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What was the main help for the unemployed during the 1890's?
Workhouses were run by local councils. They were seen as shameful and were hard to get out of.
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Who won the 1906 election?
Liberals won a landslide
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How many people in the UK had an income of more than £750 a year?
More than a million.
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What was missing from society in the early 1900's
there was no welfare state.
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What was the conclusion of the Rowntree survey?
43% of York's population lived below the poverty line.
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What was the poverty line?
Less than £1 a week for a family of five.
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When was the Booth survey?
1902
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What was the result of Booth's survey?
Almost a third of Londoners were below the poverty line.
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What ink was found during the Booth survey?
He found a link between poverty and early death
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Who were the poorest people according to Booth?
Elderly and unhealthy people were the poorest.
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What jobs were often done in workhouses?
Separating strands of rope, breaking rocks, and laundry or cleaning
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In 1899 volunteers for the Boer war were needed, but what percentage were deemed unfit for military service?
40%
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Who were the main groups the liberals wanted to help?
The young, elderly, ill and unemployed
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In what year was a law passed making an education necessary?
1880
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Why did some children not attend school?
So that they could go and work and get wages for the family.
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What law was set up to help children eat properly, and solve the problem of children being to hungry to learn?
The 1906 School Meals Act told local authorities that free school meas should be provided to the poorest children.
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By 1914, how many children recieved school meals due to the School Meals Act?
150,000
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What was a problem with the school meals act?
Only half the local authorities did it.
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What was introduced in 1907 for children?
School Medical Service
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What did the school medical service ensure?
Children had to be inspected by a doctor or nurse at least once a year. At first any treatment had to be paid for, but by 1912, it was free.
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When was the "children's charter"?
1908
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What was a result of the children's charter?
It was illegal to sell alcohol, tobacco or fireworks to children under the age of 16. Working hours, and the types of work that children could do were limited.
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What 1908 act made children protected persons, and what affect did it have?
Children and Young person's Act. Parents could be prosecuted for neglecting their children and it was illegal to insure a child's life.
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What was the name given to a "child prison."
Borstals
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What system was set up for children offenders?
A probation system was set up for children who had offended.
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What was set up to support families where children were neglected?
Care Committees
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What year did Lloyd George become Chancellor?
1908
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What year was the People's Budget set up?
1909
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What did the people's budget do?
Raised taxes partially to pay for new measure that the liberals wanted to pass to help the unemployed, sick and elderly.
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Why did many old people end up in workhouses?
There was no pension, and so the only income that they had was from the charity of friends.
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What did Lloyd George say about workhouses?
He intended to, "lift the shadow of the workhouse from the lives of the poor."
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What act was introduced for the elderly in 1908, and what did it do?
The Old Aged Pensions Act gave pensions to people on low incomes who had low incomes and were over the age of 70.
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How were the value of pensions decided?
On a sliding scale, depending on income, varying from 1 shilling to 5 shillings a week.
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What did pensions not involve?
People did not have to pay into a pension fund whilst they worked.
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In the first year, how many people collected a weekly pension?
650,000.
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How many pensioners were there by 1914?
A million
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What was set up in 1909 to hep the unemployed?
A scheme of labour exchanges were set up. Unemployed could register, and employers could find workers easily. By 1914 there were more than 400 exchanges nationally and over 1 million workers registered.
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What is friendly society?
A voluntary society that members paid a subscription to. In return, they got financial help medical aid if they got ill.
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Who was unemployment benefit provided for?
Workers in trades such as ship building, engineering and building because work was often unavailable and so they were frequently unemployed
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How did unemployment benefit work?
The worker, employer, and government paid into the scheme, and the worker received a national insurance stamp on his card.
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If you became unemployed, how long could you claim benefits for?
Up to 15 weeks
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The Unemployment benefit was only small, why?
Because the government didn't want to encourage people to live off the system, they wanted to help people find work.
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What was available for all workers earning more than £3 a weak?
Compulsory illness insurance. Them worker paid 4 pence, the employer paid 3 pence and the government paid 2 pence.
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What did families receive at the birth of every child?
30 shillings
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What was received from the sickness insurance?
10 shillings a week for a maximum of 26 weeks.
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Why were the liberal reforms so important?
The government, for the first time, was trying to prevent people becoming completely poor.
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The 1905, royal commission was set up to look at poor law. What was the result?
They couldn't decide so two reports were released. The majority report said that it was people's own thought if they were poor, but the minority said that they couldn't help being poor.
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What did the trade borders act of 1909 do?
Set a minimum wage for each industry.
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