Class systems (T1)

Question 1

What event in 1914 highlighted the decline in deference among the upper class?

Answer 1

Proportionally High death toll shook the confidence of the upper class

Question 2

What percentage of people who worked the land owned it in 1914?

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

What percentage of people who worked the land owned it by 1930?

Answer 3

33%

Question 4

How did the interaction between social classes change during the period?

Answer 4

Middle-class and working class men began to interact more

Question 5

How many grand houses did the Duke of Portland own in 1914?

Answer 5

Eight grand houses

Question 6

How many grand houses did the Duke of Portland manage to keep by 1939?

Answer 6

Four grand houses

Question 7

What was a clear expression of improved living standards in housing ownership from 1920 to 1938?

Answer 7

In 1920, 750,000 people owned their home; by 1938, 3,250,000 owned it

Question 8

What event in 1926 caused resentment among the middle class?

Answer 8

The General Strike- Middle class volunteers helped break the strike

Question 9

What was the effect of the Great Depression on working-class solidarity?

Answer 9

Undermined working-class solidarity- Racial and Ethnic divisions- immigrants took low pay jobs keeping white out
Rise of extremism
Weakening Labour union
High unemployment and competition for jobs

Question 10

What did Mass Observation report about the working class’s desires after the Second World War?

Answer 10

Desire for a more equal post-war Britain
Demands for
Full employment
Better housing
Stronger welfare
Education
Nationalisation

Question 11

What factors diminished class barriers during the Second World War?

Answer 11

Evacuation, rationing, and the impact of bombings on property

Question 12

What did Mass Observation report about the evacuation of working-class children?

Answer 12

Reinforced class values

Question 13

What was established in the 1945 General Election in Britain?

Answer 13

A Labour government committed to nationalisation and a welfare state

Question 14

What percentage of Upper class soldiers died during WW1

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

Why did the people who owned the land and worked it increase from 1914-39

Answer 15

WW1 caused Aristocrats to sell of land to afford wartime taxation
Land settlement schemes for veterans
Great Depression

Question 16

Why did Middle class and lower class mix more?

Answer 16

Mass conscription in WW1
Political reforms such as ROPA
Great Depression - mass unemployment
The Blitz