19.6 Plans for reconstruction Flashcards

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What did the December 1942 bestseller Beveridge report suggest? (6)

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  • Slaying of the 5 giants
  • Proposed National Health Service to lead to adequate healthcare
  • Family allowances paid to all parents
  • Full employment (3%)
  • Universal National Insurance and benefits
  • End means testing
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What evidence is there that the creation of the welfare state was not simply a Labour creation? (3)

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  • Beveridge = Liberal
  • Report commissioned by war time coalition government
  • Family allowances granted in 1944 under war government and built upon existing social welfare reforms
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3
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How was the system of insurance proposed by Beveridge clearly inspired by Liberalism rather than socialism?

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Contributory insurance rather than paid for by general taxation (stemming from socialism)

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Which act raised the school leaving age from 14 to 15, made secondary education compulsory and free and gave grants for university education?

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1944 Butler Act

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What did the 1944 Butler act do?

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  • Raised the school leaving age from 14 to 15
  • Made secondary education compulsory and free
  • Local authority

Gave grants for university education

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What was the name of the new education system and why were the reforms to education limited?

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Tripartite system = grammar schools, technical schools and secondary modern 11+ exam needed

  • private and church schools not changed
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Who commissioned the Beveridge report?

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War-time coalition government

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8
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What % of students went to

  • Grammar
  • Technical
  • Secondary modern

schools?

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Grammar: 30%

Technical: 4%

Secondary modern: 65%

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Who introduced the Butler Education Act 1944 and what role did they play in government?

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Richard A. Butler

Conservative Education Minister in the wartime coalition

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What were the 5 giants?

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  • Want
  • Sickness
  • Lack of education
  • Bad housing
  • Unemployment
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How did the report propose to fund reforms?

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Weekly insurance contributions covering health, unemployment and old age pensions

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Who would administer the benefits proposed by the 1942 Beveridge reports?

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A single government department - Ministry of Social Security

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Apart from the reforms proposed why was the Beveridge report so popular?

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The generation which had lived through the 1930’s Great Depression and WW2 the White Paper offered a vision of a safe, secure and prosperous future

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What did the White Paper published in 1944 outline?

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The white paper published in 1944 outlined a commitment to high and stable employment

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What did the coalition government introduce in 1944 showing their commitment to the Beveridge report? (2)

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  • White Paper (employment)
  • Introduced family allowances: 5 shillings/ week for all children (after the first) up to 15/16 if still in full time education
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16
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What did the Beveridge report 1942 say (revolution)?

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“A revolutionary moment in the world’s history is a time for revolutions, not for patching”