British Depth Study 1890-1918
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- Created on: 09-06-13 13:45
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- What Happened 1890-1918
- The reforms of the Liberal Government 1906-1912
- From Lassez-faire to collectivism
- Charles Booth
- He was born into a wealthy Liverpool ship-owning family and in the mid-1870's he moved his company offices to London
- He refused to accept the national statistics that about 25 per cent of the working population was living in poverty.
- He found out that nearly 31 per cent of the population of London were living below what he called the poverty line.
- He decided to investigate for himself and set up a paid team of investigators
- Over 17 years his team investigated the living, income and spending of over 4000 Londoners.
- These findings were published between 1889 and 1903 in 17 volumes.
- Booth worked out that 85 per cent of people were living in poverty because of problems relating to unemployment and low wages
- Over 17 years his team investigated the living, income and spending of over 4000 Londoners.
- Seebohm Rowntree
- Belonged to a family of wealthy quaker yorkshire based chclate makers.
- Britain during the First World War
- Recruitment
- When war Broke out Britain had a small army of 250,000 inividuals
- In March 1969 over 2.5 million men had volunteered to join 'Kitchener's Army''
- When war Broke out Britain had a small army of 250,000 inividuals
- Women at war
- Recruiting women
- In August 1915 all men and women between the ages 16-65 had to register
- Recruiting women
- Recruitment
- The reforms of the Liberal Government 1906-1912
- Votes for Women
- What Happened 1890-1918
- The reforms of the Liberal Government 1906-1912
- From Lassez-faire to collectivism
- Charles Booth
- He was born into a wealthy Liverpool ship-owning family and in the mid-1870's he moved his company offices to London
- He refused to accept the national statistics that about 25 per cent of the working population was living in poverty.
- He found out that nearly 31 per cent of the population of London were living below what he called the poverty line.
- He decided to investigate for himself and set up a paid team of investigators
- Over 17 years his team investigated the living, income and spending of over 4000 Londoners.
- These findings were published between 1889 and 1903 in 17 volumes.
- Booth worked out that 85 per cent of people were living in poverty because of problems relating to unemployment and low wages
- Over 17 years his team investigated the living, income and spending of over 4000 Londoners.
- Seebohm Rowntree
- Belonged to a family of wealthy quaker yorkshire based chclate makers.
- Britain during the First World War
- Recruitment
- When war Broke out Britain had a small army of 250,000 inividuals
- In March 1969 over 2.5 million men had volunteered to join 'Kitchener's Army''
- When war Broke out Britain had a small army of 250,000 inividuals
- Women at war
- Recruiting women
- In August 1915 all men and women between the ages 16-65 had to register
- Recruiting women
- Recruitment
- The reforms of the Liberal Government 1906-1912
- What Happened 1890-1918
- Lord Kitchener, the secretary of state war, informed the Government that he would need a fighting force of at least 1 million.
- There was a frezy of enthusiasm as friends joined up toghter and the army kept them together iin Pal's Battalions'
- Three months later this was extended to married men and between 1916-1918 one in three men were conscripted.
- Conscientious objectors
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- Conscientious objectors
- 1886-1903
- He calculated that a family of 5 could live on 21 shillings and 8 pence.
- He discoverd that 28 per cent of the population of York were living in poverty
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