1870s and was a rival of Gladstone?

    • Benjamin Disraeli
    • Lord Palmerston
    • Lord Rosebery
    • Lord Salisbury

  12. Which Education Act of 1870 established elected school boards to provide schooling where voluntary provision was insufficient?

    • The Factory Act of 1833
    • The Forster Education Act
    • The Butler Act
    • The Education Act of 1902

  13. Which Act of 1872 introduced the secret ballot for parliamentary elections in Britain?

    • The Ballot Act
    • The Corrupt Practices Act
    • The Redistribution Act
    • The Franchise Act

  14. Which Act of 1884 extended household suffrage to agricultural labourers and rural voters in England and Wales?

    • The Representation of the People Act of 1918
    • The Great Reform Act
    • The Third Reform Act
    • The Second Reform Act

  15. How many years separated the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the Third Reform Act of 1884?

    • 72 years
    • 42 years
    • 52 years
    • 62 years

  16. How many years separated the People's Charter of 1838 and the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846?

    • 8 years
    • 12 years
    • 10 years
    • 5 years

  17. Which statement best explains why the 1832 Reform Act was regarded as a limited reform by many contemporaries?

    • It abolished the House of Lords and the monarchy, which were both replaced by an elected chamber
    • It widened the franchise only modestly, leaving most working men without the vote and keeping power largely with property owners
    • It gave the vote to all adult men and women in Britain, which ended the property qualification entirely
    • It established universal male suffrage by secret ballot, which was introduced at once for every parish

  18. Which judgement best assesses the significance of Chartism for the development of democracy in Britain?

    • Chartism had no lasting political influence after 1842, when the movement dissolved in every district
    • Chartism secured all six of its demands by 1848, which were enacted into law within a single session
    • Chartism failed to win its demands in the 1840s, but it helped keep the issue of democratic reform on the political agenda
    • Chartism led directly to universal male suffrage in 1832, which was the first Act of its kind in Britain

  19. Which statement best evaluates the importance of Peel's commercial and financial reforms for the economy of the 1840s?

    • They raised tariffs on all imported goods to protect British industry, which was the basis of Peel's policy
    • They strengthened the financial system and promoted free trade, improving the conditions for later economic growth
    • They ended the Bank of England's role in British finance, which was handed to a private company in London
    • They ended all trade with foreign countries, which was enforced by a complete ban on imported goods

  20. Which Whig Prime Minister headed the government from 1835 to 1841, after the Grey ministry had collapsed?

    • Lord Russell
    • Lord Melbourne
    • Lord Aberdeen
    • Lord Palmerston

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