B - 1922-1929

Question 1

Insurance could be claimed indefinitely (1925)

Answer 1

National Insurance Act

Question 2

Return to the Gold Standard

Answer 2

1925

Question 3

National Grid creation (1926)

Answer 3

Electricity Act

Question 4

Equal marriage rights to men (1926)

Answer 4

English law of property

Question 5

Expanded franchise - All men and women over 21 (1928)

Answer 5

Representation of the People’s Act

Question 6

Local authorities given budgets to improve local areas

Answer 6

Local Government Act

Question 7

Subsidy Tory Gov. used for housing 1922-1923

Answer 7

£6

Question 8

Wheatley’s subsidy

Answer 8

£9

Question 9

Amount of houses built under Wheatley

Answer 9

500,000 houses built

Question 10

Value of pound increased by GS

Answer 10

10%

Question 11

Rise of the pound to the dollar

Answer 11

$3.40-$4.86

Question 12

Loss of coal exports (1925)

Answer 12

£2.1 million lost in the first 6 months

Question 13

Motor car production by the 1920’s

Answer 13

Tripled compared to 1913 level

Question 14

Growth from ‘23-‘29

Answer 14

Between 1923 to 1929, economic growth was faster than before 1914

Question 15

Unemployment

Answer 15

1.5 million

Question 16

Amount electorate increased by

Answer 16

22 million to 29 million

Question 17

Amount female vote outnumbered male vote

Answer 17

2 million

Question 18

Miners killed from 1922-1924

Answer 18

3603 miners killed, 600,000 injured

Question 19

Volunteers in the general strike

Answer 19

100,000

Question 20

Women in the house of commons

Answer 20

1%

Question 21

Licenses for radios
1922
1926

Answer 21

36,000 thousands

2 million