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42 Cards in this Set
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How many Brits were unemployed in 1929? |
1.5 million |
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How many Brits were unemployed in 1930? |
2.4 million |
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What is the NUWM and when was it set up? |
NUWM is the National Unemployed Worker's Movement, and it was set up in 1921. |
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What industries were worst affected by unemployment in the 1930s? |
Cotton, coal, steel and iron, shipbuilding |
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Which places in the UK were worst affected by unemployment in the 1930s? |
North and East of England, Scotland and Wales |
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What percentage of shipbuilders were unemployed by 1932? |
62% |
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How many people were unemployed in 1939? |
1.8 million |
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What was the name of the man who had 4 children and their weekly earnings was 47shillings 6pennies |
Alfred Smith 4 children earned 47s 6pennies budget 47shillings 2pennies |
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What was the means test for? |
To qualify for the dole It determined how much money a family had in savings How much money a family were getting from income Looked at possessions of a family to potentially sell |
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When was the labour government elected? |
1929 |
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What did the labour government change after election in 1929? |
They proposed the means test, but most ministers refused This made the government collapse |
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When was the National Government set up? And what did it change? |
1929 By the end of 1931, 10% of benefit spending had been cut |
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What was the relevance of the Unemployment Act in 1934? |
It set out the clear rules of the NI benefit and The dole. |
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What were the rules of the National Insurance Benefit? |
It was avaliable to anyone who had made NI contributions It was only available for 15 weeks |
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What were the rules for the dole? |
It was available to anyone who had not made NI contributions, or who had had their 15 weeks of NIB. You had to pass the means test to qualify for the dole |
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What did the Special Areas Act do, and when? |
Special Areas act made in 1934 Scotland, Tyneside, and South Wales were given £2million Industries were allowed to apply for money In 1937, businesses were offered low rents and reduced taxes, to open up in the "special areas" |
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What was unemployment like in Jarrow? |
In 1935, 64% of people were unemployed |
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Why was unemployment so bad in Jarrow? |
Most of the 9500 people that made up the workforce in Jarrow were employed via the shipyard. In 1934, the National Shipyard Security (NSS) closed Palmer's shipyard. This left 64% of Jarrow unemployed |
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What was the role of the National Shipyard Security |
The NSS attempted to rationalise the shipyard industry in order to make it more efficient. They bought, sold, rented, and closed shipyards. |
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When was the National Shipyard Security made? |
1930 |
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When did the NSS close Palmer's shipyard? |
1934 |
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State some facts about the Jarrow Crusade |
200 of Jarrow's fittest male workers Marched to London To ask for work They brought with them a petition signed by 1000 people They marched 291 miles in 22 stages |
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Who did Stanley Baldwin refuse to see, and what did he refuse to do? |
MP for Jarrow He refused to sign the petition |
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What happened after the Jarrow Crusade |
Many men were offered work, but away from Jarrow MP John Jarvis opened steel works in 1937, it employed 200 men, and gave the government a reason to ignore Jarrow |
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What did the government do to prepare british people for war? |
air raid shelters home front air raid precautions gas mask fittings anderson shelters in back gardens blackouts evactuation |
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what day did evacuation begin |
1st september 1939 |
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how many people were evacuated? |
3 million people (including mothers of young children), children, and blind people were evacuated within 4 days of 1st september 1939 |
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when was d-day |
5th june 1944 |
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what happened during d-day to make it a success? |
USA and Britain bombed radar stations across Normandy coast Britain and USA |
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How did Britain and the USA eventually defeat Germany |
bombed industrial sites bombed military bases abolished rail and road links used radar to detect and bomb german submarines |
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How many people were killed and how many left homeless because of the blitz? |
43,000 killed 2 million homeless |
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How many cities in Britain were bombed? |
16 cities across Britain |
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When did the Blitz happen? |
7th september 1940 to May 1941 |
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what were the german intentions behind the blitz? |
to lower british morale, and cause brits to stop participating in the war effort |
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when did the coventry blitz start? |
14th november 1940 |
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how many deaths and injuries were said to come because of the coventry blitz? |
380-554 deaths thousands of injuries |
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what was the average rationing allowance for butter in 1941? |
56g of butter |
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when did conscription start for women? |
8th december 1941 |
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what were women expected to do in terms of jobs after the war |
they had to give them up to the men |
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what were the 5 giants |
ignorance disease idleness squalor want |
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how did labour tackle the 5 giants |
ignorance - 1947 they set up free education up until the age of 15 disease - NHS in 1946 idleness - government schemes provided jobs squalor - 1946, 17 new towns were built in England, 750,000 new homes (the same amount destroyed by war) want - NIA 1946, took NI payments from workers, gave them to maternity, sick, pensions National Assitance Act 1946, help for homeless, disabled, mentally ill |
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why were doctors opposed to the NHS? |
they were scared that the gov would take over their possesions |
