History Paper 1: Whitechapel
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1) What did Charles Booth draw?
2) How many people helped him?
2) How many people helped him?
1) A poverty map
2) 80 researchers
2) 80 researchers
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1) What was a rookery?
2) Give an example
2) Give an example
1) An area of lodging houses (doss houses)
2) Flower & Dean St.
2) Flower & Dean St.
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How long could you stay at a doss house?
8 hours
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What was a casual ward?
A place to stay and sleep in a hospital
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What happened to families in workhouses?
They were split up
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How much was weekly rent at the Peabody Estate?
3-6 shillings a week
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Why was alcohol a problem in Whitechapel?
Increased violent-related crimes and also made drinkers more vulnerable and unaware of their surroundings
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Why did Whitechapel attract immigrants?
Casual work, cheap accommodation
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How many Jews arrived in London 1881-1891?
30,000 Jews
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What were sweatshops?
Cheap, small factories
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Why were Jews viewed with suspicion?
Their native language meant people thought they were plotting something. Added to already existing overcrowding. Worked on Sundays which competed with English people who didn't
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What were 'navvies'?
Working on a river
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Why were the Irish disliked?
Nationalism
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Why were Eastern Europeans disliked?
Associated with anarchism/socialism
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1) When was the Special Branch set up?
2) What did it monitor?
2) What did it monitor?
1) 1883
2) Movement of Eastern Europeans
2) Movement of Eastern Europeans
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When was the Metropolitan Police Act passed?
1829
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What police division was Whitechapel covered by?
H Division
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What was the ratio of police:civilian?
1:300
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What were the early problems with the police?
Basic training, poor standards of discipline
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When was Charles Warren appointed Police Commissioner?
1886
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What was the 'beat'?
A designated area that a police constable had to patrol
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How often was the beat changed and why?
Every month in order to reduce bribes/targets on policemen
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1) Advantages of the beat system
2) Disadvantages of the beat system
2) Disadvantages of the beat system
1) Knew the area well, kept records, police presence, sergeants knew where constables were
2) Less public trust due to rotations, police were alone and had limited weapons, hard to see at night, boring so police would slack
2) Less public trust due to rotations, police were alone and had limited weapons, hard to see at night, boring so police would slack
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1)What does CID stand for?
2) How were they different to a police officer
2) How were they different to a police officer
1) Central Investigation Division
2) Solves crime and not just prevent it
2) Solves crime and not just prevent it
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1) What was the Trial of Detectives?
2) When did it take place?
2) When did it take place?
1) Detectives were prosecuted for accepting bribes (corruption)
2) 1877
2) 1877
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How did detectives know their division so well?
They were based in their division specifically
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1) How did they investigate crimes?
2) What were each example's limitations?
2) What were each example's limitations?
1) a. Observations, b. examined bodies, c. follow leads, d. photos, e. sketches, f. witness statements
2) a. Poor communication, b. Reliance upon doctors, c. false leads, d. photos were rare, e. sketches only identified victims not for solving crime, f.
2) a. Poor communication, b. Reliance upon doctors, c. false leads, d. photos were rare, e. sketches only identified victims not for solving crime, f.
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What was the Bertillon System?
Combined physical measurements, use of photos and record-keeping to identify repeat offenders
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1) What did the Working Classes Act do?
2) When was it passed?
3) How did it help reduce crime?
2) When was it passed?
3) How did it help reduce crime?
1) Replaced slums with low cost housing
2) 1890
3) More housing, less petty theft, more safety
2) 1890
3) More housing, less petty theft, more safety
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What year were the Ripper murders?
1888
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What police forces competed with each other during the Ripper investigations?
The City police and The Metropolitan Police
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Why did Warren order for the anti-Semitic graffiti to be washed away? [2 possibilities]
Either he feared an anti-Semitic uprising
Or didn't want the City Police to have the evidence
Or didn't want the City Police to have the evidence
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What is sensationalism?
Over-exaggerating news stories
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How did the media make things more difficult?
Police didn't work with them - lies were told in the press
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1) What was the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee?
2) When was it set up?
3) What did they do?
2) When was it set up?
3) What did they do?
1) A vigilante group set up to catch Jack the Ripper
2) 10th Sept. 1888
3) Offered rewards for info, hired private inspectors, patrol the streets nightly
2) 10th Sept. 1888
3) Offered rewards for info, hired private inspectors, patrol the streets nightly
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1) What was 'Bloody Sunday'?
2) When was it?
3) How did Charles Warren appear to encourage his police to behave?
2) When was it?
3) How did Charles Warren appear to encourage his police to behave?
1) An unemployment-related protest at Trafalgar Square that the police put down using excessive and brutal force
2) 13th Nov. 1887
3) With a heavy-handed approach
2) 13th Nov. 1887
3) With a heavy-handed approach
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What can the census tell us?
DOB, Accommodation, Names, Job, Age
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What can Charles Booth's poverty map tell us?
The spread of wealth in Whitechapel
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What can Workhouse Records tell us?
Age, DOB, Place of birth, Job, Start and end work time
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What can the Board of Works tell us?
Living conditions
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What can floor plans tell us?
Living conditions, working conditions
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What can the Illustrated Police News tell us?
Public opinion, stereotypes
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What can satirical cartoons (like Punch Magazine) tell us?
Public opinion
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What can Old Bailey records tell us?
Factual info about a number of crimes
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What can Thames Police Court records tell us?
Facts about crimes in Whitechapel
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What can we learn from police records?
Info about crimes from other records, beat patrol, investigations
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What can we learn from Penny Dreadfuls?
Public Opinion
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
1) What was a rookery?
2) Give an example
2) Give an example
Back
1) An area of lodging houses (doss houses)
2) Flower & Dean St.
2) Flower & Dean St.
Card 3
Front
How long could you stay at a doss house?
Back
Card 4
Front
What was a casual ward?
Back
Card 5
Front
What happened to families in workhouses?
Back
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