L6 summer exam Flashcards
how were attitudes towards women vhanged after ww1
Women took on new roles in the work force, notably in war production and agriculture.
Ammunition testing And manufacture
Farming
Busses
Police
Old age pension act (date and pros and cons)
1908
Pros:
people over 70 with an annual income of £21-£31 would receive a pension (1 to 5 shillings per week)
by 1914, one million people were receiving a pension
Cons:
many pensioners had no birth certificate to prove their age and died from hardship before they reached 70
pensions were only provided if people were British and had lived in the UK for 20 years
Education (provision of meals act)
1906:
The successes of this were:
free school meals were provided for all
this replaced charity involvement
The limitations of this were:
health deteriorated again during school holidays
it was costly for the government
Education (Administrative Provisions) Act
1907
The successes of this were:
school children received free medical inspections during their school years
free treatments were given to school children after 1912
The limitation of this was:
many local authorities did not provide this service
Children’s (The Children’s Charter) Act
1908
The successes of this were:
children were banned from begging
juvenile courts and borstals were established to separate adult and child offenders
The limitation of this was:
the Children’s Charter did little to deal with the causes of juvenile crime
National insurance act (part 1)
1911
The successes of this were:
this provided compulsory health insurance for workers earning under £160 per year
the employee, the employer and the state contributed money to the scheme
The limitations of this were:
after 25 weeks absence from work, benefits were stopped
many objected to the compulsory payments they had to make
Labour exchanges act
1909
The successes of this were:
offices were set up to help the unemployed find work
3000 people a day were provided with work by 1914
The limitation of this was:
it was not compulsory for employers to register vacancies
National insurance act (part 2)
1911
The successes of this were:
an insured worker losing their job would receive seven shillings per week, for 15 weeks
many trades were involved such as shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, construction, iron founding and sawmilling
The limitations of this were:
the cover was only provided for a limited time depending on contributions
there was no provision for the worker’s family
Workmen’s compensation act
1906
The success of this was:
all employees could receive compensation for injuries sustained at work
The limitations of this were:
in theory, it was good, but it was difficult and costly to prove the liability of employers
many cases could not be brought to court without trade union support
The coal mines regulation act
1908
The success of this was:
the maximum working day for miners was set at eight hours
The limitation of this was:
the time limit only applied to miners, not other workers
The shops act
1911
The successes of this were:
shop workers were granted a weekly half-day holiday
a maximum working week for shop workers was set to 60 hours
The limitation of this was:
the workers were only granted a half-day holiday, not a full day
Who were the 2 main suffragettes
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emily Davidson
Problems the suffragettes caused for the liberals
.liberal politicians discredited by refusing to give them the vote
.it divided the Liberals
.it goes against liberal ideals to not give women the vote-they undermine themselves
.arson attacks on postboxes and on the house of politicians such as Lloyd George
.they caused a lot of property damage
.the force feeding incident blew back on liberals, viewed as too brutal
.the government backed out of passing the conciliation bill, suffragette violence increased
Ireland 1914
.almost a civil war .catholics vs Protestants in the north .thousands of rifles and ammunition sent to Ireland .ww1 stopped the civil war . Asquith laissez faire
Trade unions
.strike all the time
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