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History-DWR
DWR KQ2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the means test introduced? | 1931 |
| when was the unemployment insurance act (The dole)? | 1920 |
| What was the means test? | A test that had people on the dole inspected in their homes to check their possessions and savings. |
| What was the maximum payment based on, in the dole? | Income of the whole family, varied form area to area |
| Why was the means test hated? | . many claimed it only saved the government money rather than help them . Humiliating for families . People made relatives live somewhere else . |
| What was the nickname for the 1930's | hungry 30's |
| When was the Jarrow crusade | 1936 |
| Where did the Jarrow crusade start from? | Jarrow, northeast of England |
| Who was the local MP who supported the Jarrow march? | Ellen Wilkinson |
| How many men marched in the Jarrow crusade? | 207 |
| Why did Jarrows unemployment rise to 80% before the march? | Palmer's shipyard, the main employment business in Jarrow closed down |
| What happened when the petition from the Jarrow march was handed in? | The PM Stanley Baldwin ignored the petition |
| Why were the hunger marches on suspicion by the government? | sometimes had connections to communism |
| Why was the Jarrow crusade successful? | . Brought attention to the 8/10 jobless men in Jarrow and their starving families . Brought attention to places similar to Jarrow who were starving |
| What is 'making ends meet'? | trying to make a small amount of money last as long as possible |
| What did many families eat everyday during the great depression? | bread and potato |
| How many children were undernourished during the time of the great depression? | 1/5 |
| Why did many women 'sacrifice' themselves during the depression? | They couldn't feed themselves and their kids so they fed the little ones before themselves. |
| How many people left Wales during 20's and 30's? | 430,000 |
| How people left Merthyr Tydfil alone during this time? | 10,000 |
| What was self-help? | communities helping each other during times of hardship, Neighbours rallied during crisis' such as childbirth or intrusion by rent collectors, they had unwritten conventions |
| In 1932, what was there an increase in in terms of education? | adult education programmes for the unemployed |
| How many radios were licensed by 1939 in the UK? | 9 million radios |
| When was the first film with sound shown in cinema? | 1927 |
| What was the name of the film with sound? | 'The jazz singer' |
| Why did young people in particular like cinemas? | place to go on dates, kids entered for a penny |
| What were the next light industries in the UK? | production of motor vehicles and electrical goods |
| What was the special areas act of 1934? | Offered grants of up to £2 million to companies that would move to special areas |
| What was the Treforest estate (1936)? | non-profit company that aimed to provide some alternative forms of employment to coal and steel |
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