How british society changed 1890 1918 rev
- 3. 1889-1902 Boer War, problem of national efficiency highlighted
- 4. 1889 Charles Booth publishes his findings on poverty in London
- 6. 1901 Seebohm Rowntree publishes his book on poverty in York
- 7. 1906 General Election – Liberals win, Herbert Asquith becomes PM >Free School Meals Act passed
- 9. 1908 David Lloyd George becomes Chancellor of Exchequer >Old Age Pensions Act passed >Children’s Act passed
- 10. 1909 Labour Exchange Programmes set up to help unemployed. Lloyd George’s ‘People’s Budget’ introduced (taxes rich to pay for welfare reforms) >Parliament Act passed
- 11. 1911 National Insurance Act passed: 2 parts – >Sick Pay and >Unemployment Benefit
- 15. 1901 Queen Victoria dies – marks new beginning for women
- 16. 1903 WSPU (The Women's Social and Political Union) formed (Suffragettes), leader Emmeline Pankhurst
- 17. 1906 General Election, Liberals win, Asquith becomes PM
- 18. 1908 Women’s Bill dropped from Parliament – ran out of time. Direct action begins and Suffragette actions become more militant (smashing windows, chaining to Downing Street, arrests)
- 19. 1911 Asquith drops Conciliation Bill giving women the vote, even though Parliament passes it
- 20. 1912 Suffragette violence increases (arson, bombing churches, destroying valuable paintings, prison, hunger strikes)
- 21. 1913 Cat and Mouse Act Death of Emily Davison (June 1913), she becomes a martyr for the cause
- 22. 1914 Suffragists membership almost 100,000, over 500 branches – more successful. WW1 starts, Suffragettes call off all militant action. Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign.
- 23. 1915 Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories. Many industries employ women to help war effort (1.6 million extra women workers help in war)
- 24. 1916 David Lloyd George becomes PM, replaces Asquith
- 25. 1918 Representation of the People Act becomes law, women over age of 30 who owned property were given vote (women vote for 1st time in December 1918 general election). Armistice signed (11/11/1918) WW1 ends.
- 26. 1928 Full voting rights granted to all women
- 28. 1914 WW1 starts (2nd August 1914) >Massive recruitment/propaganda campaign launched by Kitchener, Minister of War >500,000 volunteers by September 1914 >Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign >Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced (8th August 1914), censorship starts >Stalemate and trench warfare begins, volunteers slow down by Christmas
- 29. 1915 Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories >Coalition government formed to help with war effort >Lloyd George becomes Minister of Munitions
- 30. 1916 Conscription introduced for all single men aged 18-40 (January 1916) >Conscription introduced for all married men aged 18-40 (May 1916) >Battle of Somme disaster, government & generals heavily criticised (July – November) >David Lloyd George becomes PM, replaces Asquith (December 1916) >Propaganda film, For the Empire, audiences reach 9 million by end of 1916
- 31. 1917 Siegfried Sassoon’s war poems published criticising war leadership >German U-boats sink British merchant ships carrying food supplies >Voluntary food rationing