1918-1931

Question 1

When did Lloyd George fall from power?

Answer 1

1922

Question 2

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

Answer 2

478 Seats

Question 3

How many seats did the Cons have as part of the coalition after 1918?

Answer 3

335 Seats

Question 4

What was Lloyd George’s minority after 1918?

Answer 4

135 Seats

Question 5

What did Baldwin consider Lloyd George?

Answer 5

A dynamic force

Question 6

What did Baldwin say Lloyd George being a dynamic force was?

Answer 6

“A terrible thing”

Question 7

Name three examples of why Lloyd George was dependant on the Conservatives?

Answer 7

1918 Election
Outlived his usefulness (e.g. Ireland)
Carlton Club meeting

Question 8

What was the date of the Carlton Club Meeting?

Answer 8

19th October 1922

Question 9

What is the significance of the Carlton Club Meeting?

Answer 9

Backbenchers revolted against Lloyd George voting in favour of ending the coalition

Question 10

What did Lloyd George do to wartime controls?

Answer 10

He removed wartime controls on prices/profits and governed wage levels

Question 11

What effect did removing wartime controls have?

Answer 11

Prices to rises
Wages to stay behind
Inflation
Resentment from WC

Question 12

What were the 1921 unemployment levels?

Answer 12

2 Million

Question 13

What was Lloyd George’s response to Unemployment?

Answer 13

Raise unemployment benefits

Question 14

Why was Lloyd George’s employment policies criticised?

Answer 14

Because he was accused of treating the symptoms not the problems

Question 15

What was the Geddes Axe?

Answer 15

£64 million in spending cuts

Question 16

Name three examples of failures of Lloyd George’s domestic policies?

Answer 16

Removing wartime controls
Unemployment policies
Geddes Axe

Question 17

What was the cause of the Clydeside Strike?

Answer 17

Engineers demanding 40 hour week

Question 18

Name two examples of Lloyd George’s failures in industry?

Answer 18

Red Clydeside

Trade Unions

Question 19

How many strikes were there between 1919 and 1920?

Answer 19

2000 Strikes

Question 20

Who took the blame for the Geddes Axe?

Answer 20

Lloyd George

Question 21

What was Lloyd George’s solution to Unemployment?

Answer 21

1920 Unemployment Act

Question 22

Why did the 1920 Unemployment Act fail?

Answer 22

Because it couldn’t cope with the number claimants and wiped out a £22 million surplus

Question 23

Why did the Conservatives keep Lloyd George?

Answer 23

Could blame him for harsh policies

Question 24

Name an example of the Conservatives using Lloyd George?

Answer 24

Geddes Ace were harsh cuts the Conservative blamed on him

Question 25

When was the Chanak Incident?

Answer 25

1922

Question 26

Why was the Chanak incident pivotal in the loss of the support of the Conservatives for Lloyd George?

Answer 26

He became an irritant and antagonist towards Conservative ideology

Question 27

Who led the Conservative revolt against Lloyd George?

Answer 27

Baldwin and Bonar-Law

Question 28

What were other reasons for the decline of the Liberals?

Answer 28

Long term decline of Liberals Split with Asquith Rise of Labour party

Question 29

What was the problem with the Liberal Party ideology?

Answer 29

Did not have an obvious direction with DORA an obvious example of undermine the Liberal free economy and limited government intervention

Question 30

How many house did the Addison Act promise?

Answer 30

500,000

Question 31

How many homes did the Addison Act provide?

Answer 31

213,000

Question 32

Who did DLG lose after reconstruction and the Geddes Axe?

Answer 32

Addison

Question 33

Why did DLG lose Addison?

Answer 33

Because he had gone against Liberal principles with the Geddes Axe

Question 34

What was the impact of the Honour Scandal?

Answer 34

It caused considerable disapproval of Lloyd George and blackened his character to a large extent

Question 35

What are examples of Lloyd George's presidential style of leadership?

Answer 35

Using a garden suburb Calling a cabinet meeting in Inverness Rarely visiting the House of Commons