Starter quiz
- Why did an increasing amount of people need state support after World War Two (WW2)?
- Britain had run out of food
- devastation caused by WW2 ✓
- there were not enough jobs
- poverty had increased ✓
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- What percentage of children evacuated from Liverpool in 1939 were found to have lice?
- 5 per cent
- 10 per cent
- 15 per cent
- 20 per cent ✓
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- Which politician became Prime Minister in 1945?
- Anthony Eden
- Clement Attlee ✓
- Winston Churchill
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- What is the term for taking privately controlled companies and industries and putting them under government control?
- 'nationalisation' ✓
- A term in politics for the overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election is a ______ victory.
- 'landslide' ✓
- What was Labour's manifesto for the 1945 General Election?
- 'A New Welfare State'
- 'Let Us Face the Future' ✓
- 'Old Jerusalem to New Jerusalem'
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Exit quiz
- How many children were receiving free school meals by 1945?
- 1650
- 16 500
- 165 000
- 1.65 million ✓
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- What is the name for the system of routinely paying money to the government?
- 'taxation' ✓
- What was the aim of introducing National Insurance?
- a way to increase the growth of the British economy
- a system of protection for British people ✓
- a taxation on the rich to pay for services for the poor
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- What services could people claim through the NHS?
- GP appointments ✓
- dental treatments ✓
- career advice
- housing support
- hospital appointments ✓
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- Who was the Labour minister for health after WW2?
- Aneurin Bevan ✓
- Clement Attlee
- William Beveridge
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔the Beveridge Report was published
- 2⇔Labour won the General Election
- 3⇔the school leaving age increased to 15
- 4⇔the National Health Service was created
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Key learning points
- The government increased general taxation to pay for child allowances to alleviate child poverty.
- The government introduced National Insurance, to which all workers contributed from their salary.
- The National Insurance scheme would give people state support if they became ill or lost their job.
- In 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) was created which was universal and free at the point of use.
- Reforms introduced by the government formed the basis of the modern welfare state.
Common misconception
Every element of the NHS was free for a considerable time after its creation.
Every element of the NHS was only free for a short time, as the overwhelming demand resulted in the need to introduce prescription fees.
Keywords
Welfare state - a system in which the government protects the health and well-being of its citizens by providing grants, pensions and other benefits
Taxation - the system of routinely paying money to the government
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