Britain domestic politics and foreign affairs (1929-1939)

Question 1

give an example of a statistic of the 1929 general election

Answer 1

labour’s vote went up to 37.1% from 33%

Question 2

who was the leader of the labour party at the start of their reign

Answer 2

MacDoanld

Question 3

give 3 examples of MacDonald’s new cabinet in 1929

Answer 3

Henderson took foreign office
Snowden continued at the Exchequer
Wheatley was minister of works

Question 4

give 5 problems for labour and MacDonald in 1929

Answer 4

MacDonald showed himself to be more interested in foreign and imperial matters

poor economic situation (Wall Street Crash, 1.2 million unemployed)

labour was a minority government

raising taxes would make Britain less confident

committed to free trade

Question 5

summarise the Housing Act 1930

Answer 5

restored the subsides for local authorities to build houses that had been given in 1924 by Wheatley Act

most slums ckeared ever

700,000 houses built