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THE REFORM BILL OF 1867--
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
1. REDISTRIBUTION
2. EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE TO MOST URBAN WORKERS
ELECTIONS OF 1868--
WON BY
GLADSTONE AND LIBERALS—IN OFFICE TILL 1874
1. COMPETITIVE
EXAMS FOR CIVIL SERVICE
2. EDUCATION
BILL OF 1870
A.
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
B.
FINANICIAL SUPPORT TO BOARDS FROM PARLIAMENT
C. BOARDS TO OPERATE NONSECTARIAN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
THERE WERE CHURCH OPERATED AND OTHER
NONSECTARIAN
A. CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL
SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT
1871 WORKERS GET RIGHT TO FORM UNIONS
A. ALSO
RIGHT TO STRIKE
B. BAN ON
PICKETING CONTINUED
1872 SECRET BALLOT ACT
1874-1880 DISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER, WITH CONSERVATIVE PARTY
PUSHED PROGRAM CALLED TORY
DEMOCRACY
A. TO
BENEFIT WORKING CLASSES
B. WIN VOTES
FOR CONSERVATIVE PARTY
C. 1875 ANOTHER FACTORY ACT – WORKING CONDITIONS
D. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT—URBAN
SANITATION
E. ARTISAN’S DWELLING ACT
AUTHORIZES
SLUM CLEARANCE
CONSTRUCT
PUBLIC HOUSING
F. ALSO A LAW THAT LEGALIZED PICKETING
1880-1886
REFORM BILL OF 1884
VOTES TO
MOST FARM WORKERS
THE QUESTION OF
REMEMBER ACT OF UNION 1800 AND
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION IN 1829—IRISH CATHOLICS TO PARLIAMENT
DRIVE FOR HOME RULE—IRISH PARLIAMENT AND SELF-GOVERNMENT—
OPPOSITION FROM
SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE PARTY—UNIONISTS
1870-1903 SERIES OF LAND ACTS
WYNDHAM ACT—LOANS TO PURCHASE LAND--REVOLUTION
3F’S—FAIR RENT, FREE
1880S—LAND WAR IN
MICHAEL DAVITT, CAPTAIN BOYCOTT, C.S. PARNELL
THE INVINCIBLES—MURDER GOVERNMENT LEADERS
COERCION AND CONCILIATION
FIRST HOME RULE BILL, 1886—DEFEATED IN COMMONS
RADICALS AND WHIGS JOIN CONSERVATIVES
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN AND LORD HARTINGTON
SECOND HOME RULE BILL, 1893—DEFEATED IN LORDS
THIRD HOME RULE BILL, 1912—PASSED IN
1914
ILLEGAL MILITIAS IN
UNIONISTS AGAINST NATIONALISTS, THEN SINN FEIN
SUSPENDED FOR DURATION OF WAR,
1914-1918
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LABOR PARTY
GROWTH OF UNIONS IN 19TH CENTURY
1883 FOUNDING OF FABIAN SOCIETY (GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, H.G. WELLS, SYDNEY AND
BEATRICE WEBB)
1900 JOIN TO FORM LABOR PARTY
SINCE 1880S SOME LABOR ELECTED TO
PARLIAMENT
LIB-LABS—KEIR HARDIE, GEORGE LANSBURY
LEADS TO DESTRUCTION LIBERAL PARTY
1906 HAD 29 SEATS
1918 BECAME LOYAL OPPOSITION
1923 FORMED COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH
LIBERALS
LIBERALS IN POWER, 1906-1916
LED
BY HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMANN,
1906-1908
HERBERT ASQUITH, 1908-1916
SERIES
OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS
ECONOMIC REFORMS: TO HOLD SUPPORT OF
WORKERS--FAILED
1906 WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT—INJURIES ON JOB
1909 OLD AGE PENSIONS ACT—FOR LOW INCOME OVER 70
PARLIAMENT ACT OF 1911
“PEOPLE’S BUDGET BY LLOYD GEORGE, 1909
INCREASED TAXES—
1) INCOME TAXES ON WEALTHY—
2) INCREASED INHERITANCE TAXES—
3) NEW TAX ON THE UNEARNED INCREASE
IN THE VALUE OF LAND
HOUSE OF LORDS REJECTS BUDGET—UPROAR
NEW LAW—PARLIAMENT ACT 0F 1911
ABSOLUTE TO SUSPENSIVE VETO FOR
LORDS
WOULD MEAN
HOME RULE FOR
NEW
ELECTION—KING WILL APPOINT NEW LORDS, LIKE 1832
LORDS GIVE
IN, RATHER THAN FLOOD HOUSE
PAYMENT OF MPS—PASSED IN 1911
1911 NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT—
1) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE—CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GOVERNMENT,
WORKERS, AND EMPLOYERS
2)
HEALTH INSURANCE—FINANCED SAME WAY
LIBERALS HAD TAKEN MAJOR STEP TOWARD WELFARE STATE AND
DECLINE OF LAISSEZ FAIRE
1912 3RD
HOME RULE BILL
INTRODUCED FOR
THREAT OF
CIVIL WAR—
CATHOLICS AGAINST PROTESTANTS
UNIONISTS AGAINST NATIONALISTS
MUTINY IN BRITISH ARMY IF ORDERED TO
INFORCE
WEALTHY ENGLISH FINANCING GUN
PURCHASES
SUFFRAGETTES—SEEK SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN
1903 MRS. PANKHURST CREATES WOMEN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
1906-1914 MILITANT ACTION FOR
VOTES—MOST MEN OPPOSED
PAINT—BEATINGS OF SPEAKERS,
MINISTERS—SLASH ART
CAT AND MOUSE ACT—PRISON—HUNGER STRIKE—FORCIBLE
FEEDING—RELEASE—NOURISHED—RETURNED TO PRISON
STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL
WILLINGNESS
TO ABANDON PEACEFUL RESOLUTIONS
HOUSE OF
LORDS—UNIONISTS—SUFFRAGETTES
WOMEN GOT VOTE IN 1918 AND 1928
UNITED
STATES, 1920