Chapter 23 Flashcards
what were agricultural workers weekly wages?
20 shillings a week but landlords payed for house and food
where was their serious depopulation?
Shropshire, Somerset and Cornwall
when was the first large scale canning meat factory opened?
1865
what led to a fall in demand for labour rurally?
Mechanisation
what did Birmingham’s population rise to?
74,000 to 630,000
when did sewers become available in Birmingham but only clean water for those who pay?
1851
what did evangelicalism believe in?
Thrift, sobriety and self sacrifice (movement not an organisation)
when did Dr Barnardo create the first orphan home?
1867
When did William Booth create the Salvation Army
1878
when did Samuel smiles create the self help?
1859
what was George Combe’s idea of self help about
Constitution of a man and personal responsibility
what did Ralf Waldo Emerson say about self help?
“every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.” wouldn’t help the deserving poor
Which group was created in 1850s for skilled workers
Craft Unionism
What did craft unionism believe in
peaceful bargaining not strikes
which group was created in the 1880s for unskilled workers
New unionism
when were the Sheffield outrages where unions were being too pressurised on workers
1866
When was the Trade Union congress created to get unions legal power
1868
when was the factory act that meant 13-18 had to work a 60hr week
1850
which 2 associations decided that education was permissive not compulsory in the 1850s
National public Schools Association and the National Education League
when was the Sandons and Mundella Act that made education compulsory up to 10
1876 and 1880
