Class Flashcards

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Define deference

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Polite submission and respect (knowing your place)

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Describe the change in the working-class post WWI

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  • WWI caused a decline in deference - high death toll of working-class men in war - during war, there were more interactions between working and middle classes
  • War created a more democratic and equal society - 1918 Representation of the People Act
  • Conservative Party had both working and middle class voters
  • Great Depression served as working-class solidarity, however Union Membership in Wales rapidly declined
  • Cost of living improved for the working clas
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Describe the change in the working class during WWII

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  • Evacuation and rationing made all social classes co-operate and interact
  • Some say that WWII didn’t reduce the class divide - wartime evacuation of working class children often reinforced class prejudices - 1939 - widespread phenomenon of bed wetting (sign of emotional stress) was being blamed by host families on the poor standards of city working class families
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Describe the change in the middle class

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  • Declined deference during WWI - more interactions between the working and middle classes
  • 1926 May General Strike - Many middle class people volunteered to stop the strike - showing their views towards the situation and their disapproval; of the actions of the strikers (working-clas)
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Describe the change in the upper classes

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  • WWI - high death toll of upper-class people
  • This meant death duties had to be paid by their families for the property owned
  • Many people had to sell their land to pay for these - many aristocrats couldn’t afford to maintain their grand homes, thus some were sold to the National Trust
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Summarise the changes in class of all classes

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  • WWI managed to reduce class divide and deference and led to the 1918 Representation of the People Acts
  • More equal
  • WWII led to the idea of a more equal Britain, due to evacuation and rationing
  • WWII also however led to working class children being blamed for being emotionally stressed due to the poor conditions of the city working-class life
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