Liberal Reforms 1914 Flashcards
When did Britain suffer poverty, what was the attitude of the government and what were the methods of gaining aid? (Intro) 1/3
In 1851 Britain suffered a widespread appearance of poverty and the only methods of receiving aid were by means on behalf of the church, charities and families. The prevailing attitude of the government was that of laizzes faire which ultimately made it hard for the poor to advance the social ladder.
When did the prevailing attitude of the government become not acceptable. (Intro) 2/3
By 1914 the prevailing attitude of the government was not tolerated and a series of reforms were introduced subsequently to this.
What were the most important reasons for the reforms? (Intro) 3/3
Municipal socialism, new liberalism, national security and the findings of both Boothe and Rowntree.
Municipal Socialism introductory sentences (1.1) MS
Municipal socialism was a factor containing much significance to the implementation of the liberal reforms due to the acts passed prior to 1906. This can be seen in lieu of the Glasgow water act in 1855 that provided clean water due to the outbreak of cholera in 1849 in which 4,000 people died.
Glasgow 1914 (1.2) MS
There were also many MORAL IMPROVEMENTS that were implemented on a local scale this can be seen in Glasgow in 1914 where 20 new large corporation bath houses were constructed.
Importance of the bath houses and moral improvements in Glasgow 1914 (1.3) MS
Important because it highlighted the possibility that if government intervention could take place after the initial beta local improvements we could see many peoples lives changing if the reforms were rolled out on a national scale.
Evaluate and reference how new liberalism was more important. (1.5E) MS
In evaluation, although municipal socialism was an important factor due to its excellent creating of initial introductory moral improvements and reforms on a local scale, it is clear this would not work. Therefore, new liberalism and the ideologies created on a national stage were more important as these ideas possessed great care and a cause for concern due to the widespread poverty that is seen across the country. New liberalists were using these ideas to influence government decision making to start making reforms of a national standard and many people supported this.
Why was municipal socialism not the most important reason? (1.4H) MS
However, the implementation of these moral improvements on a national scale would have to seek the correct and required funding. This would ultimately have to be sourced from higher taxation of rich. It would be ludicrous to believe that this increased taxation would be welcomed.
New liberalism and genuine concern introductory sentences (2.1) NL
New liberalistic ideologies was in essence brought forth by the 1909 peoples budget which in essence cemented ideas for increased taxation on the rich, this of course lost the liberals a number of upper class votes.
What increased after 1908? (2.2) NL
The number of welfare reforms significantly increased after 1908 which was ultimately down to new liberalist politicians such as Churchill and David Lloyd George.
What does the increase of welfare reforms after 1908 suggest? (2.3) NL
This is important as it shows that new liberalists had liberal policies at heart, a clear influence and went through with the reforms.
Why might new liberalism may not have been the most important factor? (2.4H) NL
However, in 1906 new liberalists campaigned for free trade and no mention was made regarding the welfare reforms thus it could in essence be argued that self interest was the real reason behind the reforms.
Evaluate how new liberalism was the most important factor. (2.5E) NL
In evaluation, it is clear to see that new liberalism was the most important factor in contributing to the series of reforms introduced as if it were not for new liberalistic ideology we would never had seen a change to the attitude of laizzes faire and therefore people would be relying on everyone bar the government in order to possess an adequate standard of living.
Introductory sentence for Boothe and Rowntree. (3.1) B&R
Another important reason that may have lead to the implementation of the liberal reforms was down to that of the findings of Boothe and Rowntree who founding 1901 from studies in York and London that 1 3rd of the population live in poverty but only 3 percent of which received help from poor law.
Why was the evidence provided important. (3.2) B&R
This is important because the evidence ultimately found itself in the eyes of the general public which would ultimately persuade any political party to take action due to these horrible findings, it would be strategic to begin to impenetrable reforms for political survival.
