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Mr.Zobe, 25 Nov 2007 10:42 am

History Coursework by Martin Ringer


A lot of people in the 1930s lived in poverty and squalor. According to source A1, some families lived in extreme poverty and there was not enough of anything to go around for families, we also see that the South Wales industrial area was not even fit to sustain war at these times from source A1, which we can see would have been a large problem for Britain. Source A2 supports source A1 as it looks on the fact that the government did not relieve area sufficiently, leaving families in health problems due to poverty, however, source A2 also tells us this was not a nationwide poverty, just in some areas, which gives us a balanced view on the subject, unlike Source A1, which was quite bias. Source A3, tells us the facts as well, and shows the negative perspective the government left families in. It says that Men, living in poverty were not strong enough and weren't ready for fighting in the war or maintaining industrial outputs. Source A3 also supports A1, that the conditions were commonplace. The next source, Source A4 is a political speech from 1935, (the war started in 1939), This source gives us a different aspect on the poverty in the 30s but does give psychological impact to the audience it was given to, the second part of source A4 is a speech to the house of commons, also giving psychological impact to the previous wart, and the fact Britain feels a war coming up. Then Source A5, is instructions on how to put on a gas mask, this shows that the government, actually WAS ready for war and attack, with the fact it was able to supply every home in Britain with gas masks. This also shows that there was great power in the industry for it to be able to mas produce so much equipment for use. Source A6 tells us afterwards though, that by 1939, People felt more ready for war as opposed to Source A4 (i) and (ii).
Section B, is focused more on the effects on people during the 30s. Source B1 tells us that everything was not being shared out evenly as the well off had enough money to buy what they want whilst the poorer couldn't get enough living conditions to live well. Source B2, also supports B1, as it says the rich are not helping out the poor, at all and that there were large divisions in society. It is also shown that it was the opposite of “Dunkirk Spirit”, even more to this, families began to split up. Source B3 shows that children are being labeled, like shop goods, and this source is very traumatic for children (a girl crying), however, this source contradicts Source B1, The children are well dressed, clean and well fed. Source B4, is VERY useful as it gives a perspective on the effects of bombing, and explains that some cities were targeted due to Ports, Factories, Ship Building, Lower Morale and War Ships. This source also tells us that 60, 000 people were killed in London, over 100, 000 people seriously injured, hundreds of thousands of people made homeless and the population was in despair giving a defeated attitude. This source also told us though, that thousands of people took refuge in tube stations and Morales stayed high even bombing occurred. Source B5 seems to disagree with these facts as it contradicts the description of Morale, Coventry. This source also tells us that people escaped before the bombing, over 100,000 to be exact left the city at night, and this also indicates that the Morale of the people varied from place to place. The final source on Section B, Source B6, is an illustration of an Anderson shelter, which showed how bad the government was at helping as these tended to fall down and/or break.
Section C seems to talk more on the fact that woman played an important role in these years. This starts off with Source C1, which explains to us that because men were at war, a lot of job occupations opened up for women to take, as Source C2 tells us that, supporting C1, women have much much more opportunities in work since the war started, this also includes, more pay for women. However, Source C2 shows us a downside to the matter, such as woman with jobs finding domestic jobs much more difficult and many women wanting to go to their own jobs, welcoming the end of the war, this is good as it shows that the war impacted differently on different women. Source C3 shows the nature of work that women did and confirms that women started to take mens place in factories and working in generally male jobs, this supports C1 and helps explain C2. C4, is helpful as well as it tells us that workers were unhappy during the war and that they had little to do and work hard to make money for employers who they dislike greatly. C5 has two parts, the first part (i) tells us that the government interviewed to try to organize work and employment during WWII. This also tells us that the gap between rich and poor decreased with middle class incomes fell by 7%. The second part (ii) explains to us that workers wages increased by 9% afterwards and that this gave an improvement to living standards.
The next Section, Section D focuses mainly on how people got their food,which starts off with source D1 telling us that housewives had to be “on the ball” to ensure they maximized their allowance of food weekly, and that the idea was that everyone would have the same amount of food and ensured a rich and healthy diet. We find out in D2 that farms had to grow essential crops, such as wheat, barley, potatoes, fodder and Barley. The Govt encouraged people to grow their own food, and just the essentials, which gave a large decline in vegetables. This supports D1 in highlighting shortages. D3 tells us that Rationing was NOT considered fair as the rich could afford to eat at restaurants whilst the poor had to suffer and try to survive. Black Markets also rised up to sell restricted goods. D4 tells us that the Govt used propaganda in order to maintain the war effect and to influence people's thoughts on the war and the enemy. Portrays Germans as dangerous and untrustworthy people. The Govt also exaggerates the potential threat to encourage more security and anti German feeling. D5, the final source for section D, provides a lot of useful information about the extent of government control over information such as telling us the fact that the fact that a ministry of Information was established to administer censorship of the media and to monitor, and, if necessary, to shape civilian behavior and morale.
Section E, the final section has a lot of points to make, most being on the subject of the Bevendge Report, this was an investigation of the problems of a social insurance, Bevendge wanted to end want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. This was strong stuff though and Churchill did not approve. Only one recommendation came into act before the war ended, child payments of 5s a week. Afterwards, the leaving age of school was raised in 1947 to 15. It was soon layed down that secondary schools were to have three types – Grammar, Technical and Modern. This was done by R.A Outlet, the conservative president of the board of education in the coalition government. The Schools 3 types were in 1944. Source E2, shows that there was a lot of support for the Bevendge report from the people of Great Britain. Parliament was repsonsible for bringing about social reform. This source also suggests that the conservative party are not willing to grant social reform, only for rich and priveleged. E3 suggests that socail reform should and could have taken place before the war. The 1930s conservative Govs were blamed for not introducing income also bev would have researched the issue at great length enabling a throrough conclusion. The next source, Source E4 informs us that
the Bevendge report contains a number of worthy ideas, but most are unrealistic. A lot of the points seems to have raised False hope in the public. This source also shows support for social reofrm, but not for the cost of it.
E5, the final sopurce tells us that the Bevendge report was just a series of reccomendations not legislation. And that welfare state was created before the war had finished. Life in Britain during the second world war was tough but picked up slowly afterwards, enforcing rules we have today.













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David256230 (Guest), 25 Nov 2007 05:47 pm

Homework thingy Thanks martin for the homework