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6. what is the people's budget also regarded as?

  • the social improvement scheme
  • a rip off
  • the war of the classes
  • the tori nightmare

7. what products were indirectly targeted by the people's act?

  • resources: printers, paper, books, pens
  • luxury items: cars, petrol, beer, tobacco
  • furnishings: chairs, baths, toilets
  • Necessary items: Water, bread, flour, apples

8. how much money did DLG need to get from the people's budget?

  • 100 thousand
  • 15 million
  • 80 million
  • 3 million

9. why was the passing of the parliament act a problem

  • the king opposed the bill
  • it had to go through the lords
  • the act had many loop holes
  • the conservatives wanted the act to happen

10. how many seats did labour get in the 1910 election?

  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 30

11. Did the People's budget get passed?

  • no, it was vetoed
  • yes, but only just
  • yes, it was passed through the lords in November 1909
  • no, the unionists ripped up the bill

12. the parliment act reduced the amount of time between elections from 7 years to...

  • 5 years
  • 2 years
  • 18 months
  • 3.5 years

13. what did the 'rats' do in the passing of the parliament act in the lords?

  • abstained
  • resigned from the lords
  • voted in favour
  • voted against the bill

14. how did the liberals suggest passing the parliment act?

  • the public protested against the rejection of the bill and this caused lots of trouble for the conservatives
  • they asked the king to create more liberal peers so the act could be passed
  • the king, with lots of persuasion used his powers to pass the act.
  • they called a general election

15. how many seats did the conservatives get in the 1910 election?

  • 273
  • 274
  • 275
  • 276

16. what did the 'ditchers' do in the passing of the parliament act in the lords?

  • voted against the bill
  • protested
  • abstained
  • resigned

17. What was the outcome of the 1910 election?

  • the Irish nationalists were granted home rule
  • the people's budget was passed
  • the conservatives were kept out of the lords
  • the lords lost all of their power

18. how many seats did the liberals get in the 1910 election?

  • 275
  • 276
  • 274
  • 273

19. who would be taxed heavily in the 1909 people's budget?

  • the unemployed/sick
  • the rich
  • the poor
  • the middle classes

20. how did King George V try to resolve how the parliament act was passed?

  • called a conference
  • he created more peers
  • he passed the act
  • he told the conservatives to pass the act