Social Change 1832 - 1853

Question 1

Why was there pressure for change with the Poor Law?

Answer 1

It was corrupt and crumbling

Question 2

Why was there pressure for change with the types of relief?

Answer 2

Outdoor relief was more preferable than indoor relief

Question 3

Why was there pressure for change because of riots?

Answer 3

The 1830’s swing riots showed that there was discontent within the working class

Question 4

Why was there pressure for change because of pressure groups?

Answer 4

People thought that they could influence government after they influenced the GRA

Question 5

What was the Poor Law Commission of 1832?

Answer 5

It investigated the Poor Law in 15,000 parishes and created an 800 page report on how poor the poor relief was because of the lack of health measures and increase in crime.

Question 6

What was the total cost to deal with poverty by their government in 1834?

Answer 6

£14 million

Question 7

Who wanted change to the Poor Law in parliament?

Answer 7

The Whigs accepted that changes needed to made to help the poor

Question 8

Who didn’t want changes to the Poor Law in parliament?

Answer 8

Tories thought it was an attack on the ideas of laissez - faire

Question 9

What did the Poor Law Amendment Act change with administration of the Poor Law?

Answer 9

A central authority was set up to administer the Poor Law

Question 10

What did the Poor Law Amendment Act change with parishes?

Answer 10

Parishes grouped together into unions to be more efficient

Question 11

What are workhouses

Answer 11

These were made for a place for the truly desperate to stay and have a job, like rope unthreading and one crushing. It had awful conditions to deter the poor and encourage people to find work

Question 12

What did the Poor Law Amendment Act change with types of relief?

Answer 12

They discouraged outdoor relief

Question 13

When was the Poor Law Amendment Act made?

Answer 13

1834

Question 14

Who were the Anti Poor Law League?

Answer 14

A Northern group that wanted changes to the Poor Law because they wanted more outdoor relief

Question 15

Why were Northerners unhappy with the Poor Law?

Answer 15

It encouraged indoor relief like workhouses but these weren’t sustainable with the norths boom and bust periods

Question 16

What did the Anti Poor Law League do to spread awareness?

Answer 16

They have meetings and petitions and pamphlets, but used emotive language that was emotional with anger outbursts so people didn’t like them

Question 17

What was an issue with the Anti Poor Law League and the government?

Answer 17

It had no parliamentary support and Ali though the League threatened with riots and violence, y it was always crushed by militia

Question 18

Was the Anti Poor Law League effective?

Answer 18

No, didn’t make any impact to the government, fizzled out in 1839 and supporters looked at Chartism instead

Question 19

Why did tax payers not like the Poor Law?

Answer 19

They didn’t want to spend their taxes on other people and not reaps the rewards

Question 20

What was the reaction to the Poor Law in Bradford?

Answer 20

Violent because it didn’t suit the cyclical nature of unemployment

Question 21

What is the idea of Self Help?

Answer 21

Education should be available for everyone so that they can better themselves

Question 22

What was the 1833 Education Grant?

Answer 22

Grant for educational institutions to build schools for CofE National Society and Nonconformist British and Foreign School society

Question 23

What happened in1839 with education?

Answer 23

Privy councils of Education formed, it oversaw by didn’t provide education, this improved the quality of staff and teaching methods

Question 24

What changed with education from 1841 - 1852?

Answer 24

5 school site acts to allow for more schools to be made on the land

Question 25

What changes happened in education in1843?

Answer 25

State offered grants to help equip classrooms