Definitions

Question 1

Capitalism

Answer 1

The economic/ political system were businesses are owned privately and run for profit

Question 2

Democracy

Answer 2

system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 3

Closed shop

Answer 3

where the employer will only hire people who are members of a specific trade union

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Entrepreneur

Answer 4

starts a business in hope for profit - often some risk associated with it

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Artisan

Answer 5

Skilled trade - made by hand

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Knobstick

Answer 6

refuses to join withdraws from a trade union

Question 7

Picketing

Answer 7

Protesting outside the workplace

Question 8

Dividends

Answer 8

money paid to shareholders in a business from the profits

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Mutualism

Answer 9

a political/ economic system that favours common ownership of the means of production, and the establishment of cooperatives

Question 10

Cooperative economics

Answer 10

people unite to reach their common social and economic needs

Question 11

Laissez faire economics

Answer 11

economic system where businesses exist and trade free from government intervention

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Hunger politics

Answer 12

movements for political change incited by economic issues like poor harvests

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Constitution

Answer 13

a set off principles that determine how a state is governed

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Patronage

Answer 14

where an MP is sponsored by a lord to present his views in the house of commons

Question 15

Pocket Borough

Answer 15

borough is owned, land owner controlled the voting

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Rotten Borough

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a borough that has very few voters, often the MP could be selected by one family

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Sedition

Answer 17

publication or speech that incites the people to rebel against the establishment

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two party system

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2 main parties dominate the government, one governing and one opposition

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Lobby

Answer 19

halls in the HoP wher MPs may meet members of the public

Question 20

Adullamite (1866)

Answer 20

anti reform faction of the liberal party

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Agrarian

Answer 21

relates to agriculture - economic system based on agriculture

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Joint stock bank

Answer 22

A bank where multiple shareholders split profits and liabilities

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Cottage industry

Answer 23

manufacturing carried out in peoples homes

Question 24

What is the difference between parliament and government?

Answer 24

The government are the people in charge of the country, parliament are an elected body who ensure the government take into account the views of the people.

Question 25

Trade Union

Answer 25

a group of people of the same profession, who band together to protect their rights and interests

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New Model Unionism

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emphasised negotiation over strike action, artisan trades, and conservative views

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Aristocracy of labour

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distinction between elite proletariat (skilled workers) and unskilled workers

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Piecework

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workers paid according to the amount they produce

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TUC

Answer 29

trade unions congress

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Parish

Answer 30

small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor.

Question 31

Pauperism

Answer 31

condition of being poor, and in the receipt of poor relief

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Panoptican

Answer 32

a prison design that allows all inmates to be observed by a single watchman

Question 33

Less eligibility

Answer 33

the workhouse had to be worse than the street

Question 34

Non - conformism

Answer 34

refusal to be bound by accepted beliefs and customs