Britain- The Effect of WW1 on the political standing of Britain

Question 1

What were LG’s policies

Answer 1

More state intervention- upset more traditional Liberals
Pledges to Labour post-war

Question 2

When was a key debate that split the Liberal party?

Answer 2

Maurice Debate
May 1918

Question 3

What were the results of the election in 1918

Answer 3

335 seats to the coalition
161 Liberal
73 Labour

Question 4

What actions did Llyod George do post 1918 that further divided the Liberals

Answer 4

• supressed Irish and preveted Home Rule using violence
• supported the Whites in the Russian Civil War
• Almost went to war with Turkey in 1922

Question 5

How many votes did Labour recieve versus previously in 1918

Answer 5

Enfranchisement and the growth of the party increased their individual voter counts from 0.4 million to 2.4 million in 1918

Question 6

How did the Easter uprising change public opinion on the Liberal Party in Ireland?

Answer 6

The Easter Uprising resulted in the execution of multiple Irish Republican leaders- this shattered the Irish Party’s relationship with the Liberals and caused many Irish to vote more extremely for Nationalists such as Sinn Fein

Question 7

How much did the electorate expand from 1910-1918?

Answer 7

Threefold

Question 8

What was the divide between conservatives and Liberals in Lloyd-George’s coalition?

Answer 8

374 conservatives
159 LG liberals

Question 9

Why did Liberal support erode?

Answer 9

• rise of Labour with industrial workers and mining areas that the Liberals had previously held were Labour by 1922
• many historians point the rise of class politics signaled the decline
• the conservatives also polled heavily above the Liberals showing that it wasn’t entirely due to a growing left movement

Question 10

How did the damage to other countries affect Britain?

Answer 10

They couldn’t buy British produce
* many countries couldn’t afford the products anymore
* wartime blockades had caused the countries to create their own produce