Knowledge Test Flashcards
What are some examples of sweated industry?
Making clothes, stuffing mattresses and making match boxes
Where did the poor have to go if they wanted help?
Workhouse
What were you labelled if you revived relief?
Pauper
Making clothes, stuffing mattresses and making match boxes are all examples of what in the 1890s?
Sweated industry
Which monarch died in 1901?
Queen Victoria
When was Banardo’s set up?
1867
Which charity was set up in 1867 to help children?
Banardo’s
What percentage of old people received relief in the 1890s?
20-40%
What organisation was started by the booths?
Salvation Army
In which city did Charles Booth investigate poverty in?
London
How long was Charles Booth’s investigation into London’s poverty?
17 years
In which city did Rowntree investigate poverty in?
York
What percentage of York did Rowntree find to be living in Poverty?
28%
Which party were socialist?
Labour
Which party believed in Laissez Faire?
Conservatives
Give two examples of conservative orientated publications?
Punch and the times
Which country had overtaken the UK industrial by 1900?
Germany
Name two New Liberals
Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith
What were the dates of the Boer War?
1899 to 1902
What did the Boer war highlight?
The weaknesses of the British army
When was the labour party formed?
1900
When was the labour party formed?
1900
What percentage of wealth was owned by the top 1% of the population?
55%
When were free school meals introduced?
1906
When were pensions started?
January 1st 1090
When were school medical inspections introduced?
1907
When was the eduction act?
1907
What percentage of places were allocated to poor children as a result of the 1907 education act?
25%
How many people claimed pensions within the first year?
650 000
How many children claimed free school meals?
158 000
How much did workers pay towards National insurance for sickness?
40%
How much were pensions in 1909?
5 shillings
How old did you have to be to get a pension?
70
When were school clinics introduced?
1912
How many labour exchanges were set up by 1914?
400
What did the Trades Boards Act do?
Introduce a minimum wage into sweated industry
How many people were covered by National Insurance part 2?
2.23 million
Who objected to the 1909 people’s budget?
Lloyd George
When was Asquith Prime minister?
1908-1916
Who toured the country gaining support for the budget?
Herbert Asquith
Who was prime minister between 1908 and 1916?
Herbert Asquith
What job did Lloyd George for the majority of our study period?
Chancellor of the Exchequer
What did the conservatives fear that the Liberal reforms would turn the country into?
A Nanny State
