Unit 3 - Economic And Social Change Flashcards

1
Q

When did women over 30 receive the vote?

A

1918

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

A

Equal franchise act

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3
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What did the Parliament (qualification of women) bill of 1918 allow women to do?

A

Become MPs

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4
Q

When was Viscountess Astor elected in Plymouth?

A

November 1919

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5
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When did Margaret Wintringham becomes the MP of Louth?

A

1921

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6
Q

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

A

1923

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7
Q

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

A

1924

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8
Q

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

A

Three quarters

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9
Q

At what age did most girls leave school?

A

At 14

Best than 1% were educated beyond the age of 18

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10
Q

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

A

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

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11
Q

When could women divorce their husband for adultery?

A

1923

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12
Q

When were the liberal government elected?

A

1906

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13
Q

When were there a series of strikes in Britain?

A

1910 to 1914

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14
Q

Who formed the triple alliance in 1913?

A

Miners
Railwaymen
Transport workers

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15
Q

Who held strikes between 1918 and 1919?

A

Police who were protesting against the low wages

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16
Q

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

A

1919 after the police act was introduced

17
Q

How many days were lost to strikes in 1921?

A

Over 85 million

18
Q

How many workers were there in trade unions by 1920?

A

8 million

19
Q

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

A

1919

20
Q

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

A

Royal commission called the Sankey commission

21
Q

When did mines return to their previous owners?

A

March 1921

22
Q

When was the triple alliance of 1913 renewed?

A

1919

23
Q

What was black Friday?

A

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

24
Q

When did the miners return to work after Black Friday ?

A

First of July 1921

25
Q

What happened in 1925?

A

Coal prices fell again and mineowners announced wage cuts

26
Q

What happened on red Friday?

A

31 July 1925

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

27
Q

When did the government subsidy run out?

A

20th of April 1926

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

28
Q

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

A

July 1925

29
Q

How many workers went on strike on 4 May 1926?

A

3 million

30
Q

What was the name of the government newspaper?

A

British Gazette

31
Q

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

A

The British worker

32
Q

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

A

226,000

33
Q

What happened on 12th of May 1926?

A

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

34
Q

Why did the TUC call off the general strike?

A

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
Q

When were miners forced to return to work?

A

November 1926

36
Q

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