Knowledge Test Flashcards

1
Q

What are some examples of sweated industry?

A

Making clothes, stuffing mattresses and making match boxes

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2
Q

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

A

Workhouse

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3
Q

What were you labelled if you revived relief?

A

Pauper

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4
Q

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

A

Sweated industry

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5
Q

Which monarch died in 1901?

A

Queen Victoria

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6
Q

When was Banardo’s set up?

A

1867

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7
Q

Which charity was set up in 1867 to help children?

A

Banardo’s

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8
Q

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

A

20-40%

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9
Q

What organisation was started by the booths?

A

Salvation Army

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10
Q

In which city did Charles Booth investigate poverty in?

A

London

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11
Q

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

A

17 years

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12
Q

In which city did Rowntree investigate poverty in?

A

York

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13
Q

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

A

28%

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14
Q

Which party were socialist?

A

Labour

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15
Q

Which party believed in Laissez Faire?

A

Conservatives

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16
Q

Give two examples of conservative orientated publications?

A

Punch and the times

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17
Q

Which country had overtaken the UK industrial by 1900?

A

Germany

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18
Q

Name two New Liberals

A

Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith

19
Q

What were the dates of the Boer War?

A

1899 to 1902

20
Q

What did the Boer war highlight?

A

The weaknesses of the British army

21
Q

When was the labour party formed?

A

1900

22
Q

When was the labour party formed?

A

1900

23
Q

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

A

55%

24
Q

When were free school meals introduced?

A

1906

25
Q

When were pensions started?

A

January 1st 1090

26
Q

When were school medical inspections introduced?

A

1907

27
Q

When was the eduction act?

A

1907

28
Q

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

A

25%

29
Q

How many people claimed pensions within the first year?

A

650 000

30
Q

How many children claimed free school meals?

A

158 000

31
Q

How much did workers pay towards National insurance for sickness?

A

40%

32
Q

How much were pensions in 1909?

A

5 shillings

33
Q

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

A

70

34
Q

When were school clinics introduced?

A

1912

35
Q

How many labour exchanges were set up by 1914?

A

400

36
Q

What did the Trades Boards Act do?

A

Introduce a minimum wage into sweated industry

37
Q

How many people were covered by National Insurance part 2?

A

2.23 million

38
Q

Who objected to the 1909 people’s budget?

A

Lloyd George

39
Q

When was Asquith Prime minister?

A

1908-1916

40
Q

Who toured the country gaining support for the budget?

A

Herbert Asquith

41
Q

Who was prime minister between 1908 and 1916?

A

Herbert Asquith

42
Q

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

A

Chancellor of the Exchequer

43
Q

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

A

A Nanny State