General Strike

Question 1

What act did the government introduce and what did it do?

Answer 1

The Emergency Powers Act. Constables maintained order to control the length of strike. They could ease dramatic events at the time.

Question 2

How many volunteer workers did the OMS have?

Answer 2

100,000

Question 3

What did volunteers of the OMS do?

Answer 3

recruited volunteers, drove buses and trains to unload ships.

Question 4

What did the public have a fear of at the time?

Answer 4

Socialism

Question 5

Did the public support the OMS?

Answer 5

Yes, thousands joined

Question 6

Did the public trust Baldwin?

Answer 6

Yes, he made out the miners wanted to replace the Government with the TUC in his speeches

Question 7

Did Baldwin use the miners and TUC to scare the public to break the strike?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

How many months ahead did the Government plan for?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

What did the TUC fail to consider?

Answer 9

The cost of the strike. They spent £4 million in 9 days and their over all fun was £12.5 million

Question 10

Who did not support the strike which made it hard for the TUC?

Answer 10

Ramsay Macdonald

Question 11

What was ineffective about their newspaper, the British worker?

Answer 11

By the time they published it, it was too late to make a difference as the Gov were so organised

Question 12

What did Germany, USA and Poland take from Britain?

Answer 12

Markets

Question 13

Why was coal less competitive?

Answer 13

Amount of coal exported was reduced during war

Question 14

What % of British coal was cut, meaning the prices were not competitive so people looked elsewhere

Answer 14

80%

Question 15

What % was exports made more expensive as a result of the Gold Standard in 1925?

Answer 15

10%

Question 16

What did the Dawes Plan do in 1924?

Answer 16

Allowed Germany loans from USA to modernise industry, making better than UK

Question 17

How did the government try to pass time?

Answer 17

subsidy in 1925

Question 18

When was the lock out?

Answer 18

1st May 1926

Question 19

How many men killed every 24 hours as a result of working conditions?

Answer 19

4

Question 20

How many miners died ever 3 years?

Answer 20

3600

Question 21

What two groups of people rejected the Samuel Commission to modernise mines?

Answer 21

miners and mine owners

Question 22

Why did the Gold Standard affect the mine owners reaction?

Answer 22

Mine owners aware they had to lower wages to stay competitive and generate profit

Question 23

What was the cost of the war?

Answer 23

£9 million

Question 24

How many men died at WW1?

Answer 24

3/4 million

Question 25

How many working days were lost to strike action in 1918?

Answer 25

6 million. Rose to 85 million in 1921

Question 26

Why was there an increase of European demand for coal?

Answer 26

Frances occupation of the Ruhr coal mining area in Germany

Question 27

Who did Baldwin initially support between miners and mine owners?

Answer 27

Mine owners

Question 28

What made the gov back down from supporting mine owners?

Answer 28

TUC support for miners

Question 29

When was Black Friday and what happened?

Answer 29

15 April 1921, triple alliance collapsed

Question 30

When was Red Friday and what happened?

Answer 30

31 July 1925, £23 million subsidy for Samuel Commission

Question 31

What was the positive of the strike?

Answer 31

employers persuaded not to cut wages

Question 32

What was the consequences?

Answer 32

Labour divided, trade unions in debt and fall in union membership