Dates

Question 1

Swing riots occurred…

Answer 1

1830/31

Question 2

Labour Rate

Answer 2

1832

Question 3

Reform act

Answer 3

1832

Question 4

What did the 1832 reform act do?

Answer 4

Increased the vote from 5%-8%
Middle classes received the vote
The Great Betrayal - used the working class

Question 5

1st Royal Commission

Answer 5

1832 - nationwide survey long term concerns about poor relief

Question 6

What did the 1832 royal commission recommend?

Answer 6

In order to save money and improve efficiency:

• separate workhouses
• parishes should be grouped into unions to provide for workhouses
• all outdoor relief should stop
• less eligibility
• new central authority (powers to make and enforce regulations concerning the workhouse)

Question 7

Poor law amendment act

Answer 7

1834

Question 8

What did the 1834 poor law amendment act do:

Answer 8

• no outdoor relief
• central authority to control and enforce regulations (Poor Law Commission)
• setting up of workhouses (1 per union)
• less eligibility (conditions should be worse than lowest paid job - to encourage people to get a job)

Question 9

1st chartist petition

Answer 9

1839

Question 10

Outdoor labour test order

Answer 10

1842

Relief given in exchange for manual work

Question 11

2nd chartist petition

Answer 11

1842

Question 12

Outdoor prohibitory order

Answer 12

1844

Outdoor relief illegal for able-bodied

Question 13

Andover scandal

Answer 13

1845
Hampshire- starving paupers
Sucking bone marrows
Children and women beaten
Min. Spent on food
McDougal

Question 14

Poor law board

Answer 14

1847-71

Removed poor law commission, as commissioners were becoming heavily criticised 1846-47

Question 15

What did the poor law board do?

Answer 15

Government now recognises cant trust non-governing bodies (reduction of laissez faire)
Now responsible for overseeing POVERTY NOT WORKHOUSES

Question 16

Challenges of poor law board:

Answer 16

Funding - cost increases as the standard of living increases
Rapid population increases in w/houses
Conflict - outdoor relief cheaper to fund
Growing recognition of aged, inform and young - no choice

Question 17

District schools act

Answer 17

1848

Unions combined to provide district schools allowing pauper children to be educated outside workhouses

Question 18

3rd chartist petition

Answer 18

1848

Question 19

Public dispensaries

Answer 19

1850

Medicine for general public including paupers

Question 20

Associated society of engineers (ASE) first trade union:

Answer 20

1851
Rise of skilled workers create trade unions
No opposition, they wanted to contribute to society not cause trouble
Skilled - harder to replace if fired

Question 21

Chartist movement collapsed

Answer 21

1852

Couldn’t afford to keep it going

Question 22

Outdoor relief regulation order

Answer 22

1852

Restrictions relaxed on certain cases such as the sick, aged and widows

Question 23

US cotton famine

Answer 23

1862
Damaged UK cotton industry
Out of work entered workhouses, and received outdoor relief

Question 24

Public works act

Answer 24

1863
Work schemes for poor
Recognition of economic disaster

Question 25

Union chargeability act

Answer 25

1865 | Shifted the cost of poor relief from the parish to the union

Question 26

Metropolitan poor act

Answer 26

1867 | All London unions required to provide hospital accommodation on separate sites from workhouse

Question 27

2nd reform act

Answer 27

1867 Vote to skilled working class (artisans)- eases the tension, aspired to be like middle class - reduced the risk of revolution 8%-16% Politicians now had to pay attention to their problems

Question 28

Forster's education act

Answer 28

1870 | Mix workhouse children with non-workhouse children in external schools

Question 29

Poor law board ends

Answer 29

1871

Question 30

Local government act

Answer 30

``` 1871 Local authorities independent Disapproved outdoor relief Emigration schemes Work schemes More humane treatment of paupers ```

Question 33

Why were the 1860s/70s such a fundamental time?

Answer 33

``` Fundamental shift Middle classes get a grip Making of modern Britain Society from agricultural to industrial Rise of the empire Navy maintained it ```

Question 34

Increase in population due to:

Answer 34

Medical improvements Improvement in living conditions Improved wages Slightly improved diet

Question 34

How did the local government board affect the poor?

Answer 34

-advised boards of guardians to divide up paupers in their workhouses according to what caused there poverty - 'comfort' for each category, most deserving received the most

Question 35

Increase in population overcame by:

Answer 35

Public works act 1863 | Set up work schemes for paupers by borrowing money

Question 35

How did the LGB reduce outdoor relief?

Answer 35

Issued circular disapproving of outdoor relief Supported local authorities who took a harsh line Encouraged emigration schemes Advised local authorities to set up schemes