Industrial Britain

Question 1

When was the bloody code

Answer 1

18th century-19th century

Question 2

What did the government do when centralising activities

Answer 2

Make laws in London applicable to everyone rather than a lord from certain area

Question 3

Population in industrial

Answer 3

As with early modern industrial Britain began to boom even further but with greater efficiency in farming methods meant that there was enough food to support a growing society. Health care meant people living longer

Question 4

Why did migration from from small villages into towns increase

Answer 4

Impact of industrialisation was decreased need for farm labour and greater need for factory workers

Question 5

What did the combination of the Rebeca riots and peterloo events cause

Answer 5

Some laws to change

Question 6

News paper tax?

Answer 6

Making them more expensive to make harder for protestors to spread messages as fewer people could afford them

Question 7

Why were trials faster

Answer 7

Make sure public disorder could be dealt with swiftly making it easier for government to make examples of people cause problems

Question 8

What’s Transportation

Answer 8

Form of punishment in mid 18th century and early 19th century that involved taking convicted criminals to another country to become slaves for foreign land owners

Question 9

Why transportation?

Answer 9

Bloody code less popular

Prisons didn’t really exist holding cells mainly

Question 10

What happened to transported convicts

Answer 10

Sentenced to transportation for a term between 3 and 7 years problem was journey could take up to 9 months before sentence started as hadn’t arrived yet
Sometimes families would go with them

Question 11

Why did transportation end

Answer 11

In 1857 because many felt it was more holiday than punishment
Wasn’t effective
Australians didn’t like the amount of English
Convicts weren’t treated right
After prison reformation that was more practical

Question 12

Elizabeth fry?

Answer 12

As a Quaker she believes everyone had chance of reformation so this prompted her to volunteer in women’s prisons. She was horrified by the conditions so she spent her time education the women and gained a political voice causing men and women to be speedster and female guards for female prisons

Question 13

John Howard?

Answer 13

Shocked by conditions as he was a high sheriff so had opportunity to inspect prisons
Published a paper outlining problems
Although he didn’t achieve anything he made awareness ready for Elizabeth fry

Question 14

Problems with old prisons

Answer 14

Damp dirty overcrowded and everyone together
Didn’t have special wings for violent criminals so murdered with a robber
Jailers unpaid, made money buy charging inmates for basic tasks

Question 15

The first reform act 1820

Answer 15

Robert peel passed the act which stipulated prisons needed separate areas for various types of criminals
Jailers paid
Conditions to be inspected
Unfortunately this act only applied to larger prisons so was ignored in many cases but did represent start in the change

Question 16

The separate system

Answer 16

Permanent solitary confinement

Question 17

Silent system

Answer 17

Given hard work to be done in silence so prison didn’t seem too soft

Question 18

The bow street runners 1754

Answer 18

Group of constables who operated out of bow street magistrates court in London under sir john fielding
Trained his men,had uniform and paid them
Drawback only operated in small area of London

Question 19

Metropolitan police act 1829

Answer 19

First official police force backed in London
Inspired by work of bow street runners
Old system of watchmen and constables weren’t sufficient to prevent crime
Government thought was essential
Population increases so more overcrowding breeding grounds for criminals so police force needed

Question 20

Initial reactions to police force ?

Answer 20

General public didn’t like them as it was new and people felt like police were snitches.
Men in uniform reminded them of soldiers so felt controlled
Peel tried to combat this by dressing his ‘peelers’ in blue opposite to soldiers red

Question 21

Why did attitudes change towards police

Answer 21

Crime rates seen to fall so people trusted and saw their value.
Training meant they were professional and no longer got drunk

Question 22

Law to prevent riots in meetings

Answer 22

No more than 50 people could attend a meeting