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When did Queen Victoria die?
22 January 1901
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How long did Queen Victoria reign for?
63 years
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How many private charities were there at this time?
In 1905- 700 to 800
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When was the first childrens shelter set up and who by?
1867- Dr Thomas Barnardo
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When he died in 1905 how many children had he rescued?
59,384 and helped 500,000 to lead better lives
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What was in place to help the poor in 1905?
The Poor Law- people went to the workhouses where life was short and poor.
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What was the book brought out in 1910?
George Sims "Living in London"
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Who created the Salvation Army?
William and Catherine Booth
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Charles Booth. Name the book, how long he worked on it, how many people he investigated, how many people were below the poverty line, and what percentage were poor due to low wages/unemployement.
"Life and Labour of People in London", 17 years, 4000, 31%, 85%
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Seebohm Rowntree. Name where he investigated, what percentage of people were living in poverty, and how much he believe a family could live off per week.
York, 28%, family of 5 for 21s 8d/week
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When was the Boer War?
1899
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What fraction of the men who signed up were rejected?
2/3
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When was the Labour Party formed?
1900
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When was the election that created a Liberal Government?
1906
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What was the breakdown of MP's?
400 Liberal, 157 conservatives, 83 Irish Nat, 29 Labour
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Pension Act. When was it, who applied and how much did they get.
1908, over 70's, if single; 5s/week if married; 7s 6d/week (later changed to 10s)
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What was the LE Act and when was it?
Labour Exchange Act, 1906
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National Insurance Part 1. When was it, who joined,how many were covered in the begining, how much did they have to pay, what benefits did they get and how much money were they covered for?
1911, all manual workers HAD to join, 10mil men + 4mil women, workers 4d, employer 3d, government 2d, free medical/maternity care of 30d, 10s for 13 weeks after wich 5s for 13 weeks.
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National Insurance Part 2. When was it, who was it for, how much did they have to pay and how much did they get?
1912, unemploed, 2d for stamps, recieved 7s 6d for 15 weeks
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Name the two acts brought in for children and their dates.
Free School Meals-1906 School Medical Inspection-1907
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How many had free school meals?
By 1914, 158,000
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What was the down side of the School Medical Inspections?
Until 1912 parents had to pay for any treatement.
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When was the Childrens Act?
1908
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Name 5 elements from the childrens charter.
'protected persons'; childrens homes registered and inspected;juvenile courts;under 14's couldn't go to prison/pubs;under 16's couldn't buy cigarettes.
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How much did you have to earn under in order to be accepted for the national insurance?
£160 a year
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What was Lloyd Georges role in parliament?
Chancellor of the exchequer
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What was the priciple of laissez faire?
Induviduals are soley responsible for their own lives and welfare
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Who were the rising industrial powers challenging Britain?
USA and Germany
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How many jobs were the Labour Exchanges finding for people each day?
3000 by 1913
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Who was Prime Minister in 06-08?
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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What role did Winston Churchil have in the governement at this time?
President of the board of trade
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Who was Prime Minister after 1908?
Herbert Asquith
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