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industrial
revolution
changes in
manufacturing
, where fewer things were made by
hand
and more by
machines
in big factories
social
inequality
the existence of
unequal
opportunities
and rewards for different
social
positions
deprivation
hard
distress
ruin
squalor
extremely
dirty
unpleasant
capital
punishment
the
legal
killing
of a person who has
committed
a
serious
crime
workhouse
a place where those
unable
to
support
themselves
were
offered
employment
harsh
conditions
austere
very
strict
and
lacking
comfort
social injustice
unfair treatment
, a situation in which he
rights
of a
person
or
group
of
people
are
ignored
,
especially
by more
powerful
social
groups
philanthropy
the
desire
to
promote
the
welfare
of others,
expressed
especially
by the
generous
donation
of
money
and
goods
Poor Law -1834
idea to get lazy poor people out of the way - reduced financial help
sent them to workhouses - terrible conditions - for food and shelter
families would be separated - children made to work in dangerous conditions
high death rates
'the treadmill and the Poor law are in full vigour then?' -
Scrooge
'are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?'- Scrooge
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