Unit 3 - Economic And Social Change Flashcards
When did women over 30 receive the vote?
1918
What gave women aged 21 over the right to vote in 1928?
Equal franchise act
What did the Parliament (qualification of women) bill of 1918 allow women to do?
Become MPs
When was Viscountess Astor elected in Plymouth?
November 1919
When did Margaret Wintringham becomes the MP of Louth?
1921
When did Mabel Philipson get elected in Berwick-Upon-Tweed?
1923
When did Margaret Bonfield become the first female member of the government?
1924
How many women lost their jobs within 18 months of the war ending?
Three quarters
At what age did most girls leave school?
At 14
Best than 1% were educated beyond the age of 18
How many places did Oxford and Cambridge University offer for women?
Oxford: 750 places
Cambridge: didn’t offer degrees to women until 1948
When could women divorce their husband for adultery?
1923
When were the liberal government elected?
1906
When were there a series of strikes in Britain?
1910 to 1914
Who formed the triple alliance in 1913?
Miners
Railwaymen
Transport workers
Who held strikes between 1918 and 1919?
Police who were protesting against the low wages
When was it made illegal for a police officer to strike?
1919 after the police act was introduced
How many days were lost to strikes in 1921?
Over 85 million
How many workers were there in trade unions by 1920?
8 million
When did Glasgow’s engineering union call a general strike?
1919
What was set up after the war to decide how the mines should be run?
Royal commission called the Sankey commission
When did mines return to their previous owners?
March 1921
When was the triple alliance of 1913 renewed?
1919
What was black Friday?
15th of April 1921 when the railway and transport workers pulled out of the joint strike with the miners last minute
When did the miners return to work after Black Friday ?
First of July 1921
What happened in 1925?
Coal prices fell again and mineowners announced wage cuts
What happened on red Friday?
31 July 1925
The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced that the government would provide a subsidy to keep wages at the same level
When did the government subsidy run out?
20th of April 1926
Miners refused to accept new conditions so mine owners locked them out
When did the trade union Congress (TUC) agree to support the miners and call for a general strike if necessary?
July 1925
How many workers went on strike on 4 May 1926?
3 million
What was the name of the government newspaper?
British Gazette
What was the name of the trade union’s newspaper?
The British worker
How many people volunteered at special constables to keep order during the general strike?
226,000
What happened on 12th of May 1926?
The TUC leaders went to 10 Downing Street and came out announcing that they had called off the strike
Why did the TUC call off the general strike?
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
When were miners forced to return to work?
November 1926
When was the trades disputes act passed making it illegal for workers to come out in sympathy strikes in support of other workers?
1927
