Jack the Ripper and Whitechapel Flashcards
who created the first orphanage
dr barnado
what year was the first orphanage created
1870
what year was the anarchist revolt
1871
define anarchist
political movement that opposes all forms of organised government
what year was the peabody housing estate opened
1881
what is Bloody Sunday
75 protesters killed when the army and police attacked protesters in trafalgar square
what year is Bloody Sunday
1887
who is Charles booth
a social reformer who investigated poverty. he drew up a map that included Whitechapel
who is the metropolitan police commissioner
Charles warren
what was the year of the ripper murders, what time of year
august-november 1888
what is the CID
the criminal investigations department
what did Howard Vincent create
the CID
what year was the CID created
1878
who paid for the new housing to replace slums
George peabody
who is a influential anarchist
mikhail bakunin
who was the home secretory of the time
Henry Matthews
who was the deputy police commissioner
James monro
who where the 5 victims of Jack the Ripper
Mary ann nichols, annie chapman, Elizabeth stride,catharine eddowes, Mary Jane kelly
what are immigrants
people who came to England from abroad
what is the name given to people who often work on canals and railways
navvies
what where pogroms
government encouraged attacks on jews especially in eastern europe
what was the name of the 2 gangs that operated in Whitechapel
bessarabian tigers and the odessians
how often does a census take place
every ten years
what was the police called
the metropolitan police
what was the city of London police
seperate from the met police (and rivals). the worked in the middle of London
what police division was Whitechapel in
H division
what is a rookery
overcrowded slum area chartiserised by dirt,diese and crime
what was the name and year for the law that to clear the slums
1875 artisans dewlings act
what was a workhouse
a place that offered food and shelter in return of hard labour
what is a sweatshop
factories that didn’t follow employment laws
what was the name given to the Irish catholic group who wanted independence,seen as a terroist group
fenian
what is a special branch
department of the police designed to stop terroisim
what is a socialist
someone who doesn’t believe in private ownership of property or business
what was the name given to the people who patrolled Whitechapel armed with homemade weapons, trying to Catch Jack the Ripper
vigilance committee
what is the Bertillon technique
police recorded physical information, took photos and keeping records of previous criminals, to try to identify repeat offenders
what was the 1890 houses of the working class act
allowed for slums to be cleared and replaced by low cost
what act allowed for councils to improve toilets, paving,rubbish collection and other sanitary services
the public amendment act
what was the penny dreadful
cheap newspaper, sensationalised events to sell copies, read by poor people
what was the more serious, trustworthy and read by the richer people
the broadsheet
what’s a memoir
some policemen often wrote accounts of their lives
How many people averaged an apartment in Whitechapel
30
What was a lodging house often called
Doss house
How many lodging houses where in Whitechapel
200
How much of the population where in a doss house
8000 1/4 of the population
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
What where provided in the Peabody estates
Gas lit lights
Boarded floors
Cupboards
Meat safe
Coal bin
Indoor toilet
Free hot water bath
Sinks
What where the rents in the Peabody estates for 1 room and 3 rooms
1 room- 3s (15p)
3 rooms- 6s (30p)
What was a type of housing in Whitechapel that provided free food and shelter for hard labour
Workhouse
How long could you rent a bed for in a doss house
8 hours
What work did you do in the workhouse
Break rocks
Pick ropes
Make matches
What where the type of people that you would find in a workhouse
Old
Sick
Disabled
Orphaned children
Unmarried mothers
How many orphanages where there in Whitechapel in 1905
Nearly 100
What was the motto for dr Barnados orphanage
No destitute children ever refused admission
What work could be found in Whitechapel
Bell foundry
Shoemaking
Tailoring
Factory work
What work could be found in Whitechapel
Bell foundry
Shoemaking
Tailoring
Factory work
How many hours did some people work up to
20 hours a day
What problems was there in work in Whitechapel
Irregular work(find new work each day)
Seasonal work
In 1888 how many estimated brothels where there
62
How many women was it estimated worked in prostitution
1200
What year did it become illegals to run a brothel
1885
What where prostitutes often called
Unfortunates
Why did people in Whitechapel drink so much
Because it was an escape from there terrible life
How many pubs and gin palaces where in 1 mile of road
45
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
How many of the 17 hearings of “disorderly behaviour” where to do with alcohol
16
Where did the people in the two gangs in Whitechapel come from
They where immigrants from east Europe
What is racketeering
Demanding protection money from small businesses
What is racketeering
Demanding protection money from small businesses
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
Why did the Irish immagrents come to withechapel
Because of the potato famine
What were the Irish immigrants like?
They were tough and strong and drunken violence was common
What percentage in certain areas of Whitechapel were Jewish?
95%
What day was the Jewish holiday?
Saturday
Who spoke Yiddish?
Jews
What type of businesses did Jews often set up?
Sweatshirts
Why did the English not like the Jewish immigrants?
They felt like they were stealing their businesses and they employed Jews over English men
