Key Governments And Leaders

Question 1

What were Gladstone’s main reforms?

Answer 1

Education Act 1870
Civil Service reform
Army reform
Ballot Act 1872 (secret ballot)
Elementary Education

Question 2

What reforms did Disraeli pass (1868-1880)?

Answer 2

Artisan’s Dwellings Act 1875
Public Health Act 1875
Factory Act 1874 - aimed at improving working-class lives

Question 3

Why were the Liberal reforms 1906-1914 significant?

Answer 3

Introduced pensions
Free school meals
Labour exchanges
National insurance - start of welfare state

Question 4

What reforms did Attlee’s Labour Government (1945-1951) implement?

Answer 4

NHS (1948)
Nationalisation of key industries
Expanded education
Full employment policy

Question 5

Who was responsible for the Beveridge Report (1942) and what did it propose?

Answer 5

William Beveridge
Identified 5 Giants: Want, Disease, Ignorancw, Squalor, Idleness
Led to welfare reforms