Packet 4: Tossup 20

Many of these places were built on the “square” and “Y” designs of Sampson Kempthorne. Tea heiress Louisa Twining founded a Visiting Society for these places, which were often known as “spikes.” (15[1]-5[1])Gilbert Unions (15[1])administered these places at the parish (-5[1])level before they became (15[1])governed by the “less eligibility” (-5[1])test. (15[1])Like threshing machines, (15[1])these places’ unpopular boards of guardians were among the targets (15[1])of the Swing Riots. (15[2])(*) Residents (10[1])of these so-called “bastilles,” such as a young Charlie Chaplin, were often given menial (10[1])tasks like grinding bones. (10[1]-5[2])A (10[1])“New Law” (10[1])supported (10[1])by (10[5])Benthamite (10[1])Whigs banned (10[1])“outdoor” (10[1])relief (10[1])in favor of these places. (10[3]-5[1])That 1834 (10[1])law expanded these places (-5[1])to house a supposed (-5[1])class of able-bodied idlers. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Britain’s Poor Laws confined paupers to what institutions (10[1])of (10[1])labor? (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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