1918-1931 britain transformed

Question 1

who was the first pm in the course

Answer 1

David Lloyd George

Question 2

when was DLG in power

Answer 2

1918-22

Question 3

what was DLG motto

Answer 3

a country fit for heroes

Question 4

what was the geddes axe

Answer 4

cuts to public spending e.g. healthcare and education

Question 5

what was the Lloyd George fund

Answer 5

selling of honours and peerages

Question 6

how many houses were built during DLG government

Answer 6

200,000

Question 7

what number did unemployment reach DLG

Answer 7

1 million

Question 8

what act changed social standings in 1918

Answer 8

representation of the people act

Question 9

what did this act mean (ROTPA)

Answer 9

women ages 30+ were given the rights to vote

Question 10

how did conservatives see DLG

Answer 10

a prisoner of the tories

Question 11

who removed DLG

Answer 11

1922 committee

Question 12

who was prime minister after DLG

Answer 12

Bonar Law

Question 13

when was Bonar Law in power

Answer 13

1922-23

Question 14

what did Bonar law promise

Answer 14

tranquility and freedom

Question 15

what did Churchill say about Bonar Law’s government

Answer 15

honest to the point of simplicity

Question 16

what did DLG say about Bonar Law government

Answer 16

it was a XI

Question 17

what act was introduced in 1923-24

Answer 17

Chamberlain’s housing act- £6 bursary, encouraging people to own their own houses

Question 18

who took over from Bonar law

Answer 18

Baldwin

Question 19

how long was Baldwin’s first term (dates)

Answer 19

1923-24

Question 20

what was Baldwin’s policy

Answer 20

protectionism

Question 21

what was the result of the general election 1924

Answer 21

conservatives lost 87 seats and labour came in to power

Question 22

who came next after Stanley Baldwin (24)

Answer 22

Macdonald

Question 23

why did labour’s first government fail

Answer 23

allegations about communism, Zinoviev letter scandal, a fake document published and sensationalised by the British Daily Mail

Question 24

who came in to government in 1924 after Macdonald

Answer 24

Baldwin

Question 25

how long was Baldwin's second term (dates)

Answer 25

1924-29

Question 26

who was Baldwins chancellor

Answer 26

Churchill 9returned as a conservative after 20 years being lib)

Question 27

what mistake did Churchill make

Answer 27

returning to the gold standard

Question 28

policies Baldwin introduced

Answer 28

pensions act 1925 electricity act 1926 BBC established 1927

Question 29

what year was the general strike

Answer 29

1926

Question 30

what caused the general strike

Answer 30

a decline in the traditional industries, industrial revolution and competition from America and Europe the Samuel commission which urged miners to accept lower wages and more hours

Question 31

what were the events of the general strike

Answer 31

Churchill wanted a showdown government were prepared- organisation for a maintenance of supplies, emergency power acts 1920 very little communication between the TUC and miners

Question 32

what were the consequences of the general strike

Answer 32

£175-260 million cost trades disputed at 1927, sympathy strikes banned the miners were defeated labour was elected at the next general election

Question 33

who was elected after Baldwin term 2

Answer 33

macdonald

Question 34

how long was macdonald in government for (term 2)

Answer 34

1929-31

Question 35

who was MacDonald's chancellor

Answer 35

Phillip Snowden

Question 36

what disaster happened in the 30's

Answer 36

the great depression

Question 37

what are the 30's also known as

Answer 37

the hungry 30's

Question 38

what happened to unemployment during the GD

Answer 38

mass unemplyment

Question 39

how were the traditional industries impacted

Answer 39

many already in decline were forced in to recession

Question 40

what percentage of children lived below the poverty line

Answer 40

52%

Question 41

what was wrong with the means test

Answer 41

it was humiliating

Question 42

what hunger march happened during the GD

Answer 42

the jarrow crusade

Question 43

when was the hunger march

Answer 43

1936

Question 44

what book talks about the impacts of the great depression

Answer 44

the road to Wigan pier- George Orwell

Question 45

what did the may report suggest

Answer 45

20% cuts to benefits

Question 46

what cuts did macdonald actually make

Answer 46

10% cuts

Question 47

how did the cuts impact him

Answer 47

many within the labour government saw him as a traitor

Question 48

how many houses were built during the great depression

Answer 48

3 million

Question 49

what was a positive of the great depression

Answer 49

technological advancements e.g. cars

Question 50

what did macdonald do to the labour party

Answer 50

divided it