reasons for liberal reforms Flashcards
many people in the ___ century saw no problem with the _____ poor law system because they largely believed that poverty was a matter of ____________
19th
harsh
responsibility
things began to change when the _______ won the _____ elections, Henry Campbell ____________ became prime minister and although he still favoured ‘______-______’ principle, his government started to pass reforms to address ______ problems that Britain was facing.
liberals
1906
bannerman
lassiez faire
social
charles _____ was a businessman and __________ who believed that _________ of social issues such as ________ was based too much on opinion and needed more _____ and _______.
booth
philanthropist
discussion
poverty
facts
figures
beginning in the ____ ___ in ____, booth carried out ______ of households across london who lived in poverty. booth found that around __% of people in London lived in poverty
east end
1886
surveys
30%
joesph ____________ became mayor of ____________ in ____, having come into politics through the campaign for education reforms
chamberlain
birmingham
1873
though he only served as mayor for _ years he had a huge impact on Birmingham. he put the ___ supply under the control of the government to make service more _____ and cleared thousands of _____ in the city, reducing ____ rates
3
gas
reliable
slum
death
the improvements in ________ and Birmingham mainly happened in the 19th century, many years before the reforms were passed
glasgow
in the later part of the __ century, a new conception of _________ began to merge based on the ideas of _________ and sociologists
19th
liberalism
philosophers
a number of significant liberal politicians were __________ by the ideas of new liberalism including ________ Asquith, ______ Lloyd _____ and Winston Churchill
influenced
herbert
david lloyd george
when the liberals came to power in ____, the party was still _______ by old ______. prime minister henry _________, held to the lassiez ______ view that poverty could be explained by personal ______ of a character and that it was not up to the _______ to deal with it
1906
dominated
liberals
bannerman
faire defects
government
concerns over the ___ quality of recruits to the _____ were borne out by the _____ performance of British forces during the ____ war. despite _________________ their opponents more than _ to _ the British suffered a number of embarrassing ________ and the conflict dragged on much longer than expected
law
army
poor
boer
outnumbering
1
5
defeats
fears about the _____ in the quality of British fighting ___ were intensified by the feeling that britian had to compete with ________ such as Germany to maintain its status as a great _______. in addition to the naval ____ that was going on during these years, there was also an __________ competition and many felt that _______ were winning due to their strong workforce.
decline
men
counties
power
race
industrial
germans
in ____, keir _____ formed the independent labour party. he argued that the working class needed their own party to represent their _________
1893
Hardie
interests
