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who created the first orphanage

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dr barnado

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what year was the first orphanage created

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1870

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what year was the anarchist revolt

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1871

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define anarchist

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political movement that opposes all forms of organised government

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what year was the peabody housing estate opened

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1881

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what is Bloody Sunday

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75 protesters killed when the army and police attacked protesters in trafalgar square

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what year is Bloody Sunday

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1887

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who is Charles booth

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a social reformer who investigated poverty. he drew up a map that included Whitechapel

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who is the metropolitan police commissioner

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Charles warren

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what was the year of the ripper murders, what time of year

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august-november 1888

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what is the CID

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the criminal investigations department

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what did Howard Vincent create

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the CID

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what year was the CID created

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1878

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who paid for the new housing to replace slums

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George peabody

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who is a influential anarchist

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mikhail bakunin

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who was the home secretory of the time

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Henry Matthews

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who was the deputy police commissioner

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James monro

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who where the 5 victims of Jack the Ripper

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Mary ann nichols, annie chapman, Elizabeth stride,catharine eddowes, Mary Jane kelly

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what are immigrants

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people who came to England from abroad

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what is the name given to people who often work on canals and railways

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navvies

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21
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what where pogroms

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government encouraged attacks on jews especially in eastern europe

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what was the name of the 2 gangs that operated in Whitechapel

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bessarabian tigers and the odessians

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how often does a census take place

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every ten years

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what was the police called

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the metropolitan police

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what was the city of London police
seperate from the met police (and rivals). the worked in the middle of London
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what police division was Whitechapel in
H division
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what is a rookery
overcrowded slum area chartiserised by dirt,diese and crime
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what was the name and year for the law that to clear the slums
1875 artisans dewlings act
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what was a workhouse
a place that offered food and shelter in return of hard labour
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what is a sweatshop
factories that didn't follow employment laws
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what was the name given to the Irish catholic group who wanted independence,seen as a terroist group
fenian
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what is a special branch
department of the police designed to stop terroisim
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what is a socialist
someone who doesn't believe in private ownership of property or business
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what was the name given to the people who patrolled Whitechapel armed with homemade weapons, trying to Catch Jack the Ripper
vigilance committee
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what is the Bertillon technique
police recorded physical information, took photos and keeping records of previous criminals, to try to identify repeat offenders
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what was the 1890 houses of the working class act
allowed for slums to be cleared and replaced by low cost
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what act allowed for councils to improve toilets, paving,rubbish collection and other sanitary services
the public amendment act
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what was the penny dreadful
cheap newspaper, sensationalised events to sell copies, read by poor people
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what was the more serious, trustworthy and read by the richer people
the broadsheet
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what's a memoir
some policemen often wrote accounts of their lives
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How many people averaged an apartment in Whitechapel
30
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What was a lodging house often called
Doss house
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How many lodging houses where in Whitechapel
200
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How much of the population where in a doss house
8000 1/4 of the population
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What where the rules to get into a Peabody house
Born in London Poor Good character No exclusion because of religion Had to be clean
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What where provided in the Peabody estates
Gas lit lights Boarded floors Cupboards Meat safe Coal bin Indoor toilet Free hot water bath Sinks
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What where the rents in the Peabody estates for 1 room and 3 rooms
1 room- 3s (15p) 3 rooms- 6s (30p)
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What was a type of housing in Whitechapel that provided free food and shelter for hard labour
Workhouse
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How long could you rent a bed for in a doss house
8 hours
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What work did you do in the workhouse
Break rocks Pick ropes Make matches
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What where the type of people that you would find in a workhouse
Old Sick Disabled Orphaned children Unmarried mothers
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How many orphanages where there in Whitechapel in 1905
Nearly 100
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What was the motto for dr Barnados orphanage
No destitute children ever refused admission
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What work could be found in Whitechapel
Bell foundry Shoemaking Tailoring Factory work
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What work could be found in Whitechapel
Bell foundry Shoemaking Tailoring Factory work
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How many hours did some people work up to
20 hours a day
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What problems was there in work in Whitechapel
Irregular work(find new work each day) Seasonal work
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In 1888 how many estimated brothels where there
62
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How many women was it estimated worked in prostitution
1200
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What year did it become illegals to run a brothel
1885
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What where prostitutes often called
Unfortunates
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Why did people in Whitechapel drink so much
Because it was an escape from there terrible life
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How many pubs and gin palaces where in 1 mile of road
45
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What problems did alcohol cause in Whitechapel
People turned to crime to buy more alcohol ,violence, people where also made victims because they where weaker
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How many of the 17 hearings of “disorderly behaviour” where to do with alcohol
16
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Where did the people in the two gangs in Whitechapel come from
They where immigrants from east Europe
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What is racketeering
Demanding protection money from small businesses
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What is racketeering
Demanding protection money from small businesses
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Why was it impossible to get evidence about gangs
Because people didn’t trust the police and they didn’t want the gangs to attack them
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Why did the Irish immagrents come to withechapel
Because of the potato famine
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What were the Irish immigrants like?
They were tough and strong and drunken violence was common
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What percentage in certain areas of Whitechapel were Jewish?
95%
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What day was the Jewish holiday?
Saturday
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Who spoke Yiddish?
Jews
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What type of businesses did Jews often set up?
Sweatshirts
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Why did the English not like the Jewish immigrants?
They felt like they were stealing their businesses and they employed Jews over English men

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