Question factors

Question 1

Was the rising cost of the poor law/ growth of industrial towns the main reason for the PLAA?

Answer 1

• Rising costs/ industrial towns
• other factors ie soldiers and deserving/undeserving
• ideological pressures
• attitudes towards poverty

Criteria- rising costs influenced all other factors, upper classes didn’t want to pay anymore

Question 2

How different was poor relief after the PLAA?

Answer 2

• Monetary factors ie costs changes/workhouses
• extent of poor relief ie not enforced/north v south
• effect on paupers ie negative, no speenhamland
• support v punishment ie scandals

Criteria= official attempts/ plan for changes but in reality lack of change, only negative changes

Question 3

To what extent did PLAA evidence more positive concern for society?

Answer 3

• 1834 PLAA
• Government actions
• growth of self help/philanthropic society etc
• Scandals/ workhouses

Question 4

To what extent did attitudes to poverty change in the years 1834-1870?

Answer 4

• 1834 PLAA
• Government actions
• growth of philanthropic societies and self help
• scandals/workhouses (mayhew as well)