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How many seats did the Liberals win in the 1906 election?

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401 seats

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How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 1906 election?

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157 seats

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When was the Boer War?

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1899-1902

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When was the Education Act passed?

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1902 - Provided all schools would be funded by local rates

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What did the House of Lords rule in 1902 that angered trade unions?

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Companies were within their rights to sue a trade union, making it impossible for them to call successful strikes

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6
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When was the tariff reform campaign launched by Joseph Chamberlain?

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1903 - He wanted to reintroduce tariffs with imperial preference

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When was the Lib-Lab pact?

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1903 - Liberals wouldn’t oppose Labour candidates likely to win in the next election if LRC restricted candidates in 1906 election

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8
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What did New Liberalism stress?

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Freedom from evils such as poverty, low wages and insecurity

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9
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When was Sir Campbell-Bannerman prime minister?

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1905-1908

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10
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When was Asquith prime minister?

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1908-1915

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How many seats did the LRC win in the 1906 election?

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29 seats

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12
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Between 1906 and 1914 how much did trade union membership grow?

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Rose from 900,000 to 1.5 million

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13
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What percentage of exports came from the main staples?

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60%

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14
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How much of the world’s shipping did Britain own before 1914?

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Half

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15
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How much coal was mined in 1913?

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287 million tons

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16
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How much did farming account for British employment?

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10%

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17
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How much of the world’s trade did Britain have?

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25%

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18
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In 1913 how much of Britain’s wealth was in investments overseas?

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32%

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19
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As exports declined what happened in the British economy?

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A trade gap

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20
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What percentage of coal was mechanically cut in 1914?

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8%

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21
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How many were employed by coal mines?

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1 million

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22
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What kind of economy did Britain have in terms of wages?

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Low-wage economy

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23
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What was London?

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The commercial centre of the world

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24
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How many people were employed as ‘professionals’ in 1911?

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796,000

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25
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What percent of the population made up the working class?

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75%

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26
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What percent of London according to Booth were in poverty?

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30.7%

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27
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How much did Booth conclude people had to earn to stay above the poverty line?

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21 shillings per week

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28
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How much would the Liberal’s new social reforms cost?

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£16 million

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29
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When did Lloyd George introduce his budget?

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1909 - It included a range of new taxes to pay for social reforms

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30
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How much did people who earned under £3000 pay with the income tax?

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9d for every pound earned

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31
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How much did people earning over £3000 pay with the new income tax?

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1s2d for every pound earned

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32
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What was the super tax for those who earned over £5000

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An additional 6d per pound

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33
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How did the House of Lords respond to the 1909 budget?

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Threw it out, leading to a constitutional crisis

34
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When was the Education Act (Meals) passed?

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1906 - Local authorities were given power to provide free school meals for needs children

35
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When was the Education Act (Medical) passed?

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1907 - Set up the School Medical Service and made it compulsory to medically inspect school children

36
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When was the Children’s Act passed?

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1908 - Made parental neglect illegal, set up juvenile courts and made it illegal to sell tobacco and alcohol to children

37
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When was the Old Age Pensions Act passed?

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1908 - Provided a pension of of five shillings a week for a single person and 7s and 6d for a married couple

38
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When was the National Insurance (unemployment) Act?

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1911 - Compelled workers and employees to contribute weekly to a national insurance fund allowing workers to receive a weekly benefit of unemployed

39
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When was the National Insurance (Sickness) Act?

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1911 - Compulsory scheme for workers and employees to contribute to a national fund for a sickness benefit

40
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What did the Liberal social reforms create?

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A basic minimum or a ‘life belt’

41
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Did the 1906 Education Act pass the House of Lords?

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No

42
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When did the Lords veto the 1909 budget?

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November 1909

43
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What convention did the Lords break by vetoing the budget?

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That Lords should not intervene with ‘money bills’

44
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What did the Liberals do in response to the Lords vetoing the bill?

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Called a general election in January 1910

45
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How many seats did the Liberals win in the 1910 election?

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275 seats

46
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How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 1910 election?

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273 seats

47
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What did the Liberals have to rely on to win a majority after the 1910 election?

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The Irish Nationalists

48
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What did the 1910 Parliament Bill propose?

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The House of Lords would not have the power to reject legislation but they could delay it for no longer than two years, ‘suspensory veto’

49
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Why was an election called in December 1910?

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George V agreed to create new peers to pass the Parliament Bill if the Liberals won a majority on the issue

50
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How many seats did the Liberals win in the December 1910 election?

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272

51
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How many seats did the Conservatives win in the December 1910 election?

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272

52
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What did the Liberals have to rely on after the December 1910 election?

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The support of Labour and the Irish Nationalists

53
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When was the Parliament Bill read for the last time to the House of Lords?

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11th August 1910

54
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When did Balfour resign?

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1911

55
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Who succeeded Balfour?

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Bonar Law

56
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When was the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society established?

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1897 by Millicent Fawcett

57
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By 1914 how many members did the NUWSS have?

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500,000

58
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When and why did Emmeline Pankhurst found the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)?

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In 1903 as they were frustrated with a lack of progress achieving women’s suffrage

59
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When was the Prisoners’ Discharge Act passed?

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1913 - Allowed the government to release hunger strikers until they regained their strength then re-arrest them

60
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What was the Prisoner’s Discharge Act known as?

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Cat and Mouse Act

61
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What were suffragette actions often?

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Militant

62
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When did the third Home Rule Act begin its process through parliament?

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1912

63
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When did the Home Rule Act pass through the commons?

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1913

64
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How did the House of Lords respond to the Home Rule Bill?

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They suspended the bill

65
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Why was the Home Rule Bill suspended again in 1914?

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Outbreak of war

66
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How much higher was the cost of living in 1912 than in 1906?

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14%

67
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How many Trade Union members were there in 1914?

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4.1 million

68
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How many working days were lost as a result of strikes in 1912?

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40.9 million working days

69
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How much bigger was the German chemical industry than Britain?

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Twice the size

70
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When did the electrification of factories begin in Britain?

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1890, 10 years after the US

71
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By 1914, how many free school meals were local authorities providing a year?

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14 million

72
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By 1913, how many local authorities were actually providing free school meals?

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About half

73
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By 1914, how many local authorities were providing free medical inspection?

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3/4

74
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By 1914, how many local authorities were providing some form of a free medical treatment?

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2/3

75
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How many elderly had a pension by 1915?

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1 million

76
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When was the Ulster Covenant drawn up?

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1912

77
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When did Carson begin to form an army?

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When the third Home Rule Bill was held up by the Lords

78
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What was the name of Carson’s army?

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Ulster Volunteer Force

79
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What did Carson’s supporters smuggle into the Irish port of Larne?

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50,000 rifles and 3 million rounds of ammunition

80
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When was the Curragh Mutiny?

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March 1914 - British officers threatened to resign rather than fight the Ulster Unionist resistance

81
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What was the name of the Irish Nationalist militia?

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The Irish Volunteers

A Level History: Britain 1906-1957 (6 decks)

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