David Lloyd George

Question 1

What time period was DLG Prime Minister?

Answer 1

1916 - 1922.

Question 2

Who was in a coalition with DLG’s Liberal Party?

Answer 2

Andrew Bonar-Law’s Conservative government.

Question 3

After the war, what how did DLG handle the troops coming home?

Answer 3

The demobilisation of troops on a “first-in, first-out” policy.

Question 4

What was DLG’s promise?

Answer 4

Homes Fit for Heroes.

Question 5

How did DLG deal with the poverty?

Answer 5

Addison’s Housing Act which built 200,000 houses.

Question 6

Why did Addison’s Housing Act fail?

Answer 6

They paid £910 per house instead of the actual price of £385. Wasting public money.

Question 7

In 1921, the unemployment rate hit 1 million and National Insurance couldn’t cope. What did DLG do?

Answer 7

Increased unemployment benefit even though the country couldn’t afford it.

Question 8

What did DLG do to the mines?

Answer 8

He privatised the mines.

Question 9

What came at the expense of DLG privatising the mines?

Answer 9

Reductions in miners wages and the loss off popularity.

Question 10

What was Geddes Axe?

Answer 10

A £64 million cut on public expenditure.

Question 11

What did DLG do to aid education?

Answer 11

Raised the school leaving age.

Question 12

What does DLG do to Old Age Pensions?

Answer 12

Extends them.

Question 13

What does DLG do for War Widows?

Answer 13

Creates the War Widow Pension.

Question 14

Why did Homes Fit for Heroes stop?

Answer 14

Lack of funding.

Question 15

What did DLG do to deal with protesters in Clydesdale?

Answer 15

Sent in troops and tanks.

Question 16

How did DLG end the Anglo-Irish War?

Answer 16

Proposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty which split Ireland in two.

Question 17

How did DLG deal with the IRA?

Answer 17

He sent in the “Black and Tans” which gained a bad reputation.

Question 18

Did DLG manage to stop the IRA?

Answer 18

No, the “Black and Tans” failed.

Question 19

Who did the Liberals support in the Anglo-Irish War?

Answer 19

The Nationalists (IRA).

Question 20

Who did the Conservatives support in the Anglo-Irish War?

Answer 20

The Unionists.

Question 21

What was the ‘Honours Scandal’?

Answer 21

DLG selling honours to people and pocketing the cash.

Question 22

Why were the Conservatives furious at DLG because of the ‘Honours Scandal’?

Answer 22

DLG was personally pocketing the money, and not cutting the conservatives in on the deal.

Question 23

What did DLG not do to the Conservative and Liberal party even though he had an opportunity to?

Answer 23

He didn’t fuse the parties.

Question 24

What were the views of the Conservatives and Liberals in relation to the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 24

The Liberals thought it was ‘too harsh’.

The Conservatives thought it was ‘too lenient’.

Question 25

Which party sided with which country in the ‘Chanak Incident’?

Answer 25

The Liberals supported the Greeks.

The Conservatives supported the Turks.

Question 26

Why was DLG known as ‘The Goat’?

Answer 26

His sexual reputation as being unfaithful to both his wife and mistress.

Question 27

What was the name of the Conservative club that voted for the coalition to end?

Answer 27

The Carlton Club.

Question 28

When did the Carlton Club decide to meet and vote about the fate of the coalition government?

Answer 28

October 1922.

Question 29

What did the Conservative government decide at the Carlton Club?

Answer 29

To break the coalition and run in the next election just as the Conservative party.

Question 30

Which member of the Conservative party resigned, causing trouble for DLG?

Answer 30

Austen Chamberlain.