PAPER 1 REVISION Whitechapel Name: Class: 1 Contents HOW TO ANSWER SOURCE QUESTIONS AND SOURCE 2-5 TYPES 1) HOUSING AND LIVING CONDITONS 6-7 2) EMPLOYMENT AND WORKHOUSES 8-9 3) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 10 4) SOCIAL UNREST 11-12 5) JEWISH IMMIGRATION 13 6) GROWTH OF EXTREMISM 14 PRACTICE EXAM 15 7) ORGANISATION OF POLICE 16-17 8) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND LOCALS 18 9) INVESTIGATIVE POLICING AND JACK THE RIPPER 19-21 10) LESSONS LEARNT FROM JACK THE RIPPER 22-12 PRACTICE EXAM 24 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER AND IMPORTANT SOURCES 25-27 2 How to structure Whitechapel questions Question 1 will always be a features question… Here you need to provide a feature (keyword or specific terminology) and describe it in a sentence or two. Each feature is worth 2 marks. Feature 1 One feature of immigration in to Whitechapel could be overcrowding (1). Due to more people coming in to Whitechapel such as Jews or the Irish, there was more demand for cheap housing. (2) Feature 2 Another feature of immigration in to Whitechapel could be tension between immigrants and locals. (1) For example, many immigrants were willing to work for less and open their shops on Sundays which annoyed local businessmen and traders. (2) Question 2a will always be a source question. Here are some sentence starters you can use… Source A is useful for an enquiry into… For example in Source A I can see/it says… The nature of Source A is… which is useful because… The purpose of Source A is… which is useful because… Therefore… Source B is useful for an enquiry into… For example in Source B I can see/it says… The nature of Source B is… which is useful because… The purpose of Source B is… which is useful because… Therefore… 3 Exam questions and source investigation 1. Describe two features of housing in Whitechapel between 1870 and 1900. (4) One feature of housing in Whitechapel was that it was of a very low quality (1). For example, rookeries had lots of lodging houses which were cramped and unsanitary. (1) Another feature of housing in Whitechapel was the attempts to clear out slums (1). For example after the Dwellings Act in 1875, George Peabody funded the building of new flats which had better ventilation and plumbing. (1) Try some of these features question to consolidate your knowledge. Remember they are only worth 4 marks so identify a feature and develop. Keep it short and simple- no longer than 5 minutes. 1a. Describe two features of ‘sweated trades’ (4) 1b. Describe two features of the Jack the Ripper investigation (4) 1c. Describe two features of the effect of alcohol on crime in Whitechapel (4) 1d. Describe two features of H Division (4) Evaluating the usefulness of sources 2. Study sources A and B. How useful are sources A and B into an enquiry about level of poverty in Whitechapel. Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your own knowledge of the historical context. Source A: From the Board of Works report on sanitary condition of the Whitechapel district 1880. The houses, 38 in number, contain 143 rooms, and are occupied by 298 persons. 210 adults and 88 children… discovered 4 cases of overcrowding only, 2 in Flower and Dean Street and 2 in Lower Keate street. The interior condition of these houses is not good, Source B: they are worn out, and many of the Census records from Bucks Row walls and ceilings are dirty and in Whitechapel. At No. 3, there dilapidated. The greater portion of 2 adults and 8 children sharing a these houses have been condemned. house. Only one of them had a job as a labourer. SE A- ‘dirty and dilapidated’ SE B- ‘2 adults and 8 children’ and only one job PROV- Government inspection. Based on PROV- Census only taken once every 10 years. observations. Designed to be objective/ truthful Enumerators often made mistakes - inaccurate. CONTEXT- Lodging houses overcrowded. 3 CONTEXT- Whitechapel heavily overpopulated. people use 1 bed. Dwellings Act 1875 necessary to clear out slums. ATBQ- Reliable source and matches own ATBQ- Source matches own knowledge but knowledge = useful nature of sources lacks precision = not useful. 4 2b) Study source A. How could you follow up Source a for an enquiry into the effects of poverty on the people of Whitechapel? In your answer, you must give the question you would ask and the type of source you could use. Complete the table below. (4) Step 1. Identify your focus (1) Source A: From the Board of • Flower and Dean street Works report on sanitary • Overcrowding • Houses condemned condition of the Whitechapel • 210 adults and 88 children district 1880. Step 2. Link the question to the detail (1) The houses, 38 in number, • What were other streets like? contain 143 rooms, and are • How many people lived in a room? occupied by 298 persons. 