History GCSE
Undeserving poor
What Undeserving poor means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Undeserving poor
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Those deemed lazy, as opposed to the deserving poor and the able-bodied unemployed.
Topics that use Undeserving poor
- Option B4: Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88 - 2 The ‘problem’ of the poor (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural transformation
- Deserving poor
- Economic hardship
- Able-bodied unemployed
- Demographic changes
- Vagabonds
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