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THE MODERN AGE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - skilled in foreign policy
  - - - moral values;
      - class distinctions;
      - the poverty in large part of
        the population.
  - - - division into two groups
        
        the supporters of liberal values
        
        laissez-faire and self-help.
        
        supporters of the new liberalism
        
        in
        favour of certain forms of State intervention in social life.
      - The New Liberal David Lloyd George (1863-1945) Chancellor of Exchequer in charge of the country’s finances.
        
        His People’s Budget of 1910 rejected by the House of Lords
        
        passage of the Parliament Act in 1911
        
        the right of the Lords to veto bills eliminated;
        
        general elections held at least every
        five years.
    - - Introduction of various reforms
        
        1907 Free school medical
        inspections.
        
        1908 The Children's Act restricting the sale of alcohol and cigarettes to minors
        
        1905 Free school meals.
        
        1908: The Old Age Pensions Act, which introduced pensions of one to five shillings for people over 70.
        
        1909: minimum wages
        
        1911: The National Insurance Act, right to free and medical treatment and sickness benefits.
  - - - England allied with France and Russia against Germany, Austria and Italy