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#1. Which battle finally defeated Napoleon in 1815?
#2. Which period follows the Georgian era and is associated with major industrial and imperial expansion?
#3. Which social problem did rapid industrialisation often create?
#4. Which reform was connected with factory legislation in the 19th century?
#5. Which political reform movement used the People’s Charter?
#6. Which Chartist demand later became part of democratic practice?
#7. Which 19th-century Act expanded the electorate and corrected some parliamentary representation problems?
#8. Which Prime Minister is linked with the creation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829?
#9. Which engineering development transformed travel in the 19th century?
#10. Which ship designed by Brunel was one of the largest of its time?
#11. Which engineer built the Great Western Railway?
#12. Which scientist developed the theory of electromagnetism and contributed to electrical science?
#13. Which scientist is associated with natural selection?
#14. Which medical figure was a Jamaican-born nurse who helped soldiers during the Crimean War?
#15. Which reformer worked to improve prison conditions?
#16. Which mathematician is often linked with early ideas about computing?
#17. Which figure is linked with early mechanical computing designs?
#18. Which novelist created characters such as Ebenezer Scrooge?
#19. Which author wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles?
#20. Which writer is associated with The Jungle Book and poems about empire?
#21. Which campaigner is associated with the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies?
#22. Which organisation was led by Emmeline Pankhurst and used more militant methods?
#23. Which year did some women first gain the parliamentary vote in the UK?
#24. Which year gave women voting rights on the same terms as men?
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