Liberal And Social Reforms

Question 1

When did the liberal government first introduce change

Answer 1

From 1906

Question 2

What book did Charles booth publish and when

Answer 2

Life and labour of the people

Published in 1889

Question 3

What percentage of London’s population were living in abject poverty

Answer 3

35%

His detailed survey had originally been designed to prove the belief that 25% of the population lived in poverty was far to high

Question 4

When did Booth first discover level of poverty in parts of Liverpool

Answer 4

When he was campaigning unsuccessfully for election to parliament in 1865

Question 5

What did Booth publish

Answer 5

reports which were very influential in changing attitudes towards the poor

Question 6

Who was Seebohm Rowntree

Answer 6

a quaker, he was born into a rich family of chocolate makers in york

Question 7

who inspired rowntree

Answer 7

the work of booth inspired him to investigate poverty in York

Question 8

How did rowntree become influential in government circles

Answer 8

he influenced lloyd george and beveridge and his report in 1942- he could have perhaps single handedly changed government attitudes to poverty forever

Question 9

between 1897 and 1898 how many people did rowntree and his researchers interview

Answer 9

46,000 citizens of the city and his results were published in ‘poverty, a study of town life’ in 1901

Question 10

what percentage of people lived in poverty in York

Answer 10

nearly half the working class people

Question 11

what is rowntree known as the inventor of?

Answer 11

the term ‘poverty line’ and became an adviser to Lloyd george after 1906

Question 12

what was the 3rd book which played an influential part in shifting opinion?

Answer 12

in 1913, Maud Pember Reeves published ‘round about a pound a week’ which was a detailed survey of way workers, many of them in regular employment, like policemen, struggled to exist on an average wage of £1 a week. She had set out to prove that these families wasted money on drink but found that often women were going without food so the man (wage earner) and the children could eat.

Question 13

how many shillings in 25 pence

Answer 13

5 shillings

Question 14

What year was workmens compensation act passed

Answer 14

1906- granted compensation for injury at work

Question 15

what year was education (provision of meals) act

Answer 15

1906

Question 16

what year was education (administrative provisions) act

Answer 16

1907 and created school medical inspections

Question 17

what year was matrimonial causes act

Answer 17

1907 and maintenance payments were to be paid to divorced women

Question 18

what year was the children and young persons act (children’s charter)

Answer 18

1908 and made it illegal to sell alcohol, tobacco or fireworks to children

Question 19

what year was the old age pensions act

Answer 19

1908 and over 70’s received 5 shillings a week, 7s 6d for a married couple

Question 20

what year was labour exchanged act

Answer 20

1909 and helped get people back into a job

Question 21

what year was the housing and town planning act

Answer 21

1909 and made it illegal to build back to back houses

Question 22

what year was the national insurance act

Answer 22

1911 and sick and unemployment pay was introduced if you paid contributors into the scheme

Question 23

what did Dr Barnardo do

Answer 23

provided very cheap or free meals for the children attending his ‘ragged school’ in London, where he argued that children could not learn properly if they were malnourished.

Question 24

when was the free school meals act made compulsory

Answer 24

from 1906 but was not compulsory for local authorities to provide them until 1914, when 14 million were served over the course of the year. Parents were asked to contribute towards cost if they could afford it, the rest would come from local rates

Question 25

during ww2 what percentage of the population were receiving free school meals

Answer 25

15% and had to pay 5d or 6d for a meal

Question 26

when were free school meals banned?

Answer 26

the price increased until 1988 when the right to free school meals was restricted by Margaret Thatchers government.

Question 27

what happened in september 2014

Answer 27

the coalition government of david cameron and nick clegg re-introduced free school meals for KS1 children, partly as a result of concerns many children were not learning properly due to hunger. This is not dissimilar to the reasons why Dr Barnardo established his ragged school