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

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