social

Question 1

How many women were in full-time work in 1914?

Answer 1

6 million

Question 2

How many women were in full-time work in 1918?

Answer 2

7 million

Question 3

What major change occurred for many women in work during WWI?

Answer 3

Many received a pay packet for the first time

Question 4

What did paid work during WWI give many women?

Answer 4

A sense of independence and freedom

Question 5

Who gained the vote under the Representation of the People Act 1918?

Answer 5

Female householders over the age of 30

Question 6

What did the 1919 Sex Disqualification Act allow women to do?

Answer 6

Serve on juries

Question 7

When did Oxford University begin awarding full degrees to women?

Answer 7

1920

Question 8

What act gave women the same voting rights as men?

Answer 8

Equal Franchise Act of 1928

Question 9

What happened to many working women after WWI?

Answer 9

They returned to their previous jobs with old wage rates

Question 10

What happened to many middle-class women after the war?

Answer 10

They returned to their role in the home

Question 11

When were equal rights to divorce granted?

Answer 11

1923

Question 12

When were equal custody rights in divorce granted?

Answer 12

1925

Question 13

What improved access to birth control in this period?

Answer 13

Easier access to contraception

Question 14

What was a key economic problem in the interwar period?

Answer 14

Structural unemployment in old staple industries

Question 15

Why didn’t new industries help reduce unemployment?

Answer 15

They did not require manual workers

Question 16

What was the impact of the 1930s Depression?

Answer 16

Long-term unemployment

Question 17

What did Rowntree identify as main causes of poverty?

Answer 17

Low wages and old age

Question 18

What happened to real wages and prices during this period?

Answer 18

Real wages increased and prices fell

Question 19

What did surplus income lead to?

Answer 19

Spending on new consumer goods

Question 20

What had the proportion of wages spent on food and rent dropped to by 1938?

Answer 20

0.44

Question 21

How much was spent on food in 1920?

Answer 21

£835 million

Question 22

How much was spent on food in 1938?

Answer 22

£1 billion

Question 23

How many cinema tickets were sold in 1938?

Answer 23

£1 billion tickets

Question 24

How many people went on seaside holidays?

Answer 24

20 million

Question 25

What happened to national health in this period?

Answer 25

It improved overall

Question 26

What happened to life expectancy for babies born in the 1930s?

Answer 26

It was higher than in previous decades

Question 27

What was the infant mortality rate in 1930?

Answer 27

67 per 1000

Question 28

What was the infant mortality rate in 1940?

Answer 28

61 per 1000

Question 29

What happened to deaths from tuberculosis?

Answer 29

They decreased

Question 30

Was there a national health service at this time?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

What did local authority housing schemes enable?

Answer 31

Working-class families moved to brand new rental homes

Question 32

What features did new council houses offer?

Answer 32

Running water

Question 33

What region suffered most from unemployment in the interwar period?

Answer 33

The previously prosperous North

Question 34

What was the unemployment rate on Tyneside in 1933?

Answer 34

0.77

Question 35

What was the unemployment rate in Birmingham in the 1930s?

Answer 35

0.06

Question 36

What major social impact did the war have?

Answer 36

It broke down class barriers

Question 37

What led to the decline of great country estates?

Answer 37

Death duties and taxation

Question 38

What effect did contraception have on the middle class?

Answer 38

It helped limit family size

Question 39

When was the BBC founded?

Answer 39

1922

Question 40

What entertainment became widespread in the 1920s?

Answer 40

Cinema in every town