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1
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Describe the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law

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responsibility of parish of birth
left choice of how to deal with poor to parishes
indoor/ outdoor relief

2
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The Gilberts Act

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1782- due to rising cost of poor relief only the infirm, elderly and orphans were entitled to indoor relief

3
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What did Townsend publish in 1786?

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‘Dissertation on The Poor Laws’ - criticised the system in place

4
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When was The Speenhamland system adopted in the south?

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1795

5
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What was the principal behind the Speenhamland System?

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based the amount of poor relief on the price of bread

6
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What arose from the war with France between 1793-1815?

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  • increased living cost

- criticism arose around the speenhamland system as it encouraged low wages and idleness of workers

7
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Roundhouse system

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sold pauper labour at reduced rates and was subsidised by the JP

8
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what was the population of Britain in 1801?

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9 million - 2 x Elizabethan

9
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The Poor Employment Act

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1817 - granted government money to employ the poor in public sector jobs

10
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Act for Regulation of Parish Vestries

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1818 - allowed parish committees to be set up, more resistant to provide poor relief as was made up of rate payers

11
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When was the Royal Commission set up?

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1st Feb 1832

12
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How many questionnaires did TRC send out?

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15,000 only received a reply from 10%

13
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What 4 recommendations were made by the Royal Commission?

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  • remove all outdoor relief
  • punishing workhouses
  • group parishes together
  • create a central board
14
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What two groups were poor generally put into?

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deserving and undeserving

15
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Quote from Joseph Townsend’s 1786 ‘Dissertation’ that demonstrates many Victorian’s self help attitude

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‘hunger shall tame the fiercest of animals’

16
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Thomas Malthus 1798 publication

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‘An essay on the principal of population’ - exponential population growth will outstrip the food supply

17
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2 people whose ideologies countered The Poor Law Amendment Act

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Thomas Paine and Robert Owen

18
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What changes to Poor Relief did Thomas Paine outline in Rights of Man (1791)

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  • pensions for over 50s

- £4 per annum for 250,000 destitute families with children under 14

19
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How did Robert Owen challenge established views of the poor at New Lanark?

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humane workplace gave the poor opportunities for self improvements

20
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What did Titus Salt set up in 1848?

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Saltaire

21
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Jeremy Bentham impact on the movement towards New Poor Law

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Utilitarianism - Panoptican prison model for workhouses would improve society as a whole

22
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What publication in 1789 outlined Utilitarianism?

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Bentham’s ‘An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation’

23
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What was poor law expenditure 1815 - 1833?

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> £5.7mil

24
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Wage Fund Theory

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David Ricardo - wages would always tend towards subsistence level - if increased population would increase to the point where they reduced back down to subsistence level with enlarged workforce