Transcript Weimar Germany Timeline

Liberal Reforms Revision Timeline
1889-1902 - Boer War, problem of national efficiency highlighted
1889 - Charles Booth publishes his findings on poverty in London
1900 - Labour Party formed
1901 - Seebohm Rowntree publishes his book on poverty in York
1906 - General Election – Liberals win, Herbert Asquith becomes PM
Free School Meals Act passed
1907 - School Medical Services set up
1908 - David Lloyd George becomes Chancellor of Exchequer
Lloyd George’s ‘People’s Budget’ introduced (taxes rich to pay for
welfare reforms)
Old Age Pensions Act passed
1909 - Labour Exchange Programmes set up to help unemployed
1911 - National Insurance Act passed: 2 parts –
Sick Pay and Unemployment Benefit
Votes for Women Revision Timeline
1897 1901 1903 1906 1908 -
1911 1912 1913 1914 -
1915 1916 1918 -
1928 -
NUWSS formed (Suffragists), leader Millicent Fawcett
Queen Victoria dies – marks new beginning for women
WSPU formed (Suffragettes), leader Emmeline Pankhurst
General Election, Liberals win, Asquith becomes PM
Women’s Bill dropped from Parliament – ran out of time
Direct action begins and Suffragette actions become more militant (smashing windows, chaining
to Downing Street, arrests)
Asquith drops Conciliation Bill giving women the vote, even though Parliament passes it
Suffragette violence increases (arson, bombing churches, destroying valuable paintings, prison,
hunger strikes)
Cat and Mouse Act
Death of Emily Davison (June 1913), she becomes a martyr for the cause
Suffragists membership almost 100,000, over 500 branches – more successful
WW1 starts, Suffragettes call off all militant action
Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign
Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories
Many industries employ women to help war effort (1.6 million extra women workers help in war)
David Lloyd George becomes PM, replaces Asquith
Representation of the People Act becomes law, women over age of 30 who owned property
were given vote (women vote for 1st time in December 1918 general election)
Armistice signed (11/11/1918) WW1 ends
Full voting rights granted to all women
WW1 Home Front Revision Timeline
1914 -
1915 -
1916 -
1917 1918 -
WW1 starts (2nd August 1914)
Massive recruitment/propaganda campaign launched by Kitchener, Minister of War
500,000 volunteers by September 1914
Suffragettes start Order of the White Feather campaign
Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced (8th August 1914), censorship starts
Stalemate and trench warfare begins, volunteers slow down by Christmas
Munitions crisis (July 1915), women recruited to work in munitions factories
Coalition government formed to help with war effort
Lloyd George becomes Minister of Munitions
Conscription introduced for all single men aged 18-40 (January 1916)
Battle of Somme disaster, government & generals heavily criticised (July – November)
David Lloyd George becomes PM, replaces Asquith (December 1916)
Propaganda film, For the Empire, audiences reach 9 million by end of 1916
Siegfried Sassoon’s war poems published criticising war leadership
German U-boats sink British merchant ships carrying food supplies
Food Rationing introduced
Armistice signed (11/11/1918) WW1 ends