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Review and Revise: 1700 - 1900

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these was NOT a reason Highway Robbery increased?

a)

Isolated roads

b)

Increased transportation between towns

c)

Use of railroads increasing

d)

Difficult to police roads

2.

Why were the Tolpuddle Martyrs pardoned?

a)

Violent protests

b)

Protests by signatures

c)

End of sentences

d)

Marching protests

3.

Which of these was a form of capital punishment?

a)

Hanging

b)

Transportation

c)

Carting

d)

Stocks

4.

What was the Black Act of 1723?

a)

Increase in the number of crimes that had death penalty

b)

dsf

5.

The Government reduced import duties (tax on goods being brought into the country)

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

6.

Soldiers returning from war found it difficult to find work. Horses and handguns were cheap

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

7.

Despite being ruthless (e.g. cutting a women's tongues out), they were glamorous figures

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

8.

Carrying a weapon or owning a dog could result in prison

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

9.

People didn't report the crime as they could buy goods at much lower prices

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

10.

Carrying a weapon or a disguise could result in execution

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

11.

The Black Act 1723 made this a capital offence

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

12.

The law was unfair depending on how much land you had

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

13.

The leaders of the Hawhurst Gang (ArthurGray and Thomas Kingsmill) were hanged in 1748 & 1749.

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

14.

Villagers gave those accused an alibi as they didn't agree with the laws

a)

Highway Robbery

b)

Smuggling

c)

Poaching

15.

Which of these was NOT a reason transportation stopped being used as a punishment

a)

Too expensive to do

b)

No more labourers needed in Australia

c)

More prisons had been built

d)

The influence of Robert Peel

16.

Which of these was NOT a feeling about punishment in the 19th century

a)

Punishments should be equal to the crime

b)

Coporal and Capital punishments were inhumane

c)

Punishments should be about rehabilitation

d)

Punishments should be about deterrence

17.

How many people were transported to Australia between 1787 - 1868?

a)

80,000

b)

160,000

c)

320,000

d)

640,000

18.

Between 1842 and 1877 how many new prisons had been built?

a)

60

b)

70

c)

80

d)

90

19.

In what year did the last hanging for shoplifting take place?

a)

1825

b)

1845

c)

1865

d)

1885

20.

Which event in the USA stopped prisoners being transported there?

a)

War of Independence, 1776

b)

End of slavery in the US, 1865

c)

US Civil War, 1861

d)

Boston Tea Party, 1773

21.

In which year was the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) set up?

a)

1878

b)

1888

c)

1898

22.

Which 'Act' set up Britain's first professional police force in London?

a)

Police Act

b)

Metropolitan Police Act

c)

Municipal Corporations Act

d)

Gaols Act

23.

Which organisation was set up by the Fielding Brothers?

a)

Bow Street Runners

b)

Pentonville Prison

c)

Criminal Investigation Department

d)

Metropolitan Police

24.

Which of these was NOT a reason that Witchcraft was no longer considered a crime?

a)

People generally feeling happier in life

b)

More education led to less superstition

c)

The Royal Society - increased scientific understanding

d)

The Bloody Code

25.

What was the purpose of the Royal Society?

a)

Increase the number of scientific experiments

b)

Increase the gap between rich and poor

c)

Increase exploration of new lands

d)

Increase the number of punishments