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Question 1

Who was appointed master and matron of the Andover workhouse

Answer 1

Colin McDougal and his wife

Question 2

After reports that all was not well in the end over Work house who was sent to investigate

Answer 2

Assistant Commissioner Henry Parker

Question 3

What did Henry Parker discover about the Andover workhouse

Answer 3

He found that the women were being sexually abused by McDougall and his son, and the inmates were so stop they were stuck in the bone marrow out of the bones are meant to be crushing.

Question 4

How did the poor law commission react to the and Andover workhouse scandal

Answer 4

They sacked McDougall. Blamed park if not I’m covering the abuse sooner and then fired Parker. Issued an order for bidding bonecrushing.

Question 5

After being fired how did Parker then respond

Answer 5

He and Edwin Chadwick worked on a pamphlet explaining his side of the story and criticising the poor law commission

Question 6

When was the Poor law board introduced

Answer 6

1847

Question 7

How were the treatment of children changed under the poor law board

Answer 7

The 1848 poor law schools act allowed Poor law unions to combine to form district schools. 1850s some board of guardians set up smaller on-site schools. 1870 Fosters education act and able to pop children to be sent to boarding schools to mix with other kids.

Question 8

Under the poor law board how was the treatment of sick paupers changed

Answer 8

Sick paupers were not to be treated in hospitals that was separate from the workhouse this began the separation of pauperism from illness. The connection between medicine and less eligibility were now truly broken.

Question 9

How did the poor law board tried to reduce outdoor relief and did this work

Answer 9

In 1852 they made an attempt to incarcerate all the able-bodied paupers in workhouses by for bidding outdoor relief. However this failed because cost conscious guardians preferred outdoor relief.

Question 10

When and what was the union chargeability act

Answer 10

1865. Parishes were to contribute to a common fund and its contribution based upon the rateable value of properties not the number of paupers. Thus Richer parishes subsidised poorer ones

Question 11

When was the Parliamentary reform act

Answer 11

1867

Question 12

What did the Parliamentary reform act to do

Answer 12

Extended the voting qualification to include householders this double the electorate from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000. The respectable working-class is good now vote

Question 13

What are the consequences of the Parliamentary reform act

Answer 13

Increase pressure from radicals to democratise the election of guardians of the poll. Increase the franchise to include the better of working-class meaning that the government had become increasingly aware of and concerned with the welfare of the people.

Question 14

When did the local government board take over from the poor law board

Answer 14

1871

Question 15

How did the local government board tried to reduce the number of paupers receiving relief

Answer 15

Issued a circular condemning outdoor relief Claiming it disincentive eyes to paupers to save. Supported local authorities when I took a harsh line with able-bodied poppers. Authorise board of guardians take part in emigration schemes in which people or families response to emigrate.

Question 16

Despite the measures taken by the local government board what remained constant

Answer 16

There was still more people relieved outside of the workhouse that inside.

Question 17

When did Samuel smiles take an interest in Parliamentary reform

Answer 17

He began writing articles and Parliamentary reform when he was a medical student. When he graduated he began to write for the Leeds times

Question 18

When did smiles give up medicine to become editor of the lead time

Answer 18

1838

Question 19

What did smiles use his platform as editor of the Leeds time to campaign for

Answer 19

Parliamentary reform, women’s suffrage and factory reform

Question 20

In 1840 smiles became secretary of what

Answer 20

The Leeds Parliamentary reform Association

Question 21

Why did smiles eventually distance himself from the Leeds Parliamentary reform Association and Chartism

Answer 21

Because he was becoming increasingly concerned with the growing militancy involved

Question 22

Along with Parliamentary reform what did smiles believe was needed to relieve people in poverty

Answer 22

Self-help

Question 23

When did smiles publish self-help and when did he published thrift

Answer 23

Self-help was published in 1859 thrift was published in 1875

Question 24

What did Henry Mayhew co-found in 1841

Answer 24

The satirical magazine punch. Which was an unexpected success selling 6000 copies a week during the early 1840’s

Question 25

When and how did Mayhew become interested in the lives of poor

Answer 25

In 1849 he wrote a series of articles for the morning Chronicle in which he described the lives of the poor, which later became a book

Question 26

How did Mayhew collect his data and what did this reveal

Answer 26

Make you visited the home is in workhouses of the port and wrote about what he saw he revealed the extent to which long as economy depended on unskilled and casual labour

Question 27

How did Mayhew categorise the poor

Answer 27

Into three sections those who will work those who cannot work and those who will not work.

Question 28

When and where was Dickens born and how did he experience poverty firsthand

Answer 28

He was born in Portsmouth and 1812 and at the age of 12 Dickens was removed from the school and sent to work in a blacking factory due to his father being put into a debtors prison. After three years he was able to return to school but these experiences he never forgot.

Question 29

In his work what two points to Dickens constantly emphasise

Answer 29

That the poor people like everyone else with hopes and desires. The workhouse system was a mindless cruel institution that dehumanised people.

Question 30

Why was Dickens so popular with the middle classes and the working classes

Answer 30

His work was published in small sections weekly as to keep his readers grips and wanting more. His work was also read to the working classes who many were literate meaning they could still enjoy his work.

Question 31

When was Oliver twist published

Answer 31

1838

Question 32

What did Dickens achieve

Answer 32

Kaylee aware of the plight of the poor Dickens provided a voice for them in a manner that capture the interest and concern of the middle classes and drew attention to certain issues