Essay Questions

Question 1

“By 1975 Britain’s place in the world was in decline”

Explain why you you agree or disagree with this view

Answer 1

AGREE
1951 - Britain at the top of the world following victory in WW2 
1955 - Vietnam war 
1956 - EEC formed without Britain 
1956 - Suez crisis 
1969 - Troubles in Northern Ireland 
1973 - Yom Kippur war 

DISAGREE
1952 - Britain’s first atomic bomb test
Britain’s special relationship wit USA
1975 - Heath visits China - awarded the ‘people’s friend envoy’

Question 2

“The conservatives lost the 1974 election due to their handling of the troubles in Northern Ireland”

Explain why you agree or disagree with this view

Answer 2

AGREE
Internment - brought the troubles to England - made England a target
Incompetency of the government
- Failure of the Suningdale agreement

DISAGREE
1973 Yom Kippur war -oil embargo
Willie Whitelaw failed in negotiations - led to a national strike in 1974
Heaths U turn - abandoned Seldsom manifesto
Enoch Powel tells voters to vote labour - clear divisions in Conservative party