Society Booklet 1 Flashcards
(34 cards)
By 1851 what fraction of the working class were employed in industry?
4/5
When was the Compulsory Vaccination Act?
1853
What did the Compulsory Vaccination Act of 1853 state?
Vaccinations should be compulsory for all infants
When was the Abolition of stamp duties on newspapers and what effect did it have?
1855
enabled workers to read newspapers
When was the Local Government Act?
1861
What affect did the Local Government Act have?
required local authorities to purify sewage before discharging it into rivers/ canals
Who was Prime minister in 1868-74?
Gladstone
Who was Prime Minister in 1874-80?
Disraeli
Who was Prime Minister in 1880-85?
Gladstone
When was the Licencing act?
1872
What effect did the Licencing Act have?
meant you needed a licence to sell alcohol and meant pubs had fixed opening and closing times. Lead to the working class being annoyed as alcohol was one of their few elements of pleasure and one of the things they can afford to do for pleasure. Benefitted society as made Britain safer.
What effect did the Public health Act 1872 have?
it benefitted the living conditions in Britain and benefitted general health and made it harder for disease to spread and benefitted the working class
When was the University Tests Act?
1871
What effect did the 1870 Education Act have?
it allowed school boards to rule that children between 5-12 SHOULD attend school ( not compulsory)
When was the Trade Union and Criminal Law Amendment Act passed?
1871
What years were there married women’s property act? (2)
1870, 1882
When was the Bank Holiday Act passed?
1871
Who passed the 1874 Factory Act?
What effect did it have?
Disraeli
It meant that children under 10 cannot be employed in factories and benefitted child welfare
What effect did the 1875 Public Health Act have?
it laid down the minimum standard of drainage sewage disposal and tried to impose a medical health officer to do checks on parts of the country
When was the Artisans dwellings act and what effect did it have?
1875- it gave power to the local authority to purchase clear and then develop slums. It was put in place due to too many poor people living in jerries.
When was the Sanderson’s Education Act and what effect did it have?
1876- It advocated the principle that children should receive elementary education however wasn’t made compulsory and not all the places were free.
What did the 1875 Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act do?
Legalized picketing
When were the Factory acts?
1874 and 1878
What impact did the 1874/78 Factory Act have?
it limited the hours worked by children to 6 and 1/2 with 3 hours used for schooling and meant that children under the age of 9 couldn’t work in mills.
