Karteikarten
Liberal Reforms
Karten in diesem Stapel (8)
- 1Free school meals, 1906Local councils could provide free school meals to children from poor families
- 2School Medial Inspections, 1907Doctors went into schools and gave pupils free medical checks
- 3Old Age Pensions Act, 1908The scheme was set up for people over the age of 70 to receive a pension
- 4Children and Young Persons Act, 1908This protected children from any abuse or cruelty
- 5Labour Exchanges Act, 1909This was a scheme where the unemployed could find jobs
- 6National Insurance Act (Part 1)This was set up so if workers fell ill they could still receive money
- 7National Insurance Act (Part 2), 1911Thi scheme was set up to ensure workers still received money if they found themselves unemployed
- 8School clinics, 1912School clinics provided free treatment for children whose family could not afford it
Informationen
- Beschreibung
- One government that is often seen as an example of 'reforming' by introducing positive changes that really improve peoples' lives is the Liberal government in Britain of 1906-1914. Many historians label this period the beginning of the welfare state, but what were the reforms and who did they help?
- Erstellt von
- bella.mort · Jun 2015
- Aktualisiert
- 13 Dez 2016
- Aufrufe
- 53
- Tags
- Bewertung