1. What was the impact of the poor law?
In 1834 the British system for giving relief to the poor was amended. The proposal stated that outdoor relief would no longer be provided for the able bodied. The law would see an expansion of the workhouse system for those unable to help ... meant the poor could not feed themselves by poaching, had this have been rectified the poor elements situation would have been much easier. There is also no denying that the Chartist movement drew heavily for its support from those disaffected by the amendment. Such anger was caused from the tough, and completely unfair ... law. The Government had prom...
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