B - 1939-1951

Question 1

Conservative posts to Labour posts during the war

Answer 1

52 - 16

Question 2

Amount of the electorate voting for the first time

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

Amount of debt by the end of the war

Answer 3

£4200 million

Question 4

A

Drop of exports in manufactured goods

Answer 4

60%

Question 5

Initial loan from the US

Answer 5

£5000 million

Question 6

Coal exportation drops during the Fuel Crisis

Answer 6

20%

Question 7

Amount of Marshall Aid

Answer 7

£13 billion

Question 8

Increase of exports amd volume change by ‘50

Answer 8

80% between ‘46-‘50

Volume of exports was 50% higher than in ‘37

Question 9

Restrictions - wages and inflation

Answer 9

1% real wages and inflation less than 3% between 45-50

Question 10

Growth in TU membership

Answer 10

6.3 million to 8.9 million

Question 11

Devaluation

Answer 11

£1 = $2.8

Question 12

Women in the civil service

Women in auxiliary branches

Answer 12

350,000

500,000

Question 13

Beveridge report sales

Answer 13

600,000 copies

Question 14

Amount of dentists for people

Answer 14

10,000 dentists for 47 million people

Question 15

Amount of houses built by Labour

Answer 15

1.5 million, 250,000 prefabs

Question 16

1942 - Want, Squalor, Idle, Disease, Ignorance

Answer 16

Beveridge Report

Question 17

1944 - 11+, meritocratic system of education

Answer 17

Butler Education Act (1944)

Question 18

1945 -The allowance was not paid for the first child but for every subsequent one, the original amount being 5 shillings a week.

Answer 18

Family Allowances Act

Question 19

1946 - Made national insurance universal

Answer 19

National Insurance Act

Question 20

1946 - Injury benefit for six months, disability benefit for the permanently injured, and a death benefit for dependents.

Answer 20

Industrial Injuries Act

Question 21

1946 - Built new towns such as Stevenage, Brixton etc.

Answer 21

New Towns Act

Question 22

1948 - National Insurance contributions and were ‘without resource’.

Answer 22

National Assistance Act