19th Century Social Reform
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- 19th Century Social Reform
- Methods
- For
- Inspired by the Bible which says all men were created equal and should be treated equally
- Reports that enlightened the public as to the awuful conditions began to emerge
- Against
- Some felt the government shouldn't interfere with daily life: "laissez-faire"
- People believed the poor were poor because of their own bad choices and that the government shouldn't pay for them
- Reform may limit household income, therefore damaging the poor it served to help
- For
- Key Individual
- Lord Shaftesbury
- MP for a rotten borough in 1826 and spent his life campaigning for worker's rights
- President of the Ragged Schools union
- Lord Shaftesbury
- Key events
- 1833 - Shaftesbury began to lead the movement for factory reform
- 1833 - 10 hours bill
- 1840 - Children's employment commission
- 1842 - Mines and Collieries Act prohibited children and women working underground
- 1844 - Ragged Schools Union
- Moral aim
- Reform the working conditions of all factories
- Support poorly paid people
- Significance
- Long Term
- Government realisation they needed to support all in society
- Humanitarian attitude of government
- Short Term
- Factory owners could and did change things
- Change was slow and took many years
- Government did little to help people immediately
- Long Term
- Methods
- Key events
- 1833 - Shaftesbury began to lead the movement for factory reform
- 1833 - 10 hours bill
- 1840 - Children's employment commission
- 1842 - Mines and Collieries Act prohibited children and women working underground
- 1844 - Ragged Schools Union
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