A Changing Society, c.1900.

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After what year did Britain become a rapidly changing society?
1900.
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In the 1900s, why could ALL British adults have a say in what the government do for their public's health?
As they were to ALL have the vote from 1928.
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What thing, that improved from 1900, helped to improve public health?
The improving living conditions in Britain at that time.
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Which two wars had a big impact of British public health and therefore society?
WW1 and WW2.
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Which political party supported working class people and in what year did they gain control of Britain?
The Labour Party and they gained power in 1945.
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What did the Labour Party introduce during their reign from 1945? Give two.
The NHS and the welfare state.
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When were the suffragettes founded?
1903.
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Were the suffragettes the only group of people campaigning for women's rights at that time?
No, there were others.
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In what years did women, who were either householders or married and aged over 30, get the vote?
1918.
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In what year did women become equal in their suffrage, when ALL women aged over 21 got the vote?
1928.
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Up until when did the 19th century industries prosper in Britain, for example: the textiles, steel and shipbuilding industries?
When WW1 broke out in 1914.
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Why did the 19th century industries continue to not prosper once WW1 was finished?
As this was when other countries had the opportunity to import in good to England to sell; as, England had little to do so during and after the war.
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What did new technology do to older industries after 1945 and when did this happen until?
They began to overtake them, but they did well after 1945, but began to decline by the 1980s.
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Why did the number of factory workers decline in Britain in the 1900s?
As the service industry was developing and, now for example, 4 in 5 people work in the service sector.
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Why did people begin to become unemployed in the 1900s?
As the newer industries were deserting and dissolving the older ones, making jobs in the over ones scarce and in the newer ones plentiful, but first a person had to develop a new skill.
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In what year was the General Strike organised, for whom was this and who took part?
1926, by all workers in support for miners, when the mine owners want to reduce their pay.
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What two events made workers lives worse and in what year were these?
The Great Depression, caused by the Way Street Crash in 1929.
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What decade was seen to be a part of the Great Depression?
The 1930s.
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What was unemployment like in Jarrow (the north-east) in comparison to London and Oxford?
In Jarrow it was 68%, whereas in London it was 9% and in Oxford only 5%.
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Why did the changes in the jobs people were doing change the people's health?
As thy were working in less physically demanding and dangerous jobs, for instance: mining and textiles, where respiratory diseases would have been common due to poor air circulation.
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When was the post-war boom?
Between 1945 and the 1970s.
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What was the post-war boom and what did it mean?
It was when most of the world's economies were thriving, meaning unemployment was low.
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What did the post-war boom do for public health? (2.)
It meant that people could afford to buy better housing and food, improving public health in general.
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When did the world economies begin to struggle again?
In the late 1970s.
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Who was the most recent finical crash?
2008.
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What happened to the economy after the late 1970s and 2008?
They struggled to grow again.
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What happened to the class system in the 1930s?
It became more fragmented, meaning people had less loyalty to a particular class of people.
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What happened to people's views in the 1900s? (2.)
They became more liberal and open-minded.
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When was the Butler Act passed and what did it do?
1944 and it raised the school leaving age to 15 and made secondary education free.
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When was the Robbins Report and what did it lead to?
1963 and it lead to the creation of new universities.
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Give two examples of middle class jobs?
Merchants and business owners.
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Give two examples of working class jobs?
Farmers and industrial workers.
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After WW2 from which four countries were people coming from to settle in Britain?
Jamaica, the West Indies, India and Pakistan.
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What helped Britain to become more multi-cultural?
The fact that there were many people from different countries to settle here.
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When was the Equal Pay Act passed?
1970.
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What else did the Equal Pay Act do?
Give the same working conditions to women and men too.
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In what year was the Sex Discrimination Atc passed?
1975.
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What three things allowed more people to escape poverty and improve their own living conditions?
The access to education and job opportunities for women and the breaking down of class identities.
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In what year were the Empre Windrush the first lot of migrants that came to Britain?
1948.
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What happened to Christian influence in scociety during the 1900s?
It decreased a lot.
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By what year did only 59% of the British population say that they were Christian?
By 2011.
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What percentage of the British population said that they were not religous by 2011?
25%.
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In waht year werre homosexuality and abortion leaglsied and what did this show about British scociety? (3.)
1967, this showed that their views had become more liberal; as, the Christian influence in scoiety was being decreased and the scoial class pyramid was being broken.
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Prior to 1967, what happened to women that wanted an abortion had got one?
They would get one using dangerous methods, which caused both health problems and death.
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By the second half of 1900, what had happened to the public's view of politcians? (2.)
They began to mistrust them and therefore respected them less.
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Give 7 things that were invented in the 1900s ,which revolutioised communication and transport?
Planes, cars, the internet, radios, phones, computers and TVs.
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What were created (in the medical world) in the 1900s and what two things did these help to do?
Medical devices, which improved the diagnostics of disease and illness and also imprved treatments.
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When were CT scanners invented?
In the 1970s.
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In what two decades was there an economic boom, when people saw a rise in wages?
In the 1950s and the 1960s.
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What did this lead to? (3.)
An increase in people that could afford better food and living conditons for a better overall public health.
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In the economic boom of the 50s and 60s, what three things could people begin to afford and why?
Luxury itmes, such as: TVs, washing machines and hoovers; they had disposbale income.
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What did this lead to and why?
Consumerism; shopping became a lesuire activity.
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From when were shops allowed to open on a Sunday and what two things did this symbolise?
From 1994 and this symbolised the growth of consumerism and the deveopment of liberal views.
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