Charity, Education, Religion And Christmas Flashcards
(5 cards)
The industrial revolution did what
Created a huge gap between rich and poor
What was a philanthropist
Someone who tries to help other people by performing charitable acts
What did dickens believe about problems in Victorian society
- caused by lack of education
- Dickens was forced out of education to work because of his dad
- He wanted practical ways to help poor
What is sabbatarianism
- widespread Victorian privatise to spend Sunday going church and resting
- Dickens was against this because it meant poorer people were denied of any enjoyment on their one day off
What was Malthus’s theory
human population grows faster than food supplies
POVERTY WAS INEVITABLE, Dickens believed there was plenty of food to go round