The Making of Modern Britain

Question 0

What were the main liberal reforms?

Answer 0

~children
~the old
~the sick
~the unemployed

Question 1

What are some reasons why poverty occurred?

Answer 1

~low wages 
~large families 
~unemployment 
~sickness
~old age 
~bad habits (drinking, gambling) 
~no education

Question 2

What were the five giants?

Answer 2

~WANT (poverty)
~IGNORANCE (lack of education)
~IDLENESS (unemployment)
~SQUALOR (poor housing conditions)
~DISEASE (poor health)

Question 3

Arguments against more help for the poor

Answer 3

~people who worked hard were successful
~taxed would increase for everyone
~supporting the poor would encourage laziness
~self-help, they should make the effort

Question 4

Arguments in favour of more help for the poor

Answer 4

~Booth and Rowntree Report
~Boer War
~poor health of children
~upper class feared poverty would cause more crime, prostitution, drunkenness and disease
~Britain was rich enough to help the poor
~The German insurance scheme was very successful

Question 5

Why did attitudes change towards poverty?

Answer 5

~the surveys of Booth and Rowntree
~the Boer War
~rise of the Labour Party
~foreign competition 
~new Liberals
~writers/campaigners

Question 6

What were some of the acts to help children in The Liberal Reforms?

Answer 6

~The School Meals Act
~School Medical Inspections
~Children’s Charter

Question 7

What were some of the acts to help the elderly in The Liberal Reforms?

Answer 7

~Old Age Pensions Act

Question 8

What were some of the acts to help sick people in The Liberal Reforms?

Answer 8

~National Insurance Part 1

Question 9

What were some of the acts to help the unemployed in The Liberal Reforms?

Answer 9

~Labour Exchanges

~National Insurance Part 2

Question 10

Why did WWII change attitudes towards poverty?

Answer 10

~evacuation
~the blitz
~rationing
~children's health
~the beveridge report
~common experiences

Question 11

What were the labour reforms for want (poverty)?

Answer 11

~The National Insurance Act
~The Family Allowance Act
~The Industrial Injuries Act

Question 12

What were the labour reforms for disease?

Answer 12

~The National Health Service (NHS)

Question 13

What were the labour reforms for ignorance (lack of education)?

Answer 13

~Education Act

Question 14

What were the labour reforms for squalor (poor housing conditions)?

Answer 14

~New Towns Act

Question 15

What were the labour reforms for idleness (unemployment)?

Answer 15

~Nationalisation (government talking control over industries - BT)

Question 16

Why did the Liberal reforms fail to solve the problems of the poor?

Answer 16

~laws weren’t compulsory
~health inspections
~elderly - weren’t receiving enough money
~sick money wasn’t enough to feed families
~labour exchanges - workers looking for same jobs