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History Test 2 Flashcards

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1
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Chadwick report

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1842

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Deadly Cholera outbreak that killed 60,000 people -> 1848 Public Health act

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1848

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Number of people killed in 1848 Cholera outbreak -> 1848 Public Health act

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60,000

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4
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Public Health Act

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1848

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5
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Sir William Beveridge’s report

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1942

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6
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5 evils

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Ignorance, Squalor, Want, Idleness, Disease

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7
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NHS formed by Aneurin Bevan

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1948

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Number of copies of Chadwick Report sold

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20,000

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Number of copies of Beveridge Report sold

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100,000

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Number of copies of Chadwick Report sold and number of copies of Beveridge Report sold

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20,000 and 100,000

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£ given to Jenner for vaccination research

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£10,000

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£10,000 given to Edward Jenner for vaccination research

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1802

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13
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Worldwide eradication of smallpox

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1980

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14
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Free Schools Meals

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1906

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Old age pension

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1908

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National Insurance Act (unemployment benefit and sick pay)

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1911

17
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Number of hospitals built in England and Wales between 1000 and 1500

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700

18
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Edinburgh Hospital gains a pharmacy to give medicines to the poor

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1776

19
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Guy’s Hospital in London is built

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1724

20
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Years which Drake circumnavigated the globe on the Golden Hind

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1577 - 1580

21
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John Hawkins’ (Drake’s cousin) expedition is attacked by Spanish

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1568

22
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Amount Drake stole from Spanish (+in today’s money)

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£400,000 (£200 million)

23
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Amount Drake made himself from his expedition

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£10,000

24
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Fraction of share of treasure that Queen got from Drake’s circumnavigation

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1/2

25
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Drake lands in North America (New World) and claims it for Elizabeth

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June 1579

26
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Throckmorton Plot

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1583

27
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Bond of Association

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1584

28
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Mendoza (Spanish ambassador) expelled from England

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1584

29
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Treason Act

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1571

30
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Papal Bull

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February 1570

31
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Number of Spanish soldiers meant to attack in Ridolfi Plot

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6,000

32
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Northern Rebellion

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1569

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