Legislation and Statistics 1930-1939

Question 1

When did Britian come off the gold standard?

Answer 1

1931

Question 2

When was the Holidays with Pay Act?

Answer 2

1938

Question 3

How many seats did Labour gain in the 1935 General Election?

Answer 3

154 seats

Question 4

How were working class women disproportionately affected by childbirth?

Answer 4

1939 WC women 2X as likely to die during childbirth

Question 5

What was the consensus surrounding healthcare in the 1930s?

Answer 5

That healthcare was inefficient

Question 6

What was the Pioneer Healthcare Centre in Peckham?

Answer 6

People paid 1 shilling for annual health check ups

Question 7

What was the 1931 National Economy Act?

Answer 7

10% in unemployment benefit and means test for the long term unemployed

Question 8

What was the 1934 Unemployment Act?

Answer 8

Means test for the LT unemployed, had to reapply for benefits after 6 months, reversed 10% cut

Question 9

What does the 1935 suspension on unemployment cut demonstrate?

Answer 9

The popular desire for a welfare state

Question 10

How many of the WC were still in school after the age of 13 in 1939?

Answer 10

13%

Question 11

What act allowed women to obtain a divorce if either partner had been unfaithful or deserted after 3 years?

Answer 11

1937 Matrimonial Causes Act

Question 12

When was the first Butlins in Skegness?

Answer 12

1936

Question 13

When was the Emergancy Medical Service founded?

Answer 13

1939

Question 14

How did the economy recover after 1934?

Answer 14

Real incomes rose 19%
Industrial production up 46%
GNP up 23%
Exports up 28% 
Unemployment down by 8.5%

Question 15

What was the Battle of Cable street in 1936?

Answer 15

BUF against CPGB over anti semetism

Question 16

What did the MP Neil Mcclean find in 1935?

Answer 16

White chefs paid £20 a month while asian and black chefs paid £5 per month

Question 17

What groups fought for the rights of minorities?

Answer 17

International African Service Bureau

CPGB

Question 18

How many people went to see the Ryder cup (golf) in 1933?

Answer 18

50,000

Question 19

When did the BBC broadcast football on the radio live?

Answer 19

1936

Question 20

How many people were transported by coach in 1936?

Answer 20

Coaches transported 82 million passengers to rural parts of GB

Question 21

How milion cars were on the road in 1939?

Answer 21

2 million

Question 22

How many people visited the lake district in the 1930s?

Answer 22

72,000 people visited the lake district in 1930s

Question 23

Why were caravans popular in 1934?

Answer 23

90 models of caravan, as living standards rose, more people bought caravans.

Question 24

What made car travel easier in the 1930s?

Answer 24

Mersey Tunnel 1934 and Great North Road 1939 results of increasing car ownership

Question 25

How did road accidents increase in the 1920s-30s?

Answer 25

1926-1939 - 124,000 car crashes in GB = 4800 deaths

Motorists caused 80% of deaths

Question 26

When did it become possible to fly to Austrailia?

Answer 26

1932

Question 27

What race related strikes occured in the 1930s?

Answer 27

Regional strikes organised in 1930s by CPGB in protest of NUS forcing somali and asian workers out of jobs in South Tyneside

Question 28

What did the League of Coloured Peoples find?

Answer 28

80% minorities had been unemployed for a prolonged period compared to 30% of whites

Question 29

How much tax revenue did cinema generate in 1937 and how did this compare to football?

Answer 29

1937 - tax on cinema tickets yielded £5.6 million vs tax on football tickets £470,000

Question 30

What does the Great Game reflect from 1930?

Answer 30

Centrality of football in people’s lives

Question 31

What music genres were introduced and became popular during the 1930s?

Answer 31

Jazz and Swing, 20,000 dance bands in GB by 1930, influenced by US music

Question 32

What race riots occurred in the 1930s?

Answer 32

Cardiff race riot 1935 due to great depression and lack of jobs

Question 33

What % of people owned their home in 1938?

Answer 33

1938 - 32% owned their own home

Question 34

What emerged after 1933 and where?

Answer 34

Light industries like the production of household appliances grew in the South East of England and these more prosperous areas experienced a consumer boom.

Question 35

How did disparity in living standards show in the 1920s-30s?

Answer 35

1932 - London and the southeast faced unemployment rates of 11% compared to almost 40% in Wales

Question 36

How did some areas prosper after WW1 while some declined?

Answer 36

1932 12% of those in electrical appliance manufacture were unemployed compared with up to 70% of those engaged in ship building.

Question 37

By how much did electric cooker sales increase 1930-1935?

Answer 37

300%

Question 38

What evidence is there of a consumer boom?

Answer 38

1930 - 200,000 vacuum cleaner sales a year - rose to 400,000 in 1938

Question 39

How was trade union membership affected by the great depression?

Answer 39

8 million in 1922 to 4.5 million in 1932. TUs unable to alleviate the conditions of these areas

Question 40

What happened when there was a shortage of skilled workers during the war?

Answer 40

Control of Employment Act 1939 - semi skilled workers to undertake formerly skilled jobs. Skilled workers were exempt for military service

Question 41

What state was the economy in in 1931?

Answer 41

GB economy shrank by 5% but main problem was keeping the pound on the Gold Standard through spending cuts and high interest rates

Question 42

What happened to the economy in the summer of 1931?

Answer 42

Rumours that budget would be unbalanced - US banks panic sold their reserves of the pound. Pound fell in value.

Question 43

How did the NG help those hit the hardest by the depression in 1934?

Answer 43

Special Areas Act - Identified Tyneside, south Wales, Cumberland + Scotland as regions in need. Only small investment was made - ineffective

Question 44

When was the first TV broadcast?

Answer 44

1936

Question 45

How many people watched tv by 1939?

Answer 45

20,000