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The New Poor Law Of 1834 Coursework Assignments
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The New Poor Law Of 1834 Coursework Assignments Question 3 Study Sources E, F, G, H and I. Use the evidence of these sources, and your knowledge, to explain why there was so much controversy over the workhouse system in the 1830s and 1840s. There was so much controversy in the North because the conditions of the workhouses were far worse than in the South. This was due to the urbanisation of the North, and of the inner city slums that had formed around the growing industrial areas. The workhouses were designed and instructed to have worse conditions than the lowest paid labourer. In most cases this could not be achieved, because the lowest paid labourers were starving and living in a single room with there whole family. Some workhouses had become harsh in the extreme with the aim of having worse conditions than the lowest paid labourer. An example of this extreme...
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