BRITAIN IN THE 19th CENTURY

The Battle of Trafalgar, a key victory for Britain, was fought against:

• a) The French and Spanish navies

• b) The Russian and Prussian armies

• c) The American colonists

• d) The Irish rebels

The main reason for the Irish potato famine was:

• a) A disease that destroyed the potato crop

• b) High rents paid by Irish peasants

• c) Lack of government support for agriculture

• d) All of the above

The establishment of a regular police force in London is credited to:

• a) Robert Owen

• b) Admiral Nelson

• c) Robert Peel

• d) The Duke of Wellington

The Chartist movement demanded all of the following EXCEPT:

• a) A vote for all men over 21

• b) Payment for Members of Parliament

• c) Annual parliamentary elections

• d) The right for women to vote

The year the Great Reform Act was passed, granting voting rights to the middle class, was:

• a) 1801

• b) 1829

• c) 1832

• d) 1848

Which Romantic poet is known for his historical novels set in Scotland?

• a) William Wordsworth

• b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• c) Lord Byron

• d) Walter Scott

The Romantic artists John Constable and William Turner were famous for their:

• a) Portraits

• b) Historical paintings

• c) Landscape paintings

• d) Religious sculptures

The Romantic movement in literature emphasized:

• a) Reason and logic

• b) Emotion and imagination

• c) Social commentary

• d) Scientific inquiry

The Chartist movement ultimately failed to achieve its goals, but its ideas influenced the later:

• a) American Revolution

• b) Reform Acts of the 1800s

• c) French Revolution

• d) Abolition of slavery

Britain’s victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was led by:

• a) Admiral Nelson

• b) Robert Peel

• c) The Duke of Wellington

• d) William Wordsworth