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Social reformer that investigated the 30% poverty rate in London in 1889
Charles Booth
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The party that won the election in 1906 and created reforms
Liberals
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Party that was gaining support from the workers (started in 1900)
Labour
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Two reports were made about poverty in 1905 the majority and ..... report
minoity
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By 1913 1 million benefited from this act
Old age pension act
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Act made for young people in 1906, helped 150,000 people by 1914
Free school meals
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First part of the National insurance act gave medical are, sick pay and maternity leave what was it for?
health insurance
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In 1909 this was made to reduce unemployment 1 million jobs were found every year.
Labour exchange
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NUWSS, led by Millicent Fawcett- who were they?
Suffragists
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Created in 1903 due to frustration at NUWSS tactics
Suffragettes
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In 1907 women were encouraged by this act.
Qualification of women act
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in 1912 the speaker refuses to address this bill- making protests more extreme
Plural voting bill
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This allowed the government to take 2.5 million acres of land, censor material, enforce rationing and conscription
DORA
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This was introduced in England in 1916 due to a lack of workers.
conscrpition
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Only 3 weeks of grain was left in this month in 1917
April
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In 1914 25% of merchant ships were being sunk by these, from Germany.
U boats
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Beer, butter, sugar and meat were all controlled in 1918 through this
rationing
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1500 civillians were killed through these during the war
bombing raids
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the name given to women that worked in munitions factories due to the dangerous chemicals affecting their skin
canaries
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This propaganda film was so accurate- it coud have been considered as anti war in 1916
The battle of the Somme
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Who got re elected in 1918 to be PM?
Lloyd George
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800,000 jobs in this trade had been filled by women during the war
engineering
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This act allowed women over 30 to vote and men over 21 1918
representation of the people
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The party that won the election in 1906 and created reforms

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Party that was gaining support from the workers (started in 1900)

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Two reports were made about poverty in 1905 the majority and ..... report

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By 1913 1 million benefited from this act

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