Britain 3- Social issues

Question 1

what percentage of the population were upper or middle class?

Answer 1

25%

Question 2

what jobs would a typical upper middle class person have compared to a lower middle class person?

Answer 2

upper= factory owners, doctors, lawyers
lower= shopkeepers, clerks and self employed artisans

Question 3

who created the poverty map of London?

Answer 3

Charles Booth

Question 4

give 3 causes of poverty for families

Answer 4

low wages, lack of education, old age, sickness, premature death of the main wage earner, sickness, unemployment, poor diet

Question 5

which political belief did Booth and Rowntree contribute to the growth of?

Answer 5

Liberalism

Question 6

how much were the Liberal reforms going to cost?

Answer 6

£16 million

Question 7

give three taxes the Liberal government were going to employ

Answer 7

income tax, super tax and inheritance tax

Question 8

what was caused by the HOL rejection of the ‘Peoples budget’?

Answer 8

constitutional crisis

Question 9

what years were the two education acts and which was which?

Answer 9

1906- provision of meals
1907- medical inspections

Question 10

what did the 1906 education act do?

Answer 10

gave local authorities the power to provide free school meals for needy children

Question 11

what did the 1907 education act do?

Answer 11

set up a school medical service and made it compulsory for LEAs to medically inspect schools

Question 12

what year was the childrens act?

Answer 12

1908

Question 13

what did the childrens act do? (3)

Answer 13

made parent neglect illegal, created juvenile courts and borstals, made it illegal to sell alcohol and tobacco to children

Question 14

what year was the old age pensions act?

Answer 14

1908

Question 15

what did the old age pensions act do?

Answer 15

pension of 5 shillings a week if single and 7 shillings and 6 dimes a week for a married couple

Question 16

when was the trade boards act?

Answer 16

1909

Question 17

what did the trade boards act do?

Answer 17

boards were set up to fix minimum wages and inspect conditions in certain trades

Question 18

what year was the labour exchanges?

Answer 18

1909

Question 19

what did labour exchanges do?

Answer 19

set up places where workers looking for a job + employers looking for workers could meet

Question 20

what year were the national insurance acts and which was which?

Answer 20

1911- unemployment act
1911- sickness act

Question 21

what did the national insurance unemployment act do?

Answer 21

workers and employers in certain trades had to contribute weekly to a national insurance fund. state topped this up out of taxation. enabled workers weekly benefit if unemployed

Question 22

what did the national insurance sickness act do?

Answer 22

workers and employers paid weekly into a national fund which state topped off out of taxation

Question 23

What statistic did Booth give for the level of poverty in London compared to the one the govt gave?

Answer 23

30.7%- Booth
25%- govt

Question 24

What are the two classifications of the poor?

Answer 24

Deserving and undeserving

Question 25

How did the poor attempt to support themselves at this tome? (Children)

Answer 25

Beg, private charities

Question 26

How did the poor support themselves at this time? (Adults)

Answer 26

Poor law- outdoor relief paid to the needy in their own homes or the parish workhouse

Question 27

Social reforms between 1908-14 were the work of which two ministers?

Answer 27

David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill

Question 28

Give 3 examples of the ways that Liberals did not create a welfare state

Answer 28

Housing remained in short supply- 1909 Town planning act was permissive
No attempt to reform poor law
Np reform to education after 1906 education bill

Question 29

Why was it wrong for the Lords to reject the reform to tax for the people’s budget?

Answer 29

Convention that the Lords should not interfere with money bills was broken

Question 30

how many union members were there in 1913 and 1914?

Answer 30

4.1 million