Britain Political

Question 1

WW1 statistics

Answer 1

£8 billion war debt
700,000 dead
1.4 million wounded

Question 2

Coupon election 1918

Answer 2

coalition 478 seats

asquith 28 seats

Question 3

Chanak Affair 1922

Answer 3

LG threatened Turkey with war without common wealth consent

Question 4

Irish Settlement 1922

Answer 4

LG wanted to split Ireland, threatened war to get his way

Question 5

Unemployment insurance act 1921

Answer 5

Dole expanded

Question 6

Addison housing act 1919

Answer 6

promised 500,000 homes

only delivered 213,000

Question 7

Gender disqualification act 1919

Answer 7

illegal to bar women from jobs

people still did

Question 8

Agricultural act 1920

Answer 8

wanted to stabilise wages for farmers

wages fell from 46 shilling to 36 shilling

Question 9

Unemployment June 1921

Answer 9

2 million

Question 10

LG resigns

Answer 10

October 1922 - bonar law takes over

Question 11

1922 election

Answer 11

Cons 37%

Labour 29.4%

Question 12

Bonar law administration

Answer 12

Poor USA relation, occupation of Ruhr
Dies April 1923, no successor names
king asks baldwin

Question 13

1923 election

Answer 13

Cons 258 seats, lost seats due to liberals uniting
Labour 191 seats
Hung parliament, Baldwin resigned

Question 14

Labour 1st Term

Answer 14

lasted 11 months
Dawes plan 1924
£30 million loan to Russia

Question 15

JP Campbell and Zinoviev letter

Answer 15

interfering in case, inquiry held, labour lost and resigned

letter published in daily mail calling for revolution loosing labour support

Question 16

1924 election

Answer 16

Cons 419 seats

Labour 151 seats

Question 17

Baldwin second term 1925-29

Answer 17

first full term since war

locarno treaty 1926

Question 18

General Strike 1926

Answer 18

return to gold standard made exports expensive, hurt trade industry
£23 million to prop wages 31st July 1925
Samuel Commission April 1926 - not satisfied
May 3rd 1926 general strike 9 days
Gov lost £433 million

Question 19

Trade Disputes act 1927

Answer 19

Banned strike action

Question 20

Baldwin Legislation

Answer 20

Pensions act 1925
Unemployment act 1925 - 16 week cap removed
Central electricity board 1926 - creation of national grid
Representation of peoples expansion 1928 - women over 21 vote
Local government act 1929 - local council more control

Question 21

1929 election

Answer 21

Cons 38% vote 260 seats

Labour 37% 288 seats

Question 22

2nd labour government

Answer 22

Had to rely on Liberals

Coal mines act 1930 - fixed wages, reduced hours

Question 23

The Great Depression

Answer 23

October 29th 1929
£100 million loan
Labour didnt have experience

Question 24

May report July 1931

Answer 24

George May 
10% wage cuts 
means test on dole
benefits cut
vote 11/9 party split, MacDonald hands in resignation

Question 25

1932 unemployment rates

Answer 25

3 million

Question 26

1931 election

Answer 26

National government wins 90% of seats

Question 27

National government leadership

Answer 27

Macdonald 1931-1935
Baldwin 1935- 37
Chamberlain 1937
Cons used Macdonald as a puppet and dominated in backround

Question 28

How did Britain improve exports

Answer 28

Devalued the currency by leaving the gold standard in 1931

Question 29

How did National government enforce economic policy

Answer 29

interest rate cut from 6% in 1931 to 2% in 1932

1932 import duties bill - 10% tariff on imports

Question 30

Special areas act

Answer 30

£2 million for worst parts of country
44k workers to move, 30k to go in training
not much achieved

Question 31

Abdication crisis

Answer 31

Jan 1936 Edward 8th becomes king
hated due to nazi affiliation and gayness
Edward chooses Wallis Simpson over crown dec 1936

Question 32

Liberal opposition

Answer 32

majorly split and faded out of politics

Question 33

Labour opposition

Answer 33

lansbury takes over

1935 - most percentage of voters ever 154 seats

Question 34

BUF

Answer 34

1932 Mosely 
20k to 50k members
1934 long knives lost support
got 18% of vote in London 
leaders arrested due to war

Question 35

Communists

Answer 35

1920 created to co-op with Labour
helped by depression
faded in 1939
depression = 6000 members but only 75000 votes

Question 36

Unemployed workers union

Answer 36

Wal Hannington
wanted to remove means test
1932 18 hunger marches with 2k people
faded due to recovery