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6. Which of the following facts about people's reaction to the reforms is not true:
- Pensioners on low incomes were grateful
- Many conservatives hated the idea of the
- All poor people were happy about the reforms
- Civil servants were pleased as the reforms increased the size of government
- Most of the rich objected to being taxed to pay for the welfare system
7. The Labour Party was formed in 1900.
8. In the Boer War (1899-1902) 80% of the men who signed up to fight were turned away due to bad health.
9. Which of the following is not true about Charles Booth's research?
- He found 85% were poor through their own fault.
- He did 17 years of research
- He found 31% of Londoners were below the poverty line/in primary poverty.
10. Rowntree found that 28% of York was in poverty
