british deapth study

Question 1

what did many Victorians think about poverty?

Answer 1

the poor were responsible

Question 2

which act in 1906 set up places that workers could go to in order to find work?

Answer 2

labour exchanges act

Question 3

The national insurance act of 1911 gave workers cover for what?

Answer 3

illness

Question 4

what did the national insurance act of 1912 give workers cover for?

Answer 4

unemploment

Question 5

wha act was passed in 1908 to help the elderly?

Answer 5

the pensions act

Question 6

true or faulse, the national insurance act covered everyone, regardless of things like income?

Answer 6

faulse

Question 7

who was the NUWSS?

Answer 7

suffragists

Question 8

who was the WSPU?

Answer 8

suffragetttes

Question 9

following the outbreak of ww1, how many volunteers signed up to fight in the first month?

Answer 9

500,000

Question 10

what was the name of the men who, for humanitarian or religious

Answer 10

conscientious objectors

Question 11

What does DORA stand for?

Answer 11

Defence of the realm act

Question 12

by the end of the war, how many women were unemployed?

Answer 12

6 million

Question 13

name 3 types of propaganda?

Answer 13

posters, newspapers and radio

Question 14

who was Leader of the NUWSS/suffragists and when was it formed?

Answer 14

Millicent Fawcett-1903

Question 15

who was Leader of the WSPU/suffragettes

Answer 15

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 16

name a reason against women’s right to vote

Answer 16

separate spheres- women were more suited to staying at home whilst men were suited to work

Question 17

when was the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) formed

Answer 17

1897

Question 18

who completed a course to become a doctor at Edinburgh University in the 1870s, but the university refused to grant her the degree!

Answer 18

Sophia Jex-Blake

Question 19

An example of a country that had given women the vote - used an argument to support women’s right to vote

Answer 19

new zeland

Question 20

what was the date which Emily Pankhurst ran in front of the kings horse?

Answer 20

4th July 1913

Question 21

how many people joined the women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)?

Answer 21

1 in 3 → The proportion of working class women who had been a domestic servants at some point in their life

Question 22

when was the cat and mouse act introduced?

Answer 22

1913