Timeline

Question 1

What War happens between 1950-53?

Answer 1

Korean War

Question 2

Who wins the snap election of 1951?

Answer 2

Conservatives - Churchill

Question 3

Who retires in 1955? Who takes over?

Answer 3

Churchill

Eden

Question 4

What Crisis takes place in 1956?

Answer 4

Suez Crisis

Question 5

Who becomes PM in 1957?

Answer 5

Macmillan

Question 6

Which party wins the 1959 election?

Answer 6

Conservatives

Question 7

Why do Treasury Ministers resign in 1957?

Answer 7

Stop-go policies

Question 8

What Treaty is signed that forms the EEC in 1957?

Answer 8

Treaty of Rome

Question 9

Which country becomes independent from the empire in 1957?

Answer 9

Ghana

Question 10

Where do race riots take place in 1958?

Answer 10

Notting Hill

Question 11

What 2 organisations were created in 1961?

Answer 11

NICKY and NEDDY

Question 12

What speech does Macmillan deliver in 1960?

Answer 12

Winds of Change

Question 13

What cabinet reshuffle takes place in 1962?

Answer 13

Night of the Long Knives

Question 14

What Act takes place in 1962?

Answer 14

Commonwealth Immigration Act

Question 15

What application is rejected in 1963?

Answer 15

EEC application

Question 16

What Affair takes place in 1963?

Answer 16

Profumo Affair

Question 17

Which Labour leader dies in 1963? Who is he replaced by?

Answer 17

Gaitskell

Wilson

Question 18

Who wins the 1964 general election?

Answer 18

Labour - Wilson

Question 19

Between what groups does violence taken place in 1964? Where does this violence take place?

Answer 19

Mods and rockers

Seaside resorts

Question 20

What state declares illegal independence in 1965?

Answer 20

Rhodesia

Question 21

What Acts are developed in 1965 and 1968?

Answer 21

Race Relations Acts

Question 22

What Circular is made in 1965 which concerns comprehensive schools?

Answer 22

Circular 10/65

Question 23

Who wins their second premiership term in 1966?

Answer 23

Wilson

Question 24

What application is rejected for the 2nd time in 1967?

Answer 24

EEC

Question 25

What 2 Acts are introduced in 1967?

Answer 25

Abortion Act | Sexual Offences Act

Question 26

What Act is introduced in 1968?

Answer 26

Theatres Act

Question 27

What strike takes place in 1969?

Answer 27

Dagenham sewing machinists strike

Question 28

What penalty is abolished in 1969?

Answer 28

Death penalty

Question 29

What Act is introduced in 1969?

Answer 29

Divorce Reform Act

Question 30

What White Paper is issued but not approved in 1969?

Answer 30

"In Place of Strife"

Question 31

Where were troops sent to restore order in 1969?

Answer 31

Northern Ireland/Ulster

Question 32

Who wins the general election of 1970?

Answer 32

Conservatives - Heath

Question 33

What Act is implemented in 1971?

Answer 33

Industrial Relations Act

Question 34

What Agreement is made in 1973?

Answer 34

Sunningdale Agreement

Question 35

What type of week is put in place in 1974?

Answer 35

Three-day work week

Question 36

Who wins the two elections of 1974?

Answer 36

Labour - Wilson

Question 37

Which Labour Leader resigns in 1976? Who succeeds him?

Answer 37

Wilson | Callaghan

Question 38

What loan is obtained in 1976?

Answer 38

IMF loan

Question 39

What key event takes place in 1978-79?

Answer 39

Winter of Discontent

Question 40

Who wins the 1979 general election?

Answer 40

Conservatives - Thatcher

Question 41

What War takes place in 1982?

Answer 41

Falklands War

Question 42

Who wins the 1983 general election?

Answer 42

Tories - Thatcher

Question 43

What Act is passed in 1985?

Answer 43

Single Europe Act

Question 44

Who wins the 1987 general election?

Answer 44

Tories - Thatcher

Question 45

Who resigns in 1990?

Answer 45

Mrs Thatcher

Question 46

What tax was abandoned in 1991?

Answer 46

Poll tax

Question 47

What War took place in 1991?

Answer 47

Gulf War

Question 48

Who wins the 1992 general election?

Answer 48

Major - Tories

Question 49

What Treaty is created in 1992?

Answer 49

Maastricht Treaty

Question 50

Who is murdered in 1992?

Answer 50

James Bulger

Question 51

What does Britain leave in 1992? What is the name of this event?

Answer 51

ERM | "Black Wednesday"

Question 52

Who is murdered in 1993?

Answer 52

Stephen Lawrence

Question 53

Which Labour leader dies in 1994? Who replaces him?

Answer 53

John Smith | Tony Blair

Question 54

Who is murdered in 1995?

Answer 54

Philip Lawrence

Question 55

What Agreement is signed in Bosnia in 1995?

Answer 55

Dayton Accords Agreement

Question 56

Who wins the 1995 Conservative Party leadership election?

Answer 56

Major

Question 57

Who wins the 1997 general election?

Answer 57

Blair - Labour

Question 58

What Enquiry is set up in 1997 that concerns the investigation of the Stephen Lawrence murder?

Answer 58

McPherson enquiry

Question 59

What referendum takes place in 1997?

Answer 59

Devolution referenda

Question 60

What Agreement is signed in 1998?

Answer 60

Good Friday Agreement

Question 61

What Doctorine is established in 1998 concerning intervention in foreign affairs?

Answer 61

Blair Doctorine

Question 62

Who wins the 2001 general election?

Answer 62

Blair - Labour

Question 63

What attack in New York takes place in 2001?

Answer 63

9/11

Question 64

What country is invaded in 2003?

Answer 64

Iraq

Question 65

What does EU enlargement see in 2004?

Answer 65

Significant Eastern European immigration

Question 66

Who becomes Conservative leader in 2005?

Answer 66

David Cameron

Question 67

Where do bombings take place in 2005?

Answer 67

London - 7/7

Question 68

What Act is passed in 2006?

Answer 68

Religious Hatred Act

Question 69

Who resigns as PM in 2007?

Answer 69

Blair