WJEC A-Level History 601-5817-7
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Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939
- 14 subtopics
- 42 things to know
- AS Unit 2 and A2 Unit 4
- Units 2 and 4, one depth study of eight, taken in two halves
What Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 covers
Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 is examined in Units 2 and 4, the depth study — one of eight options, taken in two halves across the course. It covers population change and the surveys of Booth and Rowntree, conservative government to 1905 and the 1906 election, the Liberal welfare reforms 1906-1914, the People's Budget and the Parliament Act 1911, heavy industry, agriculture and the Welsh economy before 1914, industrial unrest in Wales: the Penrhyn lockout, Tonypandy and Llanelli, trade unions and the rise of the Labour Party, women, the vote and war work, religion, education and Welsh culture, Wales and the Great War: voluntarism, conscription and the home front, industrial decline, the coal disputes and the General Strike of 1926, the Depression in Wales: unemployment, migration and government response, politics between the wars: from the Lloyd George coalition to the National Government and society, leisure and popular culture between the wars.
Where it is assessed
AS Unit 2 and A2 Unit 4
The depth study, one option of eight, taken in two halves across the course.
Check the WJEC specification ↗The 14 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Population change and the surveys of Booth and RowntreeWhat Rowntree meant by the poverty line and cycle of poverty that Rowntree identified.Open →
- Conservative government to 1905 and the 1906 electionTaff Vale judgment, tariff reform controversy that split the Conservatives and two consequences of the Boer War for British domestic politics.Open →
- The Liberal welfare reforms 1906-1914Recall questions on meals and medical inspection for schoolchildren, the first pensions and who qualified, labour exchanges, and the contributory scheme of 1911.Open →
- The People's Budget and the Parliament Act 1911Recall questions on how the budget proposed to pay for pensions and dreadnoughts, why the Lords rejected it, the two elections that followed, and what the Act left the upper house.Open →
- Heavy industry, agriculture and the Welsh economy before 1914Ports through which the south Wales coalfield exported, character of Welsh agriculture in this period and happening to the rural population of Wales.Open →
- Industrial unrest in Wales: the Penrhyn lockout, Tonypandy and LlanelliMain issue in the Penrhyn dispute, lasting effects of the Penrhyn dispute on Bethesda and winston Churchill's role in the Tonypandy disturbances.Open →
- Trade unions and the rise of the Labour PartyLabour Representation Committee, osborne judgment and term Lib-Lab.Open →
- Women, the vote and war workNational Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, cat and Mouse Act and welsh woman prominent in the militant campaign.Open →
- Religion, education and Welsh cultureMain Nonconformist denominations in Wales, character of the meetings during the revival and welsh Not.Open →
- Wales and the Great War: voluntarism, conscription and the home frontWelsh Army Corps, derby Scheme and different kinds of conscientious objector.Open →
- Industrial decline, the coal disputes and the General Strike of 1926Black Friday, red Friday and two rival newspapers of the General Strike.Open →
- The Depression in Wales: unemployment, migration and government responseRegional variation in Welsh unemployment, why unemployment in the valleys was so often long term and effects of prolonged unemployment on families in the coalfield.Open →
- Politics between the wars: from the Lloyd George coalition to the National GovernmentCoupon election and aims of Plaid Cymru in its early years.Open →
- Society, leisure and popular culture between the warsHealth provision before the Second World War, tredegar Medical Aid Society and growth of spectator sport in this period.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Which two Liberal measures of 1906 and 1908 were of direct benefit to Welsh miners?
What was the South Wales Miners' Industrial Union, and how did miners resist it?
Name two domestic reforms of the Lloyd George coalition after 1918.
How did the abdication crisis of 1936 arise?
How did opinion in Wales respond to the drift towards war in the later 1930s?
Describe the overall pattern of population growth in Wales between 1901 and 1911.
Who introduced the budget of 1909, and what was it nicknamed?
Name the ports through which the south Wales coalfield exported.
Give three underlying causes of industrial conflict in Wales before 1914.
Give two reasons for the rapid growth of trade union membership between 1900 and 1914.
What was the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, and who led it?
How dominant was Nonconformity in Welsh life at the start of the twentieth century?
How did Lloyd George justify the war to a Welsh audience in 1914?
How did the Wall Street Crash of 1929 affect Britain?
