Chapter 16- Foreign affairs

Question 1

when did the falklands war start

Answer 1

2nd April 1982

Question 2

what led to the last chance of a peaceful resolution disappearing

Answer 2

sinking of the belgrano

Question 3

why was the sinking of the belgrano controversial

Answer 3

leaving battlefield

many thought it was sunk just to avoid peaceful settlement

Question 4

how did the falklands improve relationship with USA

Answer 4

Britain allowed to use naval bases like ascension island

Question 5

when did the falklands war end

Answer 5

14th June 1982

Question 6

what was the effects of the falklands for Britain

Answer 6

improved special relationship with USA

raised moral and national pride

made Britain seem like global power

made thatcher more popular

Question 7

why was the special relationship with USA so strong under thatcher

Answer 7

personal friends with Ronald Reagan

Thatcher gave USA to use British air bases to bomb Libya in 1986

Question 8

what did thatcher say at regains funeral

Answer 8

‘we have lost a great president, a great American and a great man. and I have lost a dear friend’

Question 9

who were the three new ‘cold warriors’ of the Cold War

Answer 9

thatcher

Reagan

pope John Paul II

Question 10

what showed thatchers willingness to support Cold War effort

Answer 10

let USA deploy cruise missiles in Britain

she encouraged Reagan to negotiate with Gorbachev in Reykjavik summit 1986

Question 11

what was thatchers priority with the EEC

Answer 11

to secure a better deal for Britain over financial contributions to the EEC

Question 12

what did thatcher negotiate with other members of the EEC in 1986

Answer 12

the single European act

Question 13

what did the single European act do

Answer 13

changed the assembly into the European parliament

mentioned possibility of European monetary union

Question 14

what was the Westland affair

Answer 14

was over who would take over the failing British helicopter company Westland

hesseltine favoured takeover from a European consortium, thatcher favoured no government interference even if the company went under US company Sikorsky

Heseltine believed thatcher thatcher blocked discussions about the decision in parliament and would not let concerns over US takeover be made public

Heseltine resignred over this and Thatcher later said it was the closest she came to resignation.