social issues

Question 1

class divisions

Answer 1

• upper class, wealthy landowners, factory owners,
• middle class, 1/4 of pop, factory owners and merchants, doctors, lawyers, teachers
• lower middle class, non-manual employees, shop assistants, clerks,
• working class, 75% of pop, 28.7% skilled workers

Question 2

what did charles booths work uncover?

Answer 2

extent of poverty closer to 30.7%, not 25% claimed by gov
those in poverty couldnt afford shelter, food or clothing

Question 3

what did rowntree find out

Answer 3

28% of pop in york in poverty and needed atleast 21 shillings a week to be out of poverty

Question 4

reasons for poverty

Answer 4

old age, sickness, premature death, lack of education, poor diet and decent housing

Question 5

what did the peoples budget introduce?

Answer 5

• income tax on a sliding scale dependant on income
  super tac for ppl who earn over £5000
• tax on cars according to horsepower
• tax on petrol
• inheritance tax

easily passed through hoc but not hol, led to constitutional crisis

Question 6

educational act (provision of meals)

Answer 6

• 1906
• by 1914, 14 million free school meals provided by leas
• not compulsory

Question 7

education act (med inspection)

Answer 7

-1907
- by 1914, 3/4 of leas provided med inspec, 2/3 free med treatment
- only cursory check, not thorough, poor not always able to afford to treat condition

Question 8

childrens act and other protective legislation

Answer 8

-1908
- made parental neglect illegal
- illegal to sell tobacco and alcohol to children

Question 9

old age pensions act

Answer 9

• 1908
• 5 shillings a week for single person and 7s and 6d for married couple
• paid out of taxation by state, not poor law
• 1 million pensioners by 1915 with more women than men
• only to 70+ on very low income
• had to be of good character
• bare minimum for survival