210 • What happened to condemned houses? • What happened when adults couldn’t support adults and 88 children… their children? discovered 4 cases of overcrowding only, 2 in Flower Step 3. A source to answer your question (1) and Dean Street and 2 in Lower • Charles Booth map (Source C) Keate street. The interior • Census Records (Source B) • Dwellings Act 1875 Home Office Records condition of these houses is not • Poor Law Board Records good, they are worn out, and many of the walls and ceilings are dirty Step 4. Answer provided by source (1) and dilapidated. The greater • Conditions of Whitechapel e.g. Semi-criminal portion of these houses have • Number occupants and their occupations • Slums to be demolished and replaced been condemned. • Surveys of conditions inside Workhouse 2B) Study source A. How could you follow up Source A into the effects of poverty on the people of Whitechapel Detail in Source A that I would follow up: Question I would ask: What type of source I could use: How might this help answer my question: 5 What types of sources could you find and how can you evaluate them… NATURE- what type of PURPOSE – reason for LIMITATIONS- weaknesses? source is it? being made? Newspapers- most poor To inform the public and Most stories were written people could not read so therefore based on with personal bias and may newspapers are usually research, interviews with twist the story to written by/aimed at middle the public, personal entertain/gain readers classes experience Penny Dreadful- cheap and Same as newspapers Penny Dreadfuls focussed illustrated therefore most on strange and interesting stories were aimed at the stories. There were many of poor these types of newspapers competing with each other therefore stories were exaggerated even more to gain readers Government reports- Court To inform the authorities or Facts and statistics do not documents, surveys, census to use as research to justify always give us the full are completed with lots of a new law. These tend to be picture. They explain what research and are usually very accurate and reliable happened but not always factual WHY… Eye Witness reports- these Based on personal Eye witnesses can be will mainly be witnesses of experience and usually influenced by the media crimes giving evidence in given in court to provide and wording of questions. court evidence therefore should Some eye witnesses are also be trustworthy. victims or those on trial therefore the story could be biased Political cartoons- To inform and entertain. Based on the views of the pictures/satire based on Often reflect public author/artist and are real events or public attitudes such as criticisms usually one-sided and attitudes of the government critical therefore do not show the full story Photographs/paintings/ Visual representation of Open to interpretation and illustrated popular stories/themes and can be staged/edited to fit have different purposes the artists point of view 6 1. Housing and living conditions Population of London at end of 19th Century was 4 million. Due to cheap housing East London and Whitechapel quickly became overcrowded slums or ‘rookeries. Lodging houses provided temporary accommodation but had terrible conditions. e.g. 3 people using one bed in 8 hour shifts. Flower and Dean Street had over 900 lodgers across 31 ‘Doss Houses’. No back yard, outside toilet and no indoor plumbing. Board of Works reports show that most of these house were not fit to live in and should be condemned. Source A: From the Board of Works report on sanitary condition of the Whitechapel district 1880. The houses, 38 in number, contain 143 rooms, and are occupied by 298 persons. 210 adults and 88 children… discovered 4 cases of overcrowding only, 2 in Flower and Dean Street and 2 in Lower Keate street. The interior condition of these houses is not good, they are worn out, and many of the walls and ceilings are dirty and dilapidated. The greater portion of these houses have been condemned. Census records show number of occupants and their jobs living in one street. No.3 Bucks row shows 2 adults (one low paid labourer), 8 children compared to West End streets like Hedge End where most houses have servants and footmen. Source B: Census records from Bucks Row in Whitechapel. At No. 3, there are 2 adults and 8 children sharing a house. Only one of them had a job as a labourer. 2a) Study sources A and B. How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into living conditions of Whitechapel? Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your own knowledge of the historical context. 7 Charles Booth employed 80 researchers to explore the poorest areas of London.