overall assessment Flashcards
1
Q
overall assessment
A
- liberal reforms of 1906-1914 addressed accumulated problems that had arisen with the expansion of urban population and economic activity.
- the measures had some success but did not resolve the problems they set out to address
- urban poverty remained, and unemployment was still rife in areas in and around the workhouses
2
Q
what did the reforms lead to?
realisation
A
- growing realisation that economic growth would not resolve the problems of poverty and ill health
- these problems could result in national decline
3
Q
was successful
A
- marked the start of more gov interventions
- recognition that poverty could be addressed through gov help and organisation
- 1914- health had improved through school meals and medical assistance
- elderly were helped- less need for the workhouse
- unemployed/injured were helped
- improvements for the working class- working and living conditions, e.g. hours, pay, holidays etc
- increased taxation- start of the redistribution of wealth
- laid the foundations for the future
4
Q
was not successful
A
- only minimal financial help, severe restrictions on the help
- national insurance part i only to specific industries
- social divisions caused by poor education- education still had not been addressed in the two education acts
- workhouses still existed
- not universal- not all industries, cant get pensions if convict etc
- housing still poor quality- affecting morale and creating health problems
- less organised- unlike the welfare state in the 1940s
5
Q
why so limited
A
- new liberalism not a genuine attempt at improving welfare- reflected the progressive zeitgeist of the time- needed to remove the threat of labour
- new liberalism only aimed to offer minimal support- many liberals motivated by a desire to help industry and empire
- dominance of the house of lords until 1911 blocked any greater reform & delayed the bill after 1911
