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67 Cards in this Set
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When was the DORA act put in place? |
1914 |
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What does DORA stand for? |
defence of the relms act |
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When was british militery conscription put in place? |
1916 |
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When was voluntary food rationing introduced? |
1917 |
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When was the womens land army founded? |
1917 |
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When was the national war aims comittee founded? |
1917 |
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When did compulsory food rationing begin and what was rationed? |
1918 beer, butter, sugar and meat. |
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When was Lloyd George elected as PM? |
1918 |
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When did the war finish? |
nov 1918 |
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When did women gain the vote in New Zealand? |
1893 |
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When was the NUWSS (sufferagists) founded? |
1897 |
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When was the WSPU (sufferagettes) founded? |
1903 |
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When did Asquith become PM and why was this bad for the womens campain |
1908, He was against womens rights |
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When could married women vote in district councils? |
1894 |
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When was the cat and mouse act put into place? |
1913 |
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Who threw themselves infront of the Kings horse and when? |
Emily Davidson in 1913 |
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When could women over 30 who own land/ are married vote? |
1918 |
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When could all women over 21 vote? |
1928 |
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When were women able to become MP's? |
1918 |
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What act in 1918 gave; women over 30 the vote all men over 21 the vote women the right to become MP's? |
The representation of the people act |
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When was the Boer war? |
1899-1902 |
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When was the school meals act started? |
1906 |
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When did the Liberals first win the elections, starting their reforms? |
1906 |
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When did free school medical inspections begin? |
1907 |
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When was the the childrens and young persons act introduced? |
1908 |
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When was the old age pensions act introduced? |
1908 |
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When was the trade boards act introduced? |
1909 |
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When was the labour exchange act introduced? |
1909 |
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When was national insurance introduced? |
1911 |
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When was the paliament act put in place? |
1911 |
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When were work houses abolished? |
1930 |
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What percent of Boer War volunteers were malnourished? |
40% |
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Charles Booth; Name of his research? Where did he investigate? What % of people were in poverty |
'life and labour of the people' London 30% |
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Seebohm Rowntree; Name of his research? Where did he investigate? What % of people were in poverty? |
'poverty, a study of town life' York 28% |
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When was the Royal comission to investigate the poor law carried out? |
1905 |
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3 conclusions the majority report of the royal commission had on the Poor law |
-Poors fault they are poor -Poor due to gambling and drinking -Enough was done for the poor already |
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3 conclusions the Minority report of the Royal commision on the poor law had |
-people couldnt help being poor -illness, age, and unemployment were to blame -MORE should be done to help the poor |
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2 polititions that campained for changes while also making names for themsleves? |
Lloyd George and Churchill |
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What was the LEA |
Local Education Authorities |
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2 things the childrens charter of 1908 did for children |
-made it illegal for children to buy cigarettes, go to pubs or beg -set up juvenile detention |
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At what age were you entitled to a state pension under the old age pensions act of 1908? |
70 (with low income)(less than £21) |
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What did the first part of the National Insurance act of 1911 involve? |
Giving health insurance to workers |
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How much and for how long was sick pay for workers under the national insurance act? |
10 shillings for 4 or less days |
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How much was the maternity grant under the National insurance act? |
30 shillings |
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How many people had health insurance under the new National insurance act? |
10 million |
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What did the secon part of the national insurance act involve? |
Unemployment benefits and Trade boards that set up minimun wage |
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How much did unemployment benefit pay and for how long? |
7 shillings a week for up to 15 weeks |
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Who was the unemployment benefit aimed at? |
shipbuilders, iron founding and construction workers |
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Why was the parliments act put in place? |
The mainly conservative house of lords was preventing the bills of liberal reforms for their own personal interest, not the good of the country. |
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When was the peoples buget put in place? |
1909 |
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Name 3 pre 1900 womens laws |
-the matrimonial clause act (1857) -the married women's property act (1870) -the guardianship of children act (1886) -womens vote in district councils (1894) -the married women act (in case of desertion)(1886) |
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Why did women not have the vote in the first place? |
-they didnt belong (should care for the home) -women weren't seen as rational -men were meant to own houses/vote, very few rich women owned houses -if rich women could vote, they would vote conservative and the liberals wanted to avoid that. |
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What does NUWSS stand for? |
Nation Union of Womens Sufferage Society (suffragists) |
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Who founded the sufferagists and what methods did they use? |
Millicent Fawcett -persuasion -meetings -petitions |
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What does WSPU stand for? |
Womens Social and Political Union (suffragettes) |
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Who founded the sufferagettes and what were their methods? |
Emmeline Pankhurst -riots -setting fire to mail boxes -disruption of meetings -heckling |
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What bill almost gave women the vote in 1912? |
The pural voting bill but it never went to parliament |
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When did the sufferagettes begin using huger strikes as a political tool? |
1909 |
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What jobs did women take over during WW1? |
-bus conductors -drivers -postal worker -farm labourers -coal deliverers |
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4 things DORA introduced? |
-conscription -control over industry -control over farmland -day light saving -control over alcohol consumption -censorship -rationing |
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Who is featured in the iconic 'your country needs you' poster campain? |
Lord Kitchener |
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Who was orginally conscripted in WW1? |
single men between 18-40 |
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What were pacifists also known as and what did the state class them as? |
conscientious objectors and traitors |
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What were the 3 things done to prevent british food shortages? |
-Naval convoys protecting merchant ships -Compulsory rationing -British food farming increased (women's land army was founded in 1917) |
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4 things that were done to prevent bad new of the war reaching home? |
-letters were censored -reporters couldnt go to battle grounds -newpapers were censored -photos of dead soldiers were unavailable -casualty figures were unavailable |
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How many civilians were killed in bomb raids? |
1500 |
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When did the ministry of information release what film? |
in 1916 the battle of somme was released |
