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Unit 3 - Economic And Social Change Flashcards

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1
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When did women over 30 receive the vote?

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1918

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2
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What gave women aged 21 over the right to vote in 1928?

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Equal franchise act

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What did the Parliament (qualification of women) bill of 1918 allow women to do?

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Become MPs

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4
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When was Viscountess Astor elected in Plymouth?

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November 1919

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5
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When did Margaret Wintringham becomes the MP of Louth?

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1921

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When did Mabel Philipson get elected in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?

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1923

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When did Margaret Bonfield become the first female member of the government?

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1924

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8
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How many women lost their jobs within 18 months of the war ending?

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Three quarters

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9
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At what age did most girls leave school?

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At 14

Best than 1% were educated beyond the age of 18

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10
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How many places did Oxford and Cambridge University offer for women?

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Oxford: 750 places
Cambridge: didn’t offer degrees to women until 1948

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11
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When could women divorce their husband for adultery?

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1923

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12
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When were the liberal government elected?

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1906

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13
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When were there a series of strikes in Britain?

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1910 to 1914

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Who formed the triple alliance in 1913?

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Miners
Railwaymen
Transport workers

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Who held strikes between 1918 and 1919?

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Police who were protesting against the low wages

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When was it made illegal for a police officer to strike?

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1919 after the police act was introduced

17
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How many days were lost to strikes in 1921?

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Over 85 million

18
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How many workers were there in trade unions by 1920?

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8 million

19
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When did Glasgow’s engineering union call a general strike?

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1919

20
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What was set up after the war to decide how the mines should be run?

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Royal commission called the Sankey commission

21
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When did mines return to their previous owners?

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March 1921

22
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When was the triple alliance of 1913 renewed?

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1919

23
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What was black Friday?

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15th of April 1921 when the railway and transport workers pulled out of the joint strike with the miners last minute

24
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When did the miners return to work after Black Friday ?

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First of July 1921

25
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What happened in 1925?

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Coal prices fell again and mineowners announced wage cuts

26
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What happened on red Friday?

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31 July 1925

The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced that the government would provide a subsidy to keep wages at the same level

27
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When did the government subsidy run out?

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20th of April 1926

Miners refused to accept new conditions so mine owners locked them out

28
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When did the trade union Congress (TUC) agree to support the miners and call for a general strike if necessary?

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July 1925

29
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How many workers went on strike on 4 May 1926?

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3 million

30
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What was the name of the government newspaper?

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British Gazette

31
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What was the name of the trade union’s newspaper?

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The British worker

32
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How many people volunteered at special constables to keep order during the general strike?

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226,000

33
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What happened on 12th of May 1926?

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The TUC leaders went to 10 Downing Street and came out announcing that they had called off the strike

34
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Why did the TUC call off the general strike?

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The TUC funding was £4 million whilst the government spend about £433 million
The TC was losing the propaganda war
Middle-class volunteers were very successful

35
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When were miners forced to return to work?

A

November 1926

36
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When was the trades disputes act passed making it illegal for workers to come out in sympathy strikes in support of other workers?

A

1927

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