War and
the transformation of British society c1903–28
Key Topic 1: The Liberals, votes for women and social reform
The activities of the women’s societies
and the reaction of the authorities. Overview
Children’s welfare measures, old
age pensions. Overview
Labour Exchanges 1909, the National
Insurance Act 1911. Overview
The political position of women in 1903
The NUWSS
The WFL
The WSPU
Reactions of the authorities
to militancy and protest
Forced feeding
The ‘Cat and Mouse Act’
Children’s Charter (1906)
The School Meals Act (1906)
Medical Inspection, 1907.
The reasons for and importance of Old
Age Pensions Act (1908).
Labour Exchanges (1909)
National Insurance Act 1911.
Key Topic 2: The part played by the British on the Western
Front
The BEF and 1914. Overview
Britain’s contribution
to the Western Front 1915–17. Overview
The end of the war. Overview
The despatch of the BEF
The part played in the events of
1914
The failure of the Schlieffen
Plan
The race for the sea
Setting up of the trench system.
The nature of trench warfare
Haig and the Battle of the
Somme
The development and importance
of new weapons
Gas
Tanks
The creeping barrage.
Britain’s part in the events
of 1918
Ludendorff’s offensives
The drive to victory.
Key Topic 3: The home front and social change
DORA, censorship and propaganda. Overview
Recruitment and rationing. Overview
The part played by women. Overview
The importance of censorship
Examples of propaganda
The various methods of recruitment:
1914–16
The reasons for, and impact of, conscription:
1916–18
Conscientious objectors.
Rationing
The effects of submarine warfare on
Britain
Measures brought in by the
Government to alleviate the threat of U-Boats.
Key Topic 4: Economic and social change 1918–28
The changing role of women 1918–28.
Overview
Industrial unrest 1918–27.
Overview
The General Strike of 1926. Overview
Extension of the franchise
The changes in women’s
work and social changes.
Trade union membership
Industrial militancy in the years
1918–20
The long-term and immediate problems of
the coal industry
Black Friday (1921)
Red Friday (1925)
The Samuel Commission (March 1926).
Government preparations
and measures to deal with the General Strike
The reasons why the TUC called off
the General strike
Trades Disputes Act of 1927. |
