Roughly how many MPs voted against the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834?
50
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It has been said that the Whigs had been seduced by what argument?
Utilitarianism
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Why did William Cobbett argue against the PLAA?
The poor had a right to relief, believed it made the rich richer
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What was the main concern of those who did oppose the PLAA?
Centralisation
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Name the four main terms of the PLAA 1834?
Less eligibility, centralised organisation to administer the new law (the Poor Law Commission),Parishes arranged into Unions of about 30 and Boards of Guardians set up to oversee each Union
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What is the Marxist interpretation of the main aim of the PLAA?
It forces the paupers to accept lower wages
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Who was the secretary to the three main commissioners of the PLC?
Edwin Chadwick
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What the nickname of the 3 commissioners?
The Three Bashaws of Somerset House
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Name a difference between the old overseers of the poor and the Boards of Guardian?
Boards of Guardians are elected
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Who was responsible for ensuring and checking the implementation of the New Poor Law?
Assistant Commissioners
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How many Assistant Commissioners were there originally and how many were left after it downsized?
21, then 9
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Why was independence from Parliament a strength and a weakness?
The PLC were not influenced by Government decisions, Government did not know what was going on with the PLC
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When did the PLC begin implementing the PLAA in the South and North?
1835 in the South, 1837 in the North
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Roughly how many parishes were amalgamated into the new Unions 1840?
15,000-40,000
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What was the 1844 General Outdoor Relief Order?
Prohibited outdoor relief
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In 1855 out of almost a million paupers, how many were receiving outdoor relief?
70%
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By 1871 what was the proportion of workhouses that were operating under the 1844 General Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order?
1 in 6
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What was the Book of Murder and what was alleged to be happening in it?
A book about rumours about the workhouses and that paupers were being murdered
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Richard Oastler and John Fielden both set up what organisations?
The Anti Poor Law Organisation
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What else did John Fielden do that demonstrated his opposition to the new law?
Closed all his factories, got his workers to attack the new guardians' homes and refused to pay the Poor Rate
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What did not happen in Fielden's home of Todmorden until 1870?
A workhouse was built
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Who was Sampson Kempthorne?
He designed the new workhouses
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Meals were taken in silence until what year?
1842
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How many workhouse dietaries were there?
Six
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Who was in charge of the day-to-day running of each workhouse?
Master
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Name the other jobs in the workhouse
Matron,Teacher, Chaplain,Medical Officer and Accountant
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Where did the scandal leading to the abolition of the Poor Law Commission in 1847?
Andover
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What was the name of the Master of the Andover workhouse, and the name of the assistant commissioner whom the PLC tried to scapegoat?
Colin M'Dougal and Henry Parker
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What was the purpose of setting up the Poor Law Board in 1847?
An Poor Law administering body with Government intervention
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How did attitudes towards the poor change over this period?
People stopped blaming the poor for being poor
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What was the Union Chargeability Act?
Parishes that are richer more towards the poor rate
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Why is the 1863 Public Works Act significant?
The government realised that outdoor relief was needed for areas where there was cylical employment, happened after a cotton failure and people had no jobs
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Why did educating children in workhouses breach less eligibility?
Most children outside the workhouse did not have an education
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The Poor Law helped provide a national state funded system of medical care for paupers and poor people. How?
The pauper workhouse hospital
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What was the Poor Law Board replaced with in 1871?
Local Government Board
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
It has been said that the Whigs had been seduced by what argument?
Back
Utilitarianism
Card 3
Front
Why did William Cobbett argue against the PLAA?
Back
Card 4
Front
What was the main concern of those who did oppose the PLAA?
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