Reports Of Booth And Rowntree

Question 1

Knowledge

Answer 1

Charles Booth- wealthy Liverpool shipping company owner
-researched poverty to discover that 35% of Londoners were living in poverty, shocking percentage, should not be ignored

Sea bomb Rowntree (wealthy confectioner) investigated poverty in York- 28% of people in York lived in poverty + determined the poverty line to be 21 shillings, highlighting that many were suffering so reform was necessary

Question 2

Analysis

Answer 2

Successful as
-first of kind (wealthy businessmen highlighting the struggles of poverty published for all to read)
-Large reports could not be ignored as government would appear cruel and could lose support forcing them to pass reforms


Question 3

Negative analysis

Answer 3

However last of reports published in 1903 and the liberals were voted into power with a great majority- whilst they promise no change in the campaign manifesto- reports is important enough to pass reforms

Question 4

Evaluation

Overall not as important of a factor as the growth of the Labour Party

Answer 4

Overlooked, by 1906 proving that this factor alone was not as impactful as the growth of the labour party
Norman Lowe: “whilst there was an element of compassion it was doubtful that this was the main concern. If this was the only factor it is unlikely that much would have been done”
-threat of losing political advantage to labour party is what really encouraged reform