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

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  1. Poor Law Amendment Act and other Government Legislation
  2. Growth in Charity, Philanthropy, and Self-Help
  3. Public Opinion
  4. Ideological Positions
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How accurate is it to say that in the years 1852-67, the most significant factor driving parliamentary reform was campaigning by the Reform League?

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  1. Reform League
  2. Other Campaign Groups
  3. Legacy of 1832 Great Reform Act
  4. Actions of Political Parties
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Was parliamentary concern for the suffering of the working children the main reason for factory reform in the years 1819-48?

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  1. Parliamentary Concern
  2. Industrial Protest Movements
  3. Individuals
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How accurate is it to say that in the years 1838-48 the Chartists failed to achieve the Charter because its demands were too ambitious?

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  1. Overambitious Demands
  2. Use of Violence
  3. Strength and Opposition of Establishment
  4. Other Failings
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Was the adoption of the factory system the main reason that trade unionism grew in the years 1784-1834?

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  1. Factory System
  2. Government Policies
  3. French Revolution and War
  4. Protection for Workers
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How far do you agree that harsh treatment of the poor was the most significant response to poverty in the years 1834-70?

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  1. Poor Law Amendment Act and other Government Legislation
  2. Growth in Charity, Philanthropy, and Self-Help
  3. Public Opinion
  4. Ideological Positions
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How far do you agree that the development of the New Model Unions was the most important achievement of trades unions in the years 1785-1870?

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  1. New Model Unions
  2. Trade Union Congress
  3. Role of pre-1850 Unionism
  4. Trades Councils
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Was pressure from outside parliament the main reason for the reform of parliament in the years 1852-70?

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  1. External Pressure - Pressure Groups
  2. Legacy of 1832 Great Reform Act
  3. Actions of Political Parties
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How accurate is it to say that Luddism in the years 1811-17 was remarkably similar to the Swing Riots that took place in the years 1830-31?

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  1. Causes/Reasons
  2. Methods
  3. Response
  4. Success
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To what extent was the principle of self-help the most significant feature of the cooperative movement in the years c1800-70?

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  1. Principle of Self-Help
  2. Solidarity and Communal Living
  3. Economic Aspect
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How far do you agree that parliamentary reform occurred mainly because of political attitudes within parliament in the years 1820-67?

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  1. Political Attitudes Within Parliament
  2. External Campaigns
  3. Growing Demands of the Middle Class
  4. Failures of Prior System and 1832 Reforms
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To what extent were reforms passed by Parliament in the years 1833-48 driven by a desire to improve the life of the working classes?

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  1. Desire to Improve the Life of the Working Classes
  2. Economic Concern
  3. Political Necessity
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How accurate is it to say that the growth of banking was the most important consequence of industrialisation in the years 1785-1870?

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  1. Growth of Banking
  2. Urbanisation
  3. Growth of the Middle Classes and Decline of Old Industries
  4. Development of Infrastructure
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How far do you agree that the most significant factor shaping poor relief in the years 1834-70 was the cost?

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  1. Cost
  2. Concern for the Poor
  3. Ideological Positions
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How far do you agree that Chartism failed in the years 1838-48 largely due to divisions over methods of protest?

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  1. Divisions Among the Leadership
  2. Overambitious Demands
  3. Strength and Opposition of Political Establishment
  4. Loss of Support
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How accurate is it to say that industrial working conditions were transformed in the years 1833-64?

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GROUP BASED APPROACH
Improvements:
1. Legislation
2. Work of Movements and Individuals
Continuing Issues:
1. Mines
2. Factories
3. Nature of 19th Century Economy

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How accurate is it to say that Owen’s New Lanark project was the most significant development in the cooperative movement in the years c1800-70?

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  1. New Lanark
  2. Principle of Self-Help
  3. Rochdale Pioneers
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How far do you agree that the most significant outcome of the Poor Law Amendment Act in the years 1834-70 was increased sympathy for the poor?

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  1. Increased Sympathy
  2. Detrimental Conditions for the Poor
  3. Government Action
  4. Economic Impact
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To what extent were changing attitudes to the poor shaped by the middle classes in the years 1834-70?

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  1. Middle Class
  2. Cost
  3. Suffering of the Poor
  4. Ideological Positions
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How accurate is it to say that squalid living conditions were the main consequence of the growth of industrial towns in the years 1785-1848?

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  1. Squalid Living Conditions
  2. Growth of the Middle Class
  3. Unionism and Cooperation
  4. Development of Infrastructure
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How accurate is it to say that trade unionism changed significantly in the years 1834-70?

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  1. Financial Development
  2. Increased in Size and Political Influence
  3. Regionalism (Geographical Growth)

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