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Protest Movements

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The movements for ------------------ showed the possibilities of collective mass action, both in creating democratic institutions like the French parliamentary assemblies.

a)

Liberty

b)

Equality

c)

Fraternity’

d)

All of the above

2.

England had been at war with France for a long time – from

a)

2019 to 2020

b)

1792 to 1815

c)

1795 to 1799

d)

1818 to 1919

3.

The two Combination Acts were passed to

a)

Fix minimum wages of the workers

b)

Make the working conditions congenial

c)

Prohibit the workers from protesting and forming associations

d)

Maintain old corruption.

4.

_________ were those laws that prevented the import of cheaper food until prices in Britain had risen to a certain level.

a)

Lentil Laws

b)

Mighty Force

c)

Common laws

d)

Corn Laws

5.

The enclosure movement, which caused hardship to farmers, began from

a)

1760s

b)

1770s

c)

1780s

d)

1790s

6.

Which one of the following is not true regarding the demands of participants of Luddism?

a)

Fix working hours

b)

Control over women and child labour

c)

Employment for those who had lost their jobs due to the coming of machinery

d)

Right to form trade unions to legally present their demands

7.

___________ was the staple item in the diet of the poor and its price governed their standard of living.

a)

Pizza

b)

Bread

c)

Corn

d)

Rice

8.

Luddism was led by

a)

John Locke

b)

Adam Smith

c)

General Ned Ludd

d)

Immanuel Kant

9.

Luddism raised demand in favour of the factory owners.

a)

True

b)

False