Lloyd George Flashcards
Need for social reform successes
Representation of the people act education act 1918 school leaving age raised from 12 to 14 l, no more school fees for primary education Addison Housing act 1919 200,000 council houses built
OAPs extended
war widows pensions introduced
Need for social reform failures
Housing and education victims of Geddes axe
Reforms cost money
Geddes cuts severely limited social reform working-class felt betrayed
Ireland problems
Divisions over home-rule before war Sinn Fein to over INP
Anglo Irish War 1919
Ireland successes
1920 government of Ireland act passed partitioned Ireland
Council of Ireland set up to encourage cooperation
boarders confirmed and fixed
Anglo Irish treaty Sinn Fein agreed it would become a self governing Dominion of empire 1920-21
Ireland failures
Conservatives want to come to conserve union
attempt to deal with violence with blacks and tans
unable to eliminate IRA
Sinn Fein rejected government act wanted Ireland to be completely independent
War continued
Industrial relations problems
TUs stronger and more militant membership 4-8 million 1914 to 1920 large TUs created through amalgamation
Industrial relations successes
Coal industry wage increase and six our underground work a day
safety improved
threat of strike emergency Powers act state of emergency
national insurance act extended unemployment benefit cover extra 8 million workers
Industrial relations failures
Mines reprivatised lack of modernisation
representation of the people act didn’t reduce unemployment
considerable unrest in coalfields
1922 honours scandal
Lloyd George accused of selling peerages to finance his own party
Problems after the war
Demobilisation meant that many needed jobs
Mass casualties demographic shortage of men of marriageable age
socialism and trade union strengthened
Lloyd George more dependent on Conservatives than Liberal
liberals were divided and promised radical policies such as homes fit for heroes-difficult
