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Whig Reforms Flashcards

1
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When was the Factory act

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1833

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2
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When was the government grant for education

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1833

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3
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When was the Poor Law Amendment Act

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1834

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4
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When was the Municipal Corporation act

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1835

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5
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When was the abolition of slavery

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1833

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6
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What group was a major force behind implementation of reforms

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Benthamites/ Utilitarian

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7
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What did the benthamites want Whig to do

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Improve efficiency of gov institutions eg Poor Law, Municipal Corporation and factory conditions

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Who were leading utilitarians

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Edwin Chadwick and Joseph Parkers

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9
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How much did the government pay to slave owners in compensation

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£20 million

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In terms of the Factory Act, children under what age could not work

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Under 9

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11
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How many hours a day of schooling did 9 - 13 year olds receieve

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Two hours

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12
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How many permanent inspectors were appointed to oversee implementations of the factory act

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4

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13
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What were the impacts of factory act

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Adults worked longer hours

Reformers considered act inadequate

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14
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How much did Anglican and non-conformist grant from government increase by

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£20,000 - £30,000

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15
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What percentage of government grant went to national society and British society

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80% to national society

20% to British society

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16
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What were the impacts of the government grant

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More children received education
The quality of education was patchy
Religious controversy continued

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17
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Which system encouraged large families

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The Speenhamland system

18
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What did extra payments encourage employers to do

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Keep wages low

19
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What did Benthamites argue about the old poor law

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That the system was old, inefficient, wasteful and corrupt

20
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When did Grey appoint a royal commission to investigate the working poor law act

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1832

21
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Who was a key figure in the royal commission

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Edwin Chadwick

22
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How many parishes did the commissioners visit

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Over 3000

23
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What was the ‘less eligibility concept’

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Conditions in workhouses to be less pleasant than those of the poorest paid worker outside
Deter all but the most needy

24
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Outdoor relief was no longer provided for who

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The able-bodied poor

25
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What happened to parishes in the new poor law

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They were grouped into poor law unions to create larger units

26
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What was the impact of he Poor Law amendment act

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Efficiency was more successful and government saved money

Unsuccessful from perspective of the poor, workhouses harsh

27
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By the end of 1839, how parishes were grouped into poor law unions

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15,000 parishes grouped into 600 poor law unions

28
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What was the nickname of the workhouses

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Bastiles - symbol of oppression

29
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Why was reform necessary in 1835

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A lot of in reformed boroughs

Borough town government were both inefficient and unrepresentative

30
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The charters of how many boroughs were abolished

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183

31
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A new uniform system of how many boroughs was intoduced

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178

32
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Councils were elected by who

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Property owning ratepayers

33
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How many years did councillors serve for

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3 years

34
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Who were to have the vote

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Those who paid local rates (taxes)

35
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Which towns were the first new town councils to be established

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Manchester and Birmingham

36
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When was the established church act

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1836

37
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When was the church pluralities act

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1838

38
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When was the dissenters marriage act

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1836

39
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What did the established church act do

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New sees were established at Manchester and Ripon
Other dioceses were reorganised
Income of the richest sees were reduced

40
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What did the church pluralities act do

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Said no clergyman was to hold more than two livings

41
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What did the dissenters marriage act promise

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Non conformists were allowed to marry outside an Anglican Church and have it recognised as a legal marriage

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