WorksheetsReasons for the British Liberal Reforms (1906-1914)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did Charles Booth's 1889 book describe
35% of Londoners were in extreme poverty
35% of York residents were in extreme poverty
30% of all Brits were in poverty
All Londoners were in poverty
What did Seebolm Rowantree's investigations conclude?
30% of York residents were in poverty
There is a difference between 'Primary' and 'Secondary' poverty
35% of Londoners were in poverty
Laissez-Faire policies were necessary
What did Historian D Fraser say about Booth and Rowantree's investigations?
(a)
New Liberalism...
More socialist than Old 'Gladstonian' Liberalism
More Laissez-Faire than Old Liberalism
Supported hands-on government policy to tackle poverty
Was against hands-on government policy to tackle poverty
David Lloyd-George was instrumental in the passing of which piece of legislation?
The 1913 Prisoners Temporary Discharge Act
The 1870 Representation of the People Act
The 1910 People's Budget
The 1914 Declaration of War
What are examples of Municipal Socialism here?
1860s Glasgow Council installing gas street-lighting
1880s London having rampant poverty
1850s Edinburgh building private schools
1870s Birmingham government owning the city waterworks
The 1884 Representation of the People Act did what?
Meant one third of men could now vote
Meant two thirds of men could now vote
Meant all men could now vote
Meant two thirds of women could now vote
The Labour Party was founded when and to do what?
In 1900, to represent trade unions
In 1890 to represent trade unions
In 1904 to represent aristocrats
In 1912 to support WW1
How many seats did Labour have by 1910?
25
29
42
2
In 1906 how many seats did Labour have?
29
42
12
0
What impact did the Boer War have?
Stoked public fears that the UK couldn't defend itself well enough
Reveal that 25% of military volunteers were unfit for service
Reveal that 53% of military volunteers were unfit for service
Led to the UK losing the Nation of Boer
What did some people think Germany's economy was doing better than Britian's?
Germany had a welfare state
Germany was bigger
Germany was richer
Germany was more efficient
