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6. When was the Contagious Diseases Act passed?

  • 1867
  • 1865
  • 1864
  • 1866

7. When were the working conditions of the working class people the worst?

  • 1830s-1840s
  • 1810-1820s
  • 1840s-1850s
  • The whole of the Era was terrible

8. When did Charles Darwin write 'Origin of the Species'?

  • 1856
  • 1858
  • 1859
  • 1857

9. When was the Contagious Diseases Act abolished?

  • 1887
  • 1885
  • 1886
  • 1884

10. What happened in from 1837-44?

  • Economic boom
  • Nothing happened
  • The worst economic depression
  • Royal babies

11. When were slaves offically freed throughout the Empire?

  • 1833
  • 1843
  • 1823
  • 1813

12. When did Queen Victoria die?

  • 1899
  • 1901
  • 1990
  • 1902

13. When was the Boer War?

  • 1895-1898
  • 1899-1902
  • 1902-1905
  • 1889-1892

14. What did George Elliott tranlate in 1846?

  • How to make peace
  • Life of Jesus
  • Darwin's evolution theory
  • Statistics of the working class

15. When was the Crimean War?

  • 1854-6
  • 1856-8
  • 1850-2
  • 1852-4

16. What was the result of the 1834 New Poor Law?

  • Workers' hours were reduced
  • Poorest in society were thrown into the workhouse
  • Wages were increased
  • Benefits were created for the poor

17. When was the underground railway system opened?

  • 1863
  • 1862
  • 1864
  • 1865

18. What age did the Education Act make compulsary to attend education?

  • Age 10
  • Age 12
  • Age 11
  • Age13

19. What was the result of the 1832 Great Reform Act?

  • Brought in women's rights
  • Increased industrialisation
  • Allowed them to vote
  • Created better working conditions

20. What happened in 1845?

  • The great potato famine
  • New medicine was invented
  • Population increased
  • The Poor Law commission was removed