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1
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What are some examples of sweated industry?

A

Making clothes, stuffing mattresses and making match boxes

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Where did the poor have to go if they wanted help?

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Workhouse

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3
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What were you labelled if you revived relief?

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Pauper

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Making clothes, stuffing mattresses and making match boxes are all examples of what in the 1890s?

A

Sweated industry

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5
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Which monarch died in 1901?

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Queen Victoria

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6
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When was Banardo’s set up?

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1867

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Which charity was set up in 1867 to help children?

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Banardo’s

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8
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What percentage of old people received relief in the 1890s?

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20-40%

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9
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What organisation was started by the booths?

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Salvation Army

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10
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In which city did Charles Booth investigate poverty in?

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London

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11
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How long was Charles Booth’s investigation into London’s poverty?

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17 years

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12
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In which city did Rowntree investigate poverty in?

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York

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13
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What percentage of York did Rowntree find to be living in Poverty?

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28%

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14
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Which party were socialist?

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Labour

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15
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Which party believed in Laissez Faire?

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Conservatives

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16
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Give two examples of conservative orientated publications?

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Punch and the times

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17
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Which country had overtaken the UK industrial by 1900?

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Germany

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18
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Name two New Liberals

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Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith

19
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What were the dates of the Boer War?

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1899 to 1902

20
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What did the Boer war highlight?

A

The weaknesses of the British army

21
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When was the labour party formed?

A

1900

22
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When was the labour party formed?

A

1900

23
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What percentage of wealth was owned by the top 1% of the population?

A

55%

24
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When were free school meals introduced?

A

1906

25
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When were pensions started?

A

January 1st 1090

26
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When were school medical inspections introduced?

A

1907

27
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When was the eduction act?

A

1907

28
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What percentage of places were allocated to poor children as a result of the 1907 education act?

A

25%

29
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How many people claimed pensions within the first year?

A

650 000

30
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How many children claimed free school meals?

A

158 000

31
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How much did workers pay towards National insurance for sickness?

A

40%

32
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How much were pensions in 1909?

A

5 shillings

33
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How old did you have to be to get a pension?

A

70

34
Q

When were school clinics introduced?

A

1912

35
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How many labour exchanges were set up by 1914?

A

400

36
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What did the Trades Boards Act do?

A

Introduce a minimum wage into sweated industry

37
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How many people were covered by National Insurance part 2?

A

2.23 million

38
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Who objected to the 1909 people’s budget?

A

Lloyd George

39
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When was Asquith Prime minister?

A

1908-1916

40
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Who toured the country gaining support for the budget?

A

Herbert Asquith

41
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Who was prime minister between 1908 and 1916?

A

Herbert Asquith

42
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What job did Lloyd George for the majority of our study period?

A

Chancellor of the Exchequer

43
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What did the conservatives fear that the Liberal reforms would turn the country into?

A

A Nanny State

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