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Liberal reforms Flashcards

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1
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What % of the working population lived in poverty?

A

30%

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2
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What 4 things cause primary poverty?

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Low wages
Unemployment
Sickness
Old age

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3
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What 3 things cause secondary poverty?

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Laziness
Bad habits
Wasting money`

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4
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Where was Charles Booth based?

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London

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5
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Where was Sebohm Rowntree based?

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York

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6
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What did Charles and Sebohm both do?

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Carried out studies on poverty

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7
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What were the results of Charles’ and Sebohm’s studies?

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Primary poverty is the cause

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8
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When did the Boer war begin?

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1899

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9
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When did the Boer war end?

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1902

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10
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Why were liberal reforms introduced? (6 marks)

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Any from:

  • Social reformers such as Charles Booth and Sebohm Rowntree
  • The Boer War 1899-1902
  • Children (the future of Britain were unhealthy)
  • Crime, prostitution and alcohol was the result of poverty
  • Concerns about British future (an unhealthy continent competing with countries such as the USA and Germany.
  • The growth of Trade Unions and the Labour party (threat to liberals)
  • 1905 General Elections (promised welfare reforms)
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11
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Which three reforms did they introduce for children?

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Free school meals
Medical care
Children and young persons act

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12
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When was the free school meals act introduced?

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1906

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13
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What was the free school meals act?

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It allowed but did not enforce local authorities to provide free school meals

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14
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By 1914 how many free school meals were served?

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14 million

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15
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Did every authority set up this programme?

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Only half did

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16
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When was the medical care act introduced?

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1907

17
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What was the medical care act?

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Local authorities set up a school medical service with only checkups, but no treatment

18
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When did they change it to medical care and check ups?

A

1912

19
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When was the Children and Young peoples act introduced?

A

1908

20
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What did the Children and Young peoples act contain?

A

any from:

  • Parents could be prosecuted for neglect
  • Children under 14 not allowed into pubs
  • Children under 16 not allowed to buy cigarettes
  • Juvenile prisons and courts set up for children who commit crime.
21
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When was the old age pensions act introduced?

A

1908

22
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What was a positive to the old age pensions act (1908)

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  • People got five shillings a week
  • 80,000 were no longer poor
  • The elderly were less of a burden on their families
23
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What was a negative to the old age pensions act (1908)

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  • You had to be working for the last 20 years to qualify
  • Evidence was needed to persuade authority
  • For only British citizens
  • Low life expectancy
24
Q

When did the labour exchanges act come?

A

1909

25
Q

What were labour exchanges?

A

A place to find work

26
Q

By 1913 how many people were given temporary work everyday?

A

3000

27
Q

When was the national insurance act introduced?

A

1911

28
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Who had to join the national insurance scheme?

A

Wage earners between 16 and 70

29
Q

What was the national insurance act?

A

Sick pay

30
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When did Mp’s start to be paid?

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1911

31
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What was a disadvantage of the labour exchanges?

A

Most jobs were temporary

32
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Who was free medical care for?

A

Only for the wage earner (not for children or extended family)

33
Q

What year did DLG introduce the People’s budget?

A

1909

34
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To pay for reforms what did DLG raise tax on?

A

tobacco and spirits

35
Q

When was the parliament act passed?

A

1911

36
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Why was the parliament law introduced?

A

Because the House of Lords refused to pass the People’s budget of 1909 by David Lloyd George

37
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What was the parliament law?

A

That the House of Lords could not reject a bill that had been passed three times in the House of Commons.

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