Paper 2: Liberal Reforms Flashcards
Making clothes stuffing mattresses and making match boxes are all examples of what 1890s industry?
Sweated industry
Where did poor people have to go if they needed help?
Charity, workhouse
What were you labelled if you received relief?
Pauper
Which monarch died in 1901?
Victoria
Which charity was set up to help children in 1867?
Barnados
What percentage of old people received relief in the 1890s?
30-40%
What organisation was started by the Booths?
Salvation Army
Which city did Charles Booth investigate poverty in?
London
How long was his investigation?
1886-1903 (17 years)
What percentage of York did Rowntree find was living in poverty?
28%
Who photographed the East End to raise the plight of the poor?
John Galt
Which party are Socialist?
Labour
Who believes in Laissez Faire?
Conservatives
Name a Conservative newspaper
Times
Which two countries had overtaken GB industrially by 1900?
Germany and USA
Name two New Liberals
Lloyd George and Churchill
Which war highlighted the weakness of the British army?
Boer War
When was the Labour party formed?
1900
What percentage of the wealth was owned by the top 1% of the population?
55%
When were free school meals introduced?
1906
When were pensions started?
Jan 1st 1909 (passed in 1908)
When were school medical inspections introduced?
1907
What % of places in secondary school were reserved for poor children in the 1907 Education Act?
25%
How many people claimed pensions in the first year?
650000
How many children claimed free school meals?
158000
How much did workers pay towards National Insurance against sickness?
4d
How much were pensions worth in 1909?
5s or 7s 6d for couple
How old did you have to be to get a pension?
70
When were school clinics introduced?
1912
How many labour exchanges were set up by 1914?
400
What did the Trade Boards Act do?
1909 Minimum wages for sweated industry
How many people were covered by National Insurance part 2?
2.25 million
Who objected to the 1909 people’s budget?
House of Lords
Who toured the country gaining support for the budget?
Lloyd George
Who was prime minster from 1908-1916?
Asquith
What job did Lloyd George have for most of our period of study?
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Conservatives believed that the reforms would turn Britain into what?
Nanny State
Give 2 changes Labour would have made to take the reforms further.
Lower age of pensions, no contributions for poor in National Insurance, higher taxes on rich
