British Depth Study - Liberal Reforms Flashcards
Up to how many people would live in one room?
18
What is the sweated trade?
A trade in which small items are made- often with poor conditions and little pay.
How did people in the 1800s feel towards the poor?
They believed the poor were poor through their own actions.
What is the ‘poverty line’?
The line in society that determines if you live in poverty. It takes into account employment, accommodation etc.
Who was Seebohm Rowntree?
A social reformer who did lots of research in order to change attitudes towards the poor.
Who are the three main social reformers?
Seebohm Rowntree
John Galt
Charles Booth
What did John Galt mainly do?
He was a missionary who showed the reality of poverty to the middle class through photographs.
How much of London lived below the poverty line?
30%
What did Rowntree find the biggest causes of poverty to be?
Large family-52%
Low wages-22%
Death of a wage earner-10%
Unemployment-5%
What fraction of people in Victorian Britain lived without sufficient food or water?
1/3
What is a welfare state?
When the state/government pays for education, healthcare, benefits, social services etc.
Who was David Lloyd George?
Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually prime minister.
How many recruits for the Boer War were unfit for service?
Half of the recruits
What did Germany have that Britain didn’t?
It had a healthier, better educated, and therefore more efficient workforce.
Who were the Liberals main competition for the 1906 election?
Labour, as they were new and were offering benefits and pensions to the working class.
