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when was the age people received pensions?

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70

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what was the year labour exchanges were set up?

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1909

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what was the name given to a special school for children who had committed crimes used instead of adult prisons

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borstal

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what was the amount workers paid in national insurance (part 1) per week

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4d

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what was the amount of money a married couple got in the old age pension?

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7s6d

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The name given for “job centres” where people could search for work

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Labour exchange

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The name of the act on 1908 which protected children against cruelty and neglect

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childrens act

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word to describe that the Old Age Pension did not have to be paid for by the individual

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non-contributory

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An alternative name for the Children’s Act of 1908

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childrens charter

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The year Free School Meals were introduced

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1906

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The amount workers paid in national insurance (part 2) per week

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2d

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The number of free school meals being served every day by 1915

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158,000

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The number of weeks sick pay received (10s) under the national insurance scheme.

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13 weeks

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Chancellor of the Exchequor

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Lloyd george

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The year the first National Insurance Act was set up

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1911

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What was the maximum annual income to qualify for a pension

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£31

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The year the second National Insurance Act was set up

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1912

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The number of people being put in jobs every day by the new Labour Exchanges.

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3,000

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The number of people claiming their pension in the first year.

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650,000

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The year The Pensions Act was brought in

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1908

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21
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what was the peoples budget?

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Announced in 1909 - David Lloyd George’s budget outlined taxation as a way of funding the reforms

22
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what was the National Insurance Act Part 2?

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Introduced 1912 - set up to prevent poverty resulting from unemployment. Workers, employers and employees paid into the scheme.

23
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what was the problem with the Boer War?

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Fought from 1899-1902 in South Africa. Young men volunteered to fight, but thousands were deemed unfit for service.

24
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what was the National Insurance Act Part 1?

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Introduced 1911 - set up to prevent poverty resulting from illness. Workers, employers and employees paid into the scheme.

25
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what was the The Pensions Act?

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Introduced 1908 - weekly payments for the elderly (those aged over 70)

26
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what was provided for School Clinics?

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Introduced in 1912 - clinics set up to provide the treatment for children who needed it after the medical inspection.

27
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what did the Children’s Act provide?

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Introduced 1908 - gave children a ‘protected persons’ status under the law

28
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what were School medical inspections?

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Introduced in 1907 - Doctors and nurses would conduct compulsory medical checks for school pupils and recommend treatment they may need.

29
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The Labour Party is formed by Keir Hardie. They pledged to get better living and working conditions for the working class.- when was it introduced?

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1900

30
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when did the liberals win a landslide election?

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1906

31
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what was the Labour Exchanges and when was it established?

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Established 1909 - A national network of exchanges set up for unemployed workers so they could look for jobs

32
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when were free school meals introduced?

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1906

33
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why did the liberals introduce welfare reforms?

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  • reform of the poor law
  • attacks on the policy of previous government
  • improve education
34
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why did the liberals pass their liberal reforms?

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worried about growing strength of labour party

eliminate wide spread poverty

35
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what were the limitations on the free school meals act, inspections act, childrens act, pensions act and outdoor relief act?

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childrens- people would go against law
inspections-not aloud to cure children
free school meals-half of Britain
pensions-only citizens that had lived in Britain for 20 years
unemployed- refused to people who had done their old job to the best of their ability
relief- run volunteerily

36
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put in order the acts?

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pensions
childrens
national insurance act
school meals
unemployed
school inspections act
37
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how did these types of people react to liberal reforms?
conservatives
doctors
friendly societies and insurance companies

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conservatives- opposed cost and idea of many law
doctors- health insurance meant no money and theyd have to work harder
societies- had to prevent national insurance being given to widowers (more jobs)

38
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why did the liberals introduce their reforms?

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because there was terrible poverty and the politicians thought that the government should be providing help

39
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why did some people believe that others were poor?

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because they wasted their money away

40
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name the 2 most important reformers?

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Charles booth, seebohm Rowntree

41
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how did Charles Booth present his findings about poverty?

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he carried out research into poverty in London and published life and labour of people in london in seventeen volumes

42
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how did seebohm rowntree present his findings about poverty in the 1900’s?

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he studies poverty and its causes in york and published a report called poverty

43
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what percentage did both these researchers say lived around the poverty line?

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29-31 per cent

44
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what did the poverty line mean?

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not being able to afford decent housing, food, clothing and health care

45
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when was the boer war?

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in 1899

46
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what was the boer war?

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when britain went to war in south Africa

47
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how was the boer war affected by poverty?

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many people were unfit because they werent fed properly as children

48
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who were the two liberal politicians who believed in reform?

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lloyd george and winston

49
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what did they believe about reforms?

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that they would make the people better off and the country stronger as a result

50
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name a reason why the liberals introduced their reforms?

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because there was rivalry against the labour party

51
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explain the problems with charity?

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people thought the government were concentrating on charity too much and should just give to the poor

52
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what was laissez faire?

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people were in control of their own lives and welfare

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