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History Grade 8
Test Description: History
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1) Who were paid poorly during the Industrial Revolution?
A
None
B
Factory workers
C
Farmers
D
All
2) What could happen to them
A
None
B
They could become unemployed
C
They could die
D
Be homeless
3) Why could they become unemployed
A
All
B
These machines would take over doing their jobs
C
None
D
New Machines were being invented
4) What was illegal
A
all
B
For workers to resist
C
Organise and work together to go against their employers
D
None
5) For how many years did farmers work with grain by hand
A
200 years
B
20000 years
C
20 years
D
thousands of years
6) When were Threshing machines invented
A
20th Century
B
None
C
19th Century
D
late 18th Century
7) What did the Threshing machine do?
A
It caused many men to be without jobs
B
Allowed farmers to do their work
C
None
D
Created employed
8) What were Swing riots
A
1830
B
All
C
That took place over Southern England in
D
It was protest and resistance by farm labourers
9) Why did the farmers have swing riots
A
To cause trouble
B
None
C
-
D
To get attention for their unemployment
10) What did leaders do
A
To keep their real names a secret
B
All
C
They used the name Captain Swing
D
to avoid being arrested
11) The physical attacks on property gave
A
Strength to the demands of farm workers
B
People were not interested in their protests
C
They stopped protesting
D
None
12) What happened in 1830's and 1840's
A
Farm and factory workers
B
A law was passed that helped both the
C
Both
D
None
13) What is threshing
A
None
B
Separation of grains of wheat from plants
C
Pulling of thread
D
Picking of fruit and vegetables
14) Why did the factories cost many craft workers their jobs?
A
Machines could be worked by few unskilled people
B
This meant that specialised weavers were no longer needed
C
The invention of the Power Loom
D
All
15) Who was the man that got a fit of rage
A
Einstien
B
Martin Lurther
C
None
D
Ned Ludd
16) What did he do in his rage
A
He would not go to the farm to work
B
None
C
He would attack people
D
He would break machines
17) What year was he enraged
A
1879
B
1778
C
1776
D
1779
18) What happened in 1811
A
They didn't fight
B
None
C
Weavers and other workers destroyed factories and machines
D
They were pleased with being unemployed
19) The resisters were called
A
The Luddites
B
The followers
C
None
D
The destroyers
20) How did they get out of trouble
A
All
B
They would blame Ned Ludd
C
Say that he did it
D
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