Gladstones Policies (1868-74) Flashcards
(28 cards)
Foresters Education act 1870
Set up Board schools where there weren’t any church schools
Foresters education act problems
Had to pay to go= impact people’s incomes
Lower class families wanted there children to work instead
Non conformists didn’t want to pay towards Anglican Church
Foresters education act success
Set up schools where there were gaps
Everyone entitled to a primary education
Cowper-temple clause
People can choose to take there children out of religious teachings
Cowper temple clause problems
Non conformist still had to pay tithes
Cowper temple clause success
Non conformists happy about no Anglican teachings
Abolition of the purchase of commissions
Can no longer buy your way into the army
Abolition of commissions problems
No impact on people’s lives in the short term
An attack on priveledge
Abolition of commissions success
Improved the personnel= more skilled
Britain more fairer
Long term=opened up society
Withdrawal of troops from self governing countries problems
Attack on the empire= fundamental
Worried about break up of empire need it for trade
Withdrawal of troops success
Giving liberty to smaller countries
Station troops at home more
Fairer for the countries
Civil service reform 1870 problems
Introduced an exam to get in
Did not help in the short term
Hated the attack on priveledge
Civil service reform 1870 success
Based on merit= right people for the job
Middle class intelectuales happy
Trade Union act 1871 Success
Made trade unions legal
Political voice for the working class
Improve working conditions
Trade Union act 1871 problems
Criminal amendment act= stopped all the work he did
Criminal law amendment act 1871 problems
Outlawed picketing
Makes strikes pointless
Woking class unhappy
Taking there voice away again
The licensing act 1872 problems
Didn’t apply to clubs- priveledge getting more
Middle class wanted alcohol fully banned
The licensing act 1872
Good intentions to improve morals
Reducing watering down of beer
Disestablishment of the church of Ireland 1869 problems
Too little too late
Undermined Anglican Church
Disestablishment church of Ireland success
Irish didn’t have to pay tithes
Religious issue largely resolved
The Irish land act 1870 problems
Didn’t get there 3fs
Tenets still evicted for not paying rent=landowners raised rent
Led to land war 1879
Irish land act success
Tenet farmers can claim compensation if they are evicted from their land
Mundellas education act 1880 success
Made education compulsory for 5-10
Doubled children recieveing education
Mundellas education act 1880 problems
Still not free
Rich still public and girls education given less
