Post-war Britain: welfare state and migration

• The Poor Act encourages the wealthy to give to the poor
• The People's Budget introduces unprecedented taxes on the wealthy
• The National Insurance Act provides for sickness and invalidism
• Family allowances are introduced

• AHealth insurance
• BUnemployment insurance
• CPensions for elderly workers
• DLicensing fewer pubs
• ERolling back Conservative educational policies

• AThe government had controlled many areas of national life during the war, so people believed it could solve problems in peacetime too.
• BThe war had reduced the role of government in people's lives, so people wanted to restore it.
• CThe war had shown that private charities were more effective than the state.
• DThe war had made people want to reduce government spending on welfare.

• AThe creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
• BThe introduction of the People's Budget in 1909.
• CThe passing of the Poor Act in 1562.
• DThe establishment of the Royal Commission into the Poor Laws in 1832.

• AIncreased government involvement in people's daily lives through rationing and welfare measures.
• BA permanent increase in the role of the state in British society.
• CA period of unemployment and poverty in northern industrial towns after the war.
• DThe immediate abolition of the Poor Laws.
• EThe end of all social reform demands.

True or false?

• ATo address discrimination faced by migrants and promote equality.
• BTo restrict immigration from the Commonwealth.
• CTo provide pensions for the elderly.
• DTo nationalise industries.

• AAs a plan to tackle five major social problems through state action
• BAs a plan to reduce government spending on welfare
• CAs a plan to encourage private charities to take over welfare
• DAs a plan to introduce a system of poor laws

• APeople were more willing to accept government intervention in social welfare
• BPeople wanted to return to a minimal role for the state
• CPeople believed that only charities could solve social problems
• DPeople thought the state should focus only on fighting wars

• AIt aimed to provide social security for all stages of life
• BIt was based on the idea of collective provision through the state
• CIt argued that poverty was inevitable and should not be tackled
• DIt recommended that welfare should be funded by voluntary donations only
• EIt proposed a system of social insurance

True or false?

• ANational Insurance Act
• BFamily Allowances
• CNHS
• DRace Relations Act

• AThere was support for extending government welfare provision
• BPeople were opposed to any government involvement in welfare
• CPeople wanted to return to the poor laws
• DPeople believed that the government should only provide defence

• AThe war increased confidence in government planning
• BPeople were more willing to accept state intervention after the war
• CThe war led to a demand for less government involvement
• DThe war had no effect on attitudes to the state
• EThe war showed that the state could organise resources effectively

• AThe Act made racial discrimination illegal in public places
• BThe Act encouraged further migration from the Commonwealth
• CThe Act was opposed by the government
• DThe Act only applied to housing

• The People's Budget introduces taxes on the wealthy
• The National Insurance Act provides for sickness and invalidity
• Family allowances are introduced
• The NHS is created
• The Race Relations Act is passed

• ATo redistribute wealth by taxing the rich to fund social welfare programmes
• BTo reduce the number of pubs and restrict alcohol sales nationwide
• CTo reverse the educational reforms introduced by the Conservatives
• DTo fund the expansion of the British Empire in Africa and Asia

• AThe old, the young and working people
• BThe rich, the middle class and the aristocracy
• CSoldiers, sailors and factory owners
• DLandowners, merchants and clergy

True or false?

• The Poor Act encourages the wealthy to give to the poor
• The People's Budget introduces taxes on the wealthy
• The National Insurance Act provides for sickness and invalidism
• Family allowances are introduced

• AIt introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy.
• BIt imposed increased taxes on luxuries, liquor, tobacco, high incomes and land.
• CIt was the first budget with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the public.
• DIt abolished the National Insurance Act.
• EIt introduced the NHS.

• AState intervention to guarantee freedom
• BRemoving obstacles such as poverty and unemployment
• CCollective action coordinated by a strong, welfare-oriented state
• DReducing the role of the state in people's lives
• EAbolishing all taxes on the wealthy

• AThe old
• BThe young
• CWorking people
• DThe wealthy
• EForeigners

True or false?

• AThe Beveridge Report
• BThe reports of Seebohm Rowntree and Charles Booth
• CThe Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832
• DThe People's Budget

• AThe Poor Relief Act 1601 was subject to widespread abuse and promoted squalor, idleness and criminality.
• BThe Poor Relief Act 1601 should be extended to all workers.
• CThe government should introduce a National Health Service.
• DFamily allowances should be introduced immediately.

• ATrade shocks during the first globalization (1870–1914)
• BThe introduction of the NHS in 1948
• CThe People's Budget of 1909
• DThe Poor Act of 1563

• AIt proposed that the state should take responsibility for tackling poverty and disease from cradle to grave, rather than relying on private charity or the Poor Law.
• BIt ended all government involvement in people's lives and returned welfare to private charities.
• CIt introduced the National Health Service immediately in 1942.
• DIt was the first time any government had ever helped the poor in Britain.

• AThe government became much more involved in people's lives through the rationing of foodstuffs, clothing and fuel.
• BExtra milk and meals were given to expectant mothers and children.
• CMany people welcomed government intervention and wanted it to go further.
• DThe role of the state in British society permanently decreased after the war.
• EThe war immediately led to the creation of the National Health Service in 1945.

True or false?

• The Poor Act encourages the wealthy to give to the poor
• The Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws reports on widespread abuse of poor relief
• The People's Budget introduces unprecedented taxes on the wealthy
• The National Insurance Act provides for sickness and invalidism
• Family allowances are introduced

The Beveridge Report was published in ____ and identified five 'giants' including Want, Disease and ____.

The experience of almost total state control during the ____ encouraged the belief that the state might be able to solve problems in wide areas of national life.

The wartime coalition government introduced ____ in 1945, a payment made to families with children.

The ship that brought one of the first large groups of Caribbean migrants to Britain in 1948 was the ____.

• A1965
• B2162
• C1768
• D2359

• A1909 year
• B2100 year
• C1718 year
• D2291 year

• A2338 year
• B1753 year
• C1948 year
• D2143 year

• A2140 year
• B2335 year
• C1945 year
• D1750 year