Gateway into Churchill

Question 1

What type of family was churchill from?

Answer 1

an aristocratic family

Question 2

Who was his grandfather?

Answer 2

the Duke of Marlborough

Question 3

Who was his father?

Answer 3

Lord Randolph Churchill
A leading Conservative politician

Question 4

What job did he have before entering politics?

Answer 4

A professional soldier serving in India and the Sudan

Question 5

When did he enter politics as a conservative MP?

Answer 5

1900

Question 6

When did he join the Liberals?

Answer 6

In 1904

Question 7

When did he become a minister?

Answer 7

1905

Question 8

When was he in the cabinet by and what was his roles?

Answer 8

1908 as president of the board of trade, and then home secretary and first lord of Admiralty

Question 9

What did he play a leading role in before 1914?

Answer 9

In introducing social reforms

Question 10

What led to his resignation in 1915?

Answer 10

A failed attack on Turkey

Question 11

When was he back in government and what was his role?

Answer 11

After a brief spell in the army in France, he was back in government in 1917 as minister for munitions

Question 12

When did he serve in Lloyd George’s coalition government?

Answer 12

From 1918-1922

Question 13

When did he rejoin the conservatives and what was his role?

Answer 13

Chancellor of the exchequer 1924-29

Question 14

What did many conservatives see him as?

Answer 14

Someone who had betrayed his party by joining the Liberals

Question 15

What made him unpopular with many in the Labour movement?

Answer 15

His support for the use of troops against striking miners in south wales in 1910

Question 16

What made him widely distrusted?

Answer 16

His support for the poorly planned attack on Constantinople in the Gallipoli Landings in 1915

Question 17

Why was he seen as an extreme opponent of communism?

Answer 17

Because of his support for a war against the new communist regime in russia after 1917

Question 18

Why was he seen as an extreme opponent of trade unions?

Answer 18

Because of his opposition to the General Strike in 1926

Question 19

What decision was criticised by many economic experts?

Answer 19

To return Britain to the Gold Standard in 1925 was criticised as it made exports dearer

Question 20

What was his personality like?

Answer 20

He was outspoken, outwardly self-confident and often controversial
Ambitious and enjoyed being in control of

Question 21

What was he admired for?

Answer 21

his writings and speeches

Question 22

What did he have a gift for? what contrasted with this

Answer 22

encouraging strong friendships
but he also had bitter enemies

Question 23

How did he feel about the House of Commons and debates?

Answer 23

Loved them

Question 24

What had he supported and what did he believe the government had a duty to do?

Answer 24

Supported social reforms and believed the government had a duty to help poorer people

Question 25

What did he oppose - use the example of Ireland

Answer 25

any threat to britain
- included the rebellion in ireland, both from the protestant population in Ulster before 1914 who opposed Home Rule and from the Irish who wanted independence

Question 26

What was he a strong believer in and what was he determined to do?

Answer 26

A strong believer in the British Empire and was determined to defend it

Question 27

How did he support WW1?

Answer 27

• he wanted to knock out turkey by a daring attack
• he wanted to build up british arms production as minister of munitions 1917-18
• he even served on the western front in person in 1916

Question 28

What event made him bitterly oppose communism even more? What was his reaction to it?

Answer 28

Communism, especially after the killing of the Russian Tsar in 1918 & urged Britain, France and the US to send forces against the Russian revolution

Question 29

When was the General Strike and why did he urge a strong line against it?

Answer 29

1926
Opposed any threat to the monarchy or the British constitution
He thought it tried to use union power in a political way