Attlee 1945-51

Question 1

When was Attlee made Labour leader?

Answer 1

1935

Question 2

Attlee’s gov was in power from?

Answer 2

1945-51

Question 3

Who was Ernest Bevin?

Answer 3

Home Secretary

Question 4

Hugh Dalton resigned in what year and was replaced by who?

Answer 4

S Cripps 47-50 replaces Darlton and is then replaced by Gaitskell.

Question 5

Who was Deputy Prime Minister in the 1945-51 governments?

Answer 5

Hugh Dalton

Question 6

When was the national insurance act passed?

Answer 6

1946

Question 7

When was Indian Independence act passed?

Answer 7

1947

Question 8

British rearmament was undertaken to fight which conflict?

Answer 8

Korean War

Question 9

When was the Korean War?

Answer 9

1950-53

Question 10

What term was used to describe Conservative economic management in the 1950s and 1960s?

Answer 10

Stop-Go

Question 11

When did the UK enter the Common Market?

Answer 11

1st January 1973

Question 12

Who was Secretary of State for Education and Science in Heath’s Government?

Answer 12

The witch

Question 13

Who delivered the ‘Rivers of Blood Speech and in what year? Who sacked him for it?

Answer 13

Enoch Powell in 1968, sacked by Edward Heath