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Tests knowledge on women and child labour, key facts, key dates and historians

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Women and Child Labour

Question 1 of 16

1

Which two statements are correct?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1851 - 40% of 10-14 year olds worked

  • 1851 - 2% of 5-9 year olds worked

  • 1851 - 30% of 10-14 year olds worked

  • 1851 - 3% of 5-9 year olds worked

Explanation

Question 2 of 16

1

What percentage of boys (10-14) worked in agriculture?

Select one of the following:

  • 25%

  • 40%

  • 35%

Explanation

Question 3 of 16

1

What percentage of girls (10-14) worked in domestic service?

Select one of the following:

  • 20%

  • 25%

  • 30%

Explanation

Question 4 of 16

1

What year was 31% of miners in Durham and Northumberland under 18?

Select one of the following:

  • 1841

  • 1831

  • 1821

Explanation

Question 5 of 16

1

17% of boys worked in a traditional role in the home doing which jobs?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Coal digging

  • Tailors

  • Shoemaking

  • Straw plaitting

  • Blacksmiths

Explanation

Question 6 of 16

1

23% of girls working in traditional roles in the home, doing what?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Stocking Makers

  • Shoemakers

  • Straw Plaiting

  • Labouring

  • Silk makers

Explanation

Question 7 of 16

1

In 1830s, out of 65,000 working women only a 1/3 were married, true or false?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 16

1

How much of a mans wage did a women receive?

Select one of the following:

  • 60-80%

  • 40-60%

  • 20-40%

Explanation

Question 9 of 16

1

Who found that in 1818 more than 1/2 of England and Wales cotton workers were female?

Select one of the following:

  • Chaloner

  • Berg

  • Burnette

Explanation

Question 10 of 16

1

What years were the factory act and mines act introduced?

Select one of the following:

  • 1833 and 1842

  • 1835 and 1841

  • 1837 and 1845

Explanation

Question 11 of 16

1

Who claimed that women were more amenable to factory discipline and had more dexterity to cope with the machinery?

Select one of the following:

  • Sharpe

  • McKendrick

  • Berg

Explanation

Question 12 of 16

1

Which three historians claim that patriarchal ideology and 'separate spheres' reduced opportunities for women?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Rose

  • Pinchbeck

  • Burnette

  • Valenze

  • Minoletti

Explanation

Question 13 of 16

1

Hartwell and Coleman believed what about child labour?

Select one of the following:

  • Politically motivated to show exploitation of children

  • Contemporaries did not share our ethical concerns

  • Children had to work as families did not have enough income

Explanation

Question 14 of 16

1

Nardinelli claims what about child labour?

Select one of the following:

  • Beneficial and education and opportunities were limited

  • Child work predated the IR

  • Child labour essential in early cotton factories

Explanation

Question 15 of 16

1

Thompson claimed child labour showed 'victimhood and exploitation and is a shameful even in our history', true or false?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 16

1

Who claims that child labour was supplied for orphanages in the East end of London?

Select one of the following:

  • Pinchbeck and Hewitt

  • Humphries

  • Honeyman

Explanation

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