HCHS Britain: A LEVEL UNIT 1 - poverty and poor laws Flashcards
Which newspaper criticised the PLAA and name the editor?
The Times and John Walter
Between 1802-03 what percentage of the north and south received relief?
10% and 23%
Which organisation inspected workhouses after the Andover scandal?
Workhouse Visiting Society
How many parishes were there under the Old Poor Law?
15,000
In the PLAA, which organisation looked over the new act and how many members were there?
Poor Law Commission, 3 commissioners and 9 assistants
Name two collectivists
Owen and Paine
By 1862, how much did it cost to keep a pauper in a workhouse compared to giving outdoor relief?
4s8d compared to 2s3d
How many soldiers returned home at the end of the Napoleonic Wars?
400,000
When was the Andover workhouse scandal and who was the master?
1845 and M’Dougal
Which Old Poor Law introduced workhouses and when?
Knatchbull’s Act, 1722
Who wrote Mary Barton and in which year?
Elizabeth Gaskill in 1848
Which charity was set up to determine deserving and undeserving poor and when?
Charity Organisation Society, 1869
Name two utilitarians
Chadwick and Bentham
What attitude towards the poor was lost at the beginning of the 18th century?
Paternalistic
How much did it cost to open a workhouse in Banbury after the PLAA?
£6,200
Under the Old Poor Law, who handed out relief?
Overseers
Which two people organised the Royal Commission?
Edwin Chadwick and Nassau Senior
Who founded a hostel for poor women who had turned to prostitution in the 1850s?
Angela Burdett-Coutts
Which Old Poor Law topped up agricultural labourers’ wages and to a value of what?
Speenhamland System, 3 loaves of bread
Which book did Samuel Smiles publish and how many copies were sold?
Self Help and 250,000
When was Oliver Twist serialised?
1837-39
What percentage of Royal Commission questionnaires were returned?
10%
From 1815-33, what percentage of GNP was spent on poor relief?
2%
Give two examples of problems at the Andover workhouse.
Starvation, abuse, flogging, yellow stripes, bone marrow eating etc.
Name two individualists
Malthus, Ricardo, Townsend
What did Gilbert’s Act allow parishes to do?
Club together to share the cost of a workhouse
Which act provided medical facilities for paupers and when?
Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867
How much did poor relief cost from 1814-1818?
£6.4 million
Where was there another workhouse scandal following Andover and when?
Huddersfield, 1848
By 1776, how many poorhouses were there with how many inmates in each?
2000 and 20-50
