Liverpool's Measures

How many sinecure offices did Liverpool get rid of between 1815 and 1822?

• 1800

• 200

• 3600

• 950

After which event were the Six Acts introduced?

• The Blanketeers

• The Pentrich Rising

• Spa Field Riots

• Peterloo Massacre

Which reactionary hardliner was made Home Secretary in Liverpool's original cabinet in 1812?

• Caning

• Vansittart

• Lord Sidmouth

• Peel

When was the right of habeas corpus suspended once again after Spa Fields?

• 1815

• 1817

• 1819

• 1816

What did the Poor Employment Act do?

• Made Trade Unions legal

• Reduced the taxes on goods

• Provided money for public works

• Gave poor people jobs

Which series of acts were repealed making Trade Unions legal?

• Combinations Acts

• Toleration Acts

• Amending Acts

• Municipal Corporations Acts

In what year was the Gaol Act introduced by Peel?

• 1815

• 1819

• 1822

• 1824

The Corn Laws of 1815 said that no corn could be imported until the price of home grown wheat had reached a price of what?

• 50 shillings

• 60 shillings

• 80 shillings

• 40 shillings

The Game Laws of 1816 introduced what?

• The option to purchase cheap meat

• A limit to how much could be caught

• Free game

• tough penalties for poaching

Which Act stopped workers being paid in kind by their employers?

• Truck Act

• Poor Employment Act

• Amending Act

• Six Acts