Section 2 facts

Question 1

When did Britain declare war on Germany?

Answer 1

4 August 1914

Question 2

When was the Defence of the Realm Act passed?

Answer 2

8 August 1914 - Gave the State increased control in people’s lives

Question 3

When did the Conservatives withdraw support for Asquith?

Answer 3

1916 - Wanted Lloyd George to replace Asquith

Question 4

When did Asquith official resign?

Answer 4

5th December 1916

Question 5

When did Lloyd George form a new coalition government?

Answer 5

7th December 1916

Question 6

Who was the first ever Labour MP to be given a place in the cabinet?

Answer 6

Arthur Henderson in 1916

Question 7

When did Henderson resign from the cabinet?

Answer 7

August 1917

Question 8

What did Henderson’s resignation allow him to do?

Answer 8

Reorganise the Labour party

Question 9

After the war how many people were members of Trade Unions?

Answer 9

8 million

Question 10

When did Labour adopt Clause IV?

Answer 10

February 1918

Question 11

When was the Representation of the People Act passed?

Answer 11

1918 - Gave married women over 30 the vote and all men over 21

Question 12

How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 1918 election?

Answer 12

344

Question 13

How many seats did the Liberals win in the 1918 election?

Answer 13

62

Question 14

When was the Education Act passed?

Answer 14

1914 - Raised leaving age to 14, increased subsidies for secondary schools

Question 15

When was Addison’s Housing Act passed?

Answer 15

1919 - Obligated authorities to ensure people had decent housing

Question 16

How many houses built under Addison’s Housing Act?

Answer 16

170,000

Question 17

When was the Unemployment Act passed?

Answer 17

1920 - Extended to cover 12 million workers with unemployment insurance

Question 18

When was the Agriculture Act passed?

Answer 18

1920 - Supported agriculture by maintaining war time guarantee on prices and a minimum wage for farm labourers

Question 19

When did Addison leave the government?

Answer 19

March 1921 - When housing subsidies were ended

Question 20

In 1921 how many working days were lost due to trade union activity?

Answer 20

86 million

Question 21

When did Bonar Law resign?

Answer 21

May 1921 - Ill Health

Question 22

When was the Honours Scandal?

Answer 22

1922 - Lloyd George accused of selling peerages to finance his own political party

Question 23

When was the Chanak Affair?

Answer 23

1922 - Lloyd George ordered British forces to intervene without consulting the cabinet

Question 24

When was the Carlton Club Meeting?

Answer 24

1922 - The Conservatives voted to fight the next election alone

Question 25

When did Lloyd George resign?

Answer 25

19 October 1922 - Same day as Carlton Club meeting

Question 26

How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 1922 election?

Answer 26

330

Question 27

How many seats did the Liberals (Asquithian and Lloyd George) win in the 1922 election?

Answer 27

116

Question 28

How many seats did Labour win in the 1922 election?

Answer 28

142

Question 29

By 1918, how many factories did the Ministry of Munitions manage?

Answer 29

250

Question 30

By 1918, how many workers did the Ministry of Munitions control?

Answer 30

Almost 4 million workers

Question 31

How much was government spending in 1913?

Answer 31

£200 million

Question 32

How much was government spending in 1918?

Answer 32

£2600 million

Question 33

How much did food prices rise by the end of the war?

Answer 33

Doubled

Question 34

When was the Housing and Town Planning Act passed?

Answer 34

1919 - Encourage local governments to clear slums and construct low-rent homes for the working class

Question 35

How much was Addison paying for houses compared to their true building cost?

Answer 35

Addison was paying £910 when the true cost was only £385

Question 36

What did the withdrawal of housing subsidies in 1922 mean?

Answer 36

Shortage of 800,000 houses

Question 37

What did the committee under Geddes recommend on government spending cuts?

Answer 37

£86 million

Question 38

What did the Geddes Axe reduce cuts to?

Answer 38

£64 million

Question 39

When was the Treasury Agreement?

Answer 39

1914 - Trade Unions involved in vital war work agreed not to strike

Question 40

When was the Munitions of War Act passed?

Answer 40

1915 - Banned strikes for munition workers

Question 41

In 1917 how many strikes were there across Britain?

Answer 41

48

Question 42

What did the Sankey commission recommend?

Answer 42

Nationalisation of the coal mines

Question 43

How much did Britain's capability to produce steel increase by during the war?

Answer 43

50%

Question 44

How many tons of shipping did Britain build during the war?

Answer 44

2 million tons

Question 45

How many tons of shipping were needed in Britain by 1918?

Answer 45

0.5 million tons

Question 46

Did Britain have a favourable trade balance by 1921-22?

Answer 46

No

Question 47

Which countries threatened coal production in Britain?

Answer 47

Germany and Poland

Question 48

Which countries threatened the textiles industry in Britain?

Answer 48

The US and Japan

Question 49

How many working men were taken out of the economy into the armed forces?

Answer 49

6 million

Question 50

Around how many women entered the workforce?

Answer 50

1 million

Question 51

How many women moved from peacetime work to wartime jobs?

Answer 51

250,000

Question 52

By 1918 what proportion of the workforce was female?

Answer 52

1/3

Question 53

By 1918 what percentage of the workforce in shell factories was female?

Answer 53

80%

Question 54

Was the percentage of female workers in 1921 different from 1911?

Answer 54

There was little difference

Question 55

When did the National Miners' strike begin?

Answer 55

1 April 1921

Question 56

What were the miners forced to accept after the strike failed?

Answer 56

Wages 20% lower than in 1914

Question 57

How many people signed up to fight in 1914?

Answer 57

1 million

Question 58

Altogether how many men volunteered to fight in WW1?

Answer 58

2.5 million

Question 59

When was conscription introduced?

Answer 59

1916

Question 60

How many were killed in WW1?

Answer 60

750,000

Question 61

When did Redmond became the leader of the Irish Volunteers?

Answer 61

August 1914 - Renamed them to the National Volunteers

Question 62

How many broke away from the National Volunteers over involvement in the war?

Answer 62

10,000 in 1916 - Took name of Irish Volunteers

Question 63

When did a small group plan an uprising?

Answer 63

Easter 1916

Question 64

How many armed rebels seized the General Post Office in Dublin on Easter 1916?

Answer 64

1000

Question 65

How many people died as a result of the Easter Rising?

Answer 65

450

Question 66

Why did the Easter Rising fail?

Answer 66

Only 1600 joined the rebels and the British were stronger although unprepared

Question 67

By 1917 how many Sinn Fein members were there?

Answer 67

250,000

Question 68

What did the 1918 election mark for Irish parties?

Answer 68

The end of the Irish Nationalists and the rise of Sinn Fein

Question 69

What did the Sinn Fein set up after their election?

Answer 69

The Dail Eireann

Question 70

What did the Government do in response to Sinn Fein?

Answer 70

Declared Sinn Fein to be illegal in August 1919 and the Dail in September

Question 71

What did Lloyd George authorize the recruitment of in response to the IRA?

Answer 71

The Black and Tans

Question 72

When did both sides of the war of independence agree to a truce?

Answer 72

11 July 1921

Question 73

When was the war of independence?

Answer 73

1919-21

Question 74

When was the Anglo-Irish Treaty?

Answer 74

1921 - Ireland became a self-governing dominion and Northern Ireland remained part of the UK