Key Question 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Length of government?

A

1914-19122

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

When was the Honours Scandal?

A

1922

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What was the Honours Scandal in 1922?

A

Accusations that Lloyd George was selling peerages.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What was the Chanak Crisis?

A

LG threatened Turkey with war which upsetting the Conservatives. A well respected War Admiral settled the rift, ignoring LG’s threats.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

When was the Chanak Crisis?

A

1922

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

How many conferences was LG accused of attending?

A

23 International Conferences.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

How did LG fail to bring together France and Germany?

A

Accused of attending too many conferences.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What agreement did Germany and Russia make?

A

Treaty of Rapallo - 1922

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

When was the Treaty of Rapallo formed?

A

1922

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

How many seats did Sinn Fein win in 1918?

A

73 out of 105 Irish Seats.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The Liberals wanted which sort of rule?

A

Home Rule. (Ireland ruled themselves)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

The Conservatives wanted which sort of rule?

A

Remained part of GB.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

To begin with, which ex-servicemen did LG send in?

A

The Blacks and Tans - poorly disciplined ex-servicemen.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What Law did they impose?

A

Martial Law.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

When was the Anglo-Irish Treaty?

A

July 1921.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What was the Anglo-Irish Treaty?

A

Ireland was partitioned - the South had Home Rule, the North remained part of GB.

17
Q

The Industrial relations during 1918-22 were …

A

good.

18
Q

When was the Sankey Commission set up?

A

1919.

19
Q

Why was it set up?

A

To investigate conditions in the mines.

20
Q

What was suggested by the Sankey Commission?

A

Nationalisation.

21
Q

What did Lloyd George say to the idea of Nationalisation?

A

He rejected it.

22
Q

When did a wave of strikes break out in reply to the Sankey Commission rejected?

A

The Trades Unions felt betrayed, so strikes broke out 1921.

23
Q

How many working days were lost to the 1921 strikes?

A

86 million.

24
Q

How did LG avoid a Triple Alliance Strike?

A

By personally intervening.

25
Q

What was the ‘Red Scare’, and why were the Conservatives scared of it?

A

Communism - blamed LG for being soft with the Unions, which he hadn’t.

26
Q

When was the Ministry of Reconstruction set up?

A

1917

27
Q

By 1920, what had begun to take an effect?

A

Post War Slump.

28
Q

What caused the Post War Slump?

A

Debts to USA and un-paid loans to Russia.

29
Q

How many unemployed in GB by 1921?

A

2 million.

30
Q

How was the Coalition divided on the Post War Slump?

A

The Liberals wanted to keep Free Trade whereas the Conservatives wanted to bring in tariffs. LG stuck in the middle.

31
Q

What was retrenchment?

A

Huge cuts in public spending.

32
Q

What was introduced to help this retrenchment?

A

The Geddes Axe in 1922 - cut the public spending by £64 million.

33
Q

What scheme did the Geddes Axe halt?

A

Housing and Unemployment.

34
Q

What advances had been made before the Geddes Axe?

A

Pensions were raised.

Unemployment Insurance Act of 1921 gave benefits to all workers earning less than £250 a year.

35
Q

How many houses had been built under Addison’s Housing Act?

A

170,000.

36
Q

When was the Coupon Election?

A

1918.

37
Q

Why was is called a ‘Coupon Election’?

A

Because if you were part of the pro-coalition party, you were ultimately handed a ‘coupon’ into parliament.

38
Q

What was the result of the Coupon Election?

A

Gained 322 seats but less than 50% of the popular vote./

39
Q

Who were the main party in power during the coalition?

A

The Conservatives - they held the majority of the seats, so LG was in political limbo.