B -1916-1922

Question 1

1916-1922 - Amount the government paid to subsidise housing

Answer 1

£910 - 3x normal price

Question 2

Houses built by 1922

Answer 2

200,000

Question 3

Houses shortened by the Geddes Axe

Answer 3

800,000

Question 4

Geddes Axe cuts to education

Answer 4

18.2 million

Question 5

1920 - Days lost in striking

Answer 5

86 million

Question 6

Coal Miner Wages 1914 - 1921

Answer 6

20% lower in ‘21

Question 7

Amount of change in the electorate - 1918

Answer 7

Tripled

Question 8

Age all men could vote

Answer 8

21

Question 9

Age and context women could vote

Answer 9

30 (property owners)

Question 10

Deaths caused by violence in Ireland 1919-1921

Answer 10

Nearly 1000

Question 11

Position of trade by 1922

Answer 11

Importing over £1200 million worth of goods to exportations under £600

Question 12

How LG described the IRA

Answer 12

‘murder gang’

Question 13

Act which extended the franchise (1918)

Answer 13

Representation of the People’s Act

Question 14

Raised school leaving age and teacher salaries (1918)

Answer 14

Education Act

Question 15

Housing Act - 170k houses (1919)

Answer 15

Addison’s Housing Act

Question 16

Reviewed the state of Coal Mines (1919)

Answer 16

Sankey Comission

Question 17

Allowed women in the Judicial service, Civil service and Law careers (1919)

Answer 17

Sex Disqualifications Act

Question 18

Covered 12 million workers (1920)

Answer 18

Unemployment Act

Question 19

Set up boards to monitor and provide subsidies for struggling farms , was recalled after Geddes (1920)

Answer 19

Agricultural Act

Question 20

Solved the Irish issue (1921)

Answer 20

Anglo-Irish Treaty