General Strike

Question 1

Black Friday (The Triple Alliance dissolved - thereafter nicknamed the ‘Cripple Alliance’.)

Answer 1

15th April 1921

Question 2

Red Friday (Baldwin produces the Samuel Commission whichy looks into the conditions within the mines. Gave the Trades Union Congress hope.)

Answer 2

1925

Question 3

The Return to the Gold Standard?

Answer 3

1925

Question 4

When was the General Strike?

Answer 4

1926.

Question 5

Give four background reasons as to why the General Strike occured.

Answer 5

1) The Effect of World War One on Britain.
2) The Post War Economic Slump - 1920 onwards.
3) Long-term problems of the mining industry.
4) The growth of the Trades Unions Congress, (TUC).

Question 6

Unemployment figure for 1921?

Answer 6

2 Million.

Question 7

When did the economy begin to improve?

Answer 7

1922.

Question 8

Dawes Plan (which helped kickstart the economy of Germany?)

Answer 8

1924.

Question 9

Why was the Dawes Plan considered detrimental to British exports?

Answer 9

Because it had kickstarted the German economy and the strikes within the Ruhr had been called off, demand for British coal had depleted dramatically. (Shot themselves in the foot).

Question 10

When did Baldwin grant a subsidy to the coal industry to maintain wages and working hours for 9 months?

Answer 10

31st July 1925.

Question 11

When did more than 1000 Union leaders meet in London, following the governmental declaration of emergency?

Answer 11

April 30th 1926.

Question 12

When did the General Strike begin?

Answer 12

1 minute to midnight on Monday 3rd of May.