Victorian social reforms 1868-1885 (Gladstone/ liberal)

Question 1

education - what

Answer 1

Elementary education act 1870
- Forster’s education act
- Set the framework for schooling for 5 - 12 year old

Question 2

education - successful

Answer 2

• Established the framework for schools run by local authority
• Positive effect on school attendance

Question 3

education - unsuccessful

Answer 3

Education was not free or compulsory
Not fully enforced in all areas
Objections to universal education from the church and other social groups

Question 4

women right - what

Answer 4

Married women property act
- gave married women the right to own, manage, and dispose of their own property

Question 5

woman right - successful

Answer 5

• Gave women more rights
• Helped decrease women’s legal dependence on men

Question 6

woman right -unsuccessful

Answer 6

Not full equality

Question 7

trade union - what

Answer 7

Trade union union act 1871
- Gave unions the right to strike
- Allowed unions to hold property
Criminal law amendment act 1871
- Made it illegal to use violence to coerce someone to join a trade union
- Made it illegal to threaten someone to join a trade union

Question 8

trade union - successful

Answer 8

• Trade union act 1871 marked the first time trade unions were legal
• Gave trade union civil rights, protected their funds and decriminalised their activities

Question 9

trade union - unsuccessful

Answer 9

• Trade union act did not address peaceful picketing
• Did not explicitly give them the right to strike
• CCLA 1871 made trade union activity illegal
  Gladstone passing these - two reforms on the same day undermined both of them and made him look incompetent

Question 10

public heath what

Answer 10

Public health commission in 1867
- Gave the Poor Law Board the power to regulate and control the asylums
- Set standards for space, nursing, and medical care