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1
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General Strike

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1926

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2
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Britain followed Free Trade Policies until _____

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1932

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3
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When was the Wall Street Crash?

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October 1929

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4
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When was mass unemployment 2 million?

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1930

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5
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When was mass unemployment over 3 million?

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1932

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6
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When did unemployment fall back to 2 million?

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1935

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7
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____ Unemployment Insurance Act

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1920

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8
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____ - Ramsay Macdonald’s Labour Government split over cutting the dole by 20%

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1931

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9
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____ General Election put the Conservative government back in power (During the Depression)

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1935

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10
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When did Neville Chamberlain become PM?

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May 1937

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11
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When was the Means Test introduced?

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1931

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12
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When were the first Hunger Marches?

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1931

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13
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When was the nationwide hunger march organised by the NUWM (375 marchers came from Rhondda)?

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October 1932

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14
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When was the dole cut?

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1935

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15
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When was the Jarrow Crusade?

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1936

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16
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When was the Rhondda Hunger March (supported by the Labour Party)?

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October 1936

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17
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When were 72% of unemployed people living below the poverty line?

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1936

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18
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In what year were there 9 million registered radio sets?

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1939

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19
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When was the first Welsh language film released?

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1935

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20
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After ____, living standards began to improve in areas with new light industries.

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1932

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21
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____ Special Areas Act

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1934

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22
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Second Special Areas Act

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1936

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23
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When did rearmament begin?

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1936

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24
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When was Treforest Industrial Estate set up?

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1936

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25
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When was Guernica Bombed?

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1937

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26
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When was Anschluss (the annexation of Austria)?

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1938

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27
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When was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement formed?

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1935

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28
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When did Germany Remilitarise the Rhineland?

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1936

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29
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When was the Munich Agreement formed?

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September 1938

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30
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When did Germany invade Czechoslovakia?

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March 1939

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31
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When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact formed?

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August 1939

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32
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When did Germany invade Poland?

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1st September 1939

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33
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When did Britain declare war on Germany?

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3rd September 1939

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34
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_______ ____Military Training Act

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April 1939

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35
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When did conscription begin?

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September 1939

36
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When was the schedule of Reserved Occupations drawn up?

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1938

37
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Emergency Powers Act

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1939

38
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When was the Phoney War?

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October 1939-April 1940

39
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When were British and French forces defeated in Norway?

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April 1940

40
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When was the Battle of France?

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May 1940 - June 1940

41
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When was the evacuation of Dunkirk

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26th May 1940

42
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When was the Battle of Britain?

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Summer 1940

43
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When was the Blitz

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September 1940 - May 1941

44
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When did Germany invade the USSR (Operation Barbarossa)?

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June 1941

45
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When was D-Day?

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6th June 1944

46
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When was the Baby Blitz (From V1 and V2 rockets)?

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1943 - May 1945

47
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When did Britain ad the USA start launching huge retaliatory air attacks?

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1942

48
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When was the Battle of the Atlantic?

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1939 - 1944

49
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When did Germany Surrender?

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7th May 1945

50
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When is VE Day?

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8th May 1945

51
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When is VJ Day?

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15th August 1945

52
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When did the Blitz begin?

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2nd September 1940

53
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When was the Swansea 3 Night Blitz?

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19th - 21st February 1941

54
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When was Operation Pied Piper (Due to expected air raids)?

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August - September 1939

55
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When was the second wave of evacuation (Due to the Blitz)?

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September 1940

56
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When was the third wave of evacuation (Due to V1 + V2 Rockets)?

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1943-1944

57
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When was rationing introduced?

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29th September 1939 (National Registration Day)

58
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When did petrol rationing begin?

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March 1939

59
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When did bacon, butter, sugar and egg rationing begin?

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1940

60
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When did jam, cheese, clothing, egg and coal rationing begin?

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1941

61
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When did rice, fruit, tinned tomatoes, peas, coal, gas, electricity and chocolate rationing begin?

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1942

62
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When did conscription for war work for women aged 19-30 begin?

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December 1941

63
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When was the Women’s Land Army set up?

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June 1939

64
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When was conscription introduced into the Women’s Land Army

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1941

65
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When was the Spitfire Fund created?

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1940

66
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When did Neville Chamberlain resign and Winston Churchill named PM?

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10th May 1940

67
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When did demobilisation begin?

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18th June 1945

68
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When was the 1945 General election?

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July 1945

69
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When did Clement Attlee become PM?

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26th July 1945

70
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When was the Beveridge Report published?

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November 1942

71
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____ Family Allowance Act

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1945

72
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____ National Insurance Act

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1946

73
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____ National Assistance Act

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1948

74
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____ National Health Service Act

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1946

75
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____ Education Act

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1944

76
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____ Housing Production Executive

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1946

77
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____ New Towns Act

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1946

78
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____ Towns and Country Planning Act

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1947

79
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When did the NHS start?

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5th July 1948

80
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When was the school leaving age raised to 15?

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1947

81
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When was the coal industry nationalised?

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January 1947

82
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When was the electricity industry nationalised?

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1947

83
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When was the gas industry nationalised?

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1948

84
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When was the rail industry nationalised?

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1948

85
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When was the Winston Churchill elected PM?

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25th October 1951

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