A Changing Environment, Timeline (1918-1979)

Question 1

February, 1918 -

Answer 1

Representation of the People Act.

Question 2

November, 1918 -

Answer 2

Armistice signed with Germany, end of WW1.

Question 3

October, 1919-20;

1922 -

Answer 3

David Lloyd George resigns;

Bonar law becomes PM.

Question 4

May, 1923 -

Answer 4

Conservative Government formed, led by stanley Baldwin.

Question 5

Jan - Oct, 1924 -

Answer 5

First labour government formed, led by Ramsay Macdonald.

Question 6

November, 1924 -

Answer 6

Conservative government formed, led by stanley baldwin.

Question 7

May, 1926,

1928 -

Answer 7

General strike,

Representation of the people (equal franchise) Act.

Question 8

June, 1929 -

Answer 8

Second Labour government formed, led by Ramsay Macdonald.

Question 9

The Wall Street Crash -

Answer 9

October, 1929.

Question 10

Fall of second Labour government;
Establishment of the National government;
Height of Great Depression.

Answer 10

August, 1931.

Question 11

Introduction of the Means test -

A determination of whether an individual or family is eligible for government assistance or welfare

Answer 11

1934.

Question 12

Ramsay Macdonald resigns;

Stanley Baldwin becomes PM -

Answer 12

June, 1935.

Question 13

Abdication Crisis -

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Answer 13

1936.

Question 14

Neville Chamberlain becomes PM -

Answer 14

1937.

Question 15

Outbreak of WW2 -

Answer 15

September, 1939.

Question 16

May, 1940 -

Answer 16

Establishment of wartime coalition government, led by winston Churchill.

Question 17

July, 1945 -

Answer 17

Labour landslide victory;

Clement Attlee becomes PM.

Question 18

Nationalisation of major industries begins -

Answer 18

1946.

Question 19

October, 1951 -

Answer 19

Defeat of labour government;

Conservative government led by Winston Churchill.

Question 20

Anthony Eden becomes PM -

Answer 20

1955.

Question 21

Oct - Nov, 1956 -

Answer 21

Suez Crisis.

An Arab–Israeli war where Britain along with France and Israel invaded Egypt to recover control of the Suez Canal

Question 22

January, 1957 -

Answer 22

Harold Macmillan becomes PM.

Question 23

July, 1957 -

Answer 23

Macmillan makes his ‘Never had it so good speech’.

Question 24

1963 -

Answer 24

The Profumo scandal
(A British affair between John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government, and Christine Keeler, a model, and a russian informative - Potential gov. security information breach.) ;
Alec douglas home becomes PM.

Question 25

October, 1964 -

Answer 25

Defeat of conservative government;

Labour government led by Harold Wilson.

Question 26

Defeat of labour government;

Conservative government led by Edward Heath -

Answer 26

June, 1970.

Question 27

Edward heath is forced to introduce a 3-day working week -
( To reduce electricity consumption, and thus conserve coal stocks, commercial consumption of electricity would be limited to three consecutive days each week.)

Answer 27

Jan - Mar, 1974.

Question 28

Labour win two elections under Harold Wilson -

Answer 28

1974.

Question 29

James Callaghan becomes PM -

Answer 29

1976.

Question 30

Winter of Discontent -
(Widespread strikes by public sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises, following the ongoing pay caps of the Labour Party in attempt to control inflation).

Answer 30

1978 - 1979.

Question 31

May, 1979 -

Answer 31

Defeat of labour government;

Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher.