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General Strike




March 1926- Samuel Commission:


-no increase to working day


-wages=cut


-mines should be modernised

General Strike




Government subsidy ran out on the 30th April

General Strike




4th May- General Strike began:


- 3 million workers striked

General Strike




Government:


-recruited special constables (226,00 volunteers)


-recruited more volunteers for other jobs


-set up emergency food depots (Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies- OMS)

General Strike




TUC:


-spent £4million




Government:


-spent £433million

General Strike




Violent clashes between strikers and workers happened in:


-Glasgow


-Hull


-Newcaste


-Preston

General Strike




12th May- TUC spoke to government:


-brought strike to an end

General Strike




Main jobs that striked:


-mining


transportation


-gas and electricity

Women




1911- only 10% of married women were employed

Women




Prime Minister Asquith, 1917-


"I find it impossible to withhold from women the power and right of making their voices heard."

Women




1918- Representation of the People Act:


-women over 30 could vote and become MPs

Women




1928- women over 21 could vote (same as men)

Liberals




1900- over 1million people had an annual wage of £750


-there was no welfare state

Liberals




1902- Charles Booth publishes results of his survey:


-1/3 of Londoners lived below poverty line

Liberals




1906- School Meals Act:


-free school dinners for those who needed them


1914- 150,000 children received free dinners

Liberals




1907- children must be checked by a doctor once a year (but treatment would cost)


1912- treatment became free

Liberals




1908- Children's Charter


-The Children and Young Person's Act


-made children 'protected persons'



World War One




BEF= 70,000 strong


German Army= 160,000 (with 2 artillery guns)


-BEF= efficient at firing Lee Enfield rifles


-Kaiser called the BEF a 'contemptible little army'


-German commander called it an 'incomparable army'

World War One




November 1914- Ypres:


- German casualties= 134,000


- British+French= 142,000

World War One




Trench Warfare:


- Lord Kitchener said about trenches: "I don't know what is to be done. This isn't war."


- war before had been cavalry and/or infantry troops

World War One

Trench Warfare:


Techniques-


1) Breakthrough= overwhelm the enemy with opposition


-this failed because defenses were too strong+weaponry was too efficient


2) Attrition= wear the enemy down to see who could last longer

World War One



Februrary 1916- Verdun:


-German casualties= 400,000


-French casualties= 500,000

World War One




Machine Guns:


1914- Germans= 12,000 machine guns


1918- Germans= 100,000 machine guns


- they could fire 400-600 bullets a minute

World War One




Gas:


April 1915- Second Battle of Ypres:


-Chlorine


-Phosgene


-Mustard Gas

World War One




1914-1918- British fired over 170million shells

World War One




1st July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-20,000 dead in one day

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-first tanks were used


-trenches were from 100m-10miles away

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-to relieve the fighting for the French soldiers are Verdun, the British army attacked on the Somme

World War One



July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-100,000 trained German soldiers


-6x as many untrained British soldiers

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-for 7 days and 7 nights, 3000 British+French guns fired 3million shells to destroy the German front line and give access to English troops to just walk over

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-Salford Pals would take over Thiepval (high, advantageous ground)


-they were not allowed to run

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-Ulster Division=trained irish soldiers to claim Schwaben Redoubt (a German Stronghold)


-they were successful but ultimately the Germans reclaimed the land

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-at 7:30am, 90,000 British soldiers began to cross No-Man's Land down the 25miles of trench


-the Germans had hidden in bunkers underground and survived the artillery attack (only 3 of General Hinkel's division were injured)

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


-Germans started firing the machine guns on the British


-they were slaughtered and were not allowed to run

World War One




July 1916- Battle of the Somme:


November 1916- end of the battle:


-Germans=500,000 casualties


-British+French=620,000 casualties

Women




1913- Cat and Mouse Act (Prisoner Act):


-women who starved themselves were released when they were weak, and then recaptured when they were stronger.


-similar to how a cat plays with a mouse before it eats it


-Suffragettes propaganda to gain sympathy

Help for the Elderly




1908- The Old Age Pensions Act:


-introduced a variation of a pension for people over 70


-depending on a person's income, they could receive a max of 5 shillings/week (approx. 25p) to 1 shilling (5p)


-married couples could get up to 7 shillings/week and a sixpence

Help for the Elderly




The Old Age Pensions Act:


-first year saw 650,000 pensioners claiming pensions every week


-1914, this rose to 1million

Help for the Unemployed




1909- The Labour Exchange Act (equivalent to a job centre)


-unemployed people could register and employers could find workers from the list


-1914- there were 400+ labour exchanges with 1million registered workers

Help for the Unemployed




1911- the National Insurance Act:


-supports the unemployed


-for those with unstable jobs


-they would receive a 'national insurance stamp' which meant they could claim benefits for up to 15 weeks should they become unemployed

World War One




1916- Battle of the Somme:


-Creeping Barage- first used 26th Sept:


-walk as artillery is being fired behind tanks so the soldiers were hidden by the smoke

World War One




1916- Battle of the Somme:


-432,000 British casualties


-500,000 German casualties


-200,000 French casualties


-70,000 unknown casualties