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6. When was the Contagious Diseases Act passed?
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'?
9. When was the Contagious Diseases Act abolished?
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?
12. When did Queen Victoria die?
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?
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