What did the Hadow Report of 1926 recommend?
Which part of Wales absorbed almost all of that growth, and why?
What did the Unemployed Workmen Act of 1905 provide?
What was introduced by the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act of 1907?
What two kinds of spending did the 1909 budget have to pay for?
Who developed the docks at Barry, and why?
Which quarry was the scene of the great dispute that began in 1900, and who owned it?
What was the Labour Representation Committee, and when was it founded?
Distinguish the suffragists from the suffragettes.
Name the main Nonconformist denominations in Wales.
What was the Welsh Army Corps?
Give three reasons for the decline of the south Wales coal industry after 1918.
Roughly what proportion of insured Welsh workers were unemployed at the worst of the Depression?
Describe health provision before the Second World War.
What was happening to the population of rural Wales while the coalfield grew?
Why did the Taff Vale judgment matter so much to the unions?
Who qualified for the old age pension introduced in 1908?
Name three of the new or increased taxes in the People's Budget.
Which industry dominated the economy of the Swansea and Llanelli district?
What was the main issue in the Penrhyn dispute?
Which Welsh constituency returned the first independent Labour member, and who was he?
What was the Cat and Mouse Act, and why was it passed?
What was the Welsh Revival of 1904 and 1905, and who led it?
Roughly how many Welshmen served in the armed forces during the war?
Why was the export trade in Welsh coal so vulnerable?
Give an example of the regional variation in Welsh unemployment.
How did the growth of paid holidays change the Welsh coast?
Take Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 further
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Commonly confused
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Suffragist vs Suffragette
Suffragist: a member of the constitutional National Union founded in 1897 and led by Millicent Fawcett, which worked for the women's vote by lawful pressure, petition and argument. Suffragette: a militant of Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union, prepared to break the law to force the question on the government.
General Strike vs Miners' lockout
General Strike: the nine-day national stoppage of May 1926 in support of the coalfield, called and then called off by the Trades Union Congress. Miners' lockout: the coalfield dispute in which the men stayed out alone from May until the winter of 1926 and were finally forced back on longer hours, lower wages and district agreements.
Black Friday 1921 vs Red Friday 1925
Black Friday 1921: the day in April when the railwaymen and transport workers withdrew from the promised sympathetic strike, leaving the coalfield to fight alone. Red Friday 1925: the day in July when the government averted a coal stoppage by agreeing to subsidise wages for nine months while a royal commission inquired into the industry.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Describe the overall pattern of population growth in Wales between 1901 and 1911.
Model answer
The population grew rapidly from just over two million to about 2.4 million, the fastest rise of any decade in Welsh history.
- 2
Which part of Wales absorbed almost all of that growth, and why?
Model answer
Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, because the expanding coalfield drew in workers from rural Wales, the west of England and Ireland.
- 3
Why is south Wales in the 1900s often compared with the United States?
Model answer
It was, in proportion to its size, one of the few places in the world attracting more incomers than it lost, drawing migrants on a scale second only to America.
- 4
What was happening to the population of rural Wales while the coalfield grew?
Model answer
Counties such as Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merioneth lost people steadily as the young left the land for the coalfield or for England.
- 5
Give two general demographic trends visible across Wales and England in the early twentieth century.
Model answer
The birth rate was falling as family size shrank, and life expectancy was rising as infant mortality declined.
- 6
Why did a falling birth rate and a longer-lived population create a political problem?
Model answer
It increased the proportion of elderly people dependent on relatives or the Poor Law at a time when families were smaller and less able to support them.
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Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 revision questions
- What does Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 cover in WJEC A-Level History?
- 14 subtopics: population change and the surveys of booth and rowntree, conservative government to 1905 and the 1906 election, the liberal welfare reforms 1906-1914, the people's budget and the parliament act 1911, heavy industry, agriculture and the welsh economy before 1914, industrial unrest in wales: the penrhyn lockout, tonypandy and llanelli, trade unions and the rise of the labour party, women, the vote and war work, religion, education and welsh culture, wales and the great war: voluntarism, conscription and the home front, industrial decline, the coal disputes and the general strike of 1926, the depression in wales: unemployment, migration and government response, politics between the wars: from the lloyd george coalition to the national government and society, leisure and popular culture between the wars. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Politics and Society in Wales and England c.1900-1939 organised?
- By the WJEC 601-5817-7 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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