Britain, Liberal reforms, Home front

Question 1

Whose study of poverty in 1901 found that the young, old and sick were vulnerable to poverty?

Answer 1

Seebohm Rowntree’s study of poverty in 1901 found that the young, old and sick were vulnerable to poverty.

Question 2

What proportion of the population did he find were in poverty at some time in their life?

Answer 2

28 per cent

Question 3

Who introduced pensions in 1908?

Answer 3

Lloyd George introduced pensions in 1908.

Question 4

What was set up in 1909 to help unemployed people find work?

Answer 4

labour exchanges

Question 5

What did the Workers Compensation Act of 1906 rule?

Answer 5

Workers injured at work were due compensation.

Question 6

What did the Children’s Charter of 1908 introduce?

Answer 6

borstals

Question 7

Who got an eight-hour day in 1908?

Answer 7

Miners got an eight-hour day in 1908.

Question 8

Which women’s suffrage movement was led by Millicent Fawcett?

Answer 8

NUWSS was led by Millicent Fawcett.

Question 9

Which women’s suffrage movement believed in direct action?

Answer 9

WSPU

Question 10

Which women’s suffrage movement concentrated on social reform?

Answer 10

ELFS concentrated on social reform.

Question 11

Which Pankhurst famously took a party of east London working-class women to lobby the prime minister?

Answer 11

Sylvia

Question 12

Which act gave the vote to some women over the age of 30 in 1918?

Answer 12

The Representation of the People Act gave the vote to some women over the age of 30 in 1918.

Question 13

How many women got the vote in 1918?

Answer 13

6 million women got the vote in 1918.

Question 14

Which prime minister opposed women’s suffrage before the war?

Answer 14

Asquith opposed women’s suffrage before the war.

Question 15

Who was killed after running in front of the king’s horse at the Derby in 1913?

Answer 15

Emily Davison

Question 16

In what year were women over the age of 21 given the vote?

Answer 16

In 1928 women over the age of 21 were given the vote.

Question 17

Which group of women’s suffrage movement brake windows, heckled politicians, attacked policemen, set fire to churches and chained themselves to railings?

Answer 17

Suffragettes broke windows, heckled politicians, attacked policemen, set fire to churches and chained themselves to railings

Question 18

What caused the 1930s Depression?

Answer 18

A crash on the wall street stock exchange in america.

Question 19

Unemployment in Britain in 1933 stood at…

Answer 19

Unemployment in Britain in 1933 stood at 25 per cent of the workforce.

Question 20

Which were the worst-hit industries?

Answer 20

heavy industries

Question 21

Who owned the shipyard in Jarrow?

Answer 21

Palmer’s owned the shipyard in Jarrow.

Question 22

What did the people of Jarrow organise to try to solve the unemployment problem?

Answer 22

The people of Jarrow organised a crusade to try to solve the unemployment problem.

Question 23

When did the government pass the Special Areas Act?

Answer 23

The government passed the Special Areas Act in 1934.

Question 24

How did local councils help end the Depression?

Answer 24

Building council houses.

Question 25

What was the “never-never”?

Answer 25

Hire purchase was the “never-never”.

Question 26

Where were the effects of the Depression least felt?

Answer 26

The south of England.

Question 27

Which Liberal politician prepared the Social Insurance and Allied Services report that proposed a welfare state?

Answer 27

William Beveridge prepared the Social Insurance and Allied Services report that proposed a welfare state.

Question 28

Which is the absent giant: poverty, disease, ignorance, squalor and…

Answer 28

Idleness is the absent giant in poverty, disease, ignorance and squalor.

Question 29

Which is the missing solution: social security, NHS, free education… and full employment

Answer 29

Town and Country Planning Act (1947)

Question 30

Which act was “the last defence against extreme poverty”?

Answer 30

The National Assistance Act (1948) was “the last defence against extreme poverty”.

Question 31

What was the “unique experiment in social engineering” that Aneurin Bevan launched on 5 July 1948?

Answer 31

The National Health Service (NHS)

Question 32

What did Rab Butler do for children?

Answer 32

Rab Butler started the 11-plus.

Question 33

What name was given to land that had to be kept rural by the Town and Country Planning Act (1947)?

Answer 33

The land that had to be kept rural by the Town and Country Planning Act (1947) was green belt.

Question 34

Which industries were nationalised in 1947?

Answer 34

road haulage, railways and coal

Question 35

How did JM Keynes teach the government how to stop a depression ever happening again in his book the “General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”?

Answer 35

JM Keynes taught the government how to stop a depression ever happening again, in his book the “General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, by controlling government spending.