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13 Cards in this Set
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What percentage of the population were very rich in the early 1900's? |
3%. they would earn at least £700 a year. |
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How much did the middle class earn? |
£150-£700 and could afford 1 servant |
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How much did the working class earn? |
Men earned £1.50 a week, women earned around half. |
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How much did Rowntree estimate the working class in York earned? |
Around 40% earned less than £1 |
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What percentage did the wealthy make up of the population? |
1% but got 55% of the wealth |
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What did the conservative government set up in 1905? |
The Royal Commission to look at the Poor Law |
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What did the resultant 2 reports show? |
The first (Majority Report) said people were poor due to their own choices, they they were gambling and drinking and that enough was being down for the poor already
The second (Minority Report) stated that the poor couldn't help their circumstances, and due to illness, old age and lack of jobs people were poor. They believed more needed to be done. |
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Who won the election in 1906? |
The liberal party won by a landslide and led to the emergence of "New Liberalism" which favoured government intervention. |
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What did Charles Booth discover in his research for the reforms? |
Over 19 years of research he discovered that 30% of London people were in severe poverty and 85% of people were poor due to circumstances out of their control. |
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What 4 classes of poor did Booth discover? |
A- criminals B-part time workers C- Occasional workers affected by depressions D- Low wages |
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What did Rowntree discover? |
Published in 1901 he found 28% of people in York severely poor. He discovered Primary poverty (people who were poor no matter how hard they worked) and Secondary poverty (families who could be pushed into poverty by illness etc.) |
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What did Rowntree discover? |
Published in 1901 he found 28% of people in York severely poor. He discovered Primary poverty (people who were poor no matter how hard they worked) and Secondary poverty (families who could be pushed into poverty by illness etc.) |
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Who was catching up to Britains industrial advancements? |
America and Germany as Germany had a good Welfare system for workers. Worried as 2/3 of men volunteering for the army were unfit to work. |
