Legislation and Statistics 1918-1929

Question 1

When were there recessions and PW booms?

Answer 1

Brief PW boom 1919, recession 1921

Question 2

What legislation required asian and black people to register with the police before seeking work or face deportation?

Answer 2

1921 Alien Orders Act

Question 3

What act allowed women to enter legal or civil service professions?

Answer 3

1919 Sex Disqualification Removal Act

Question 4

When was the first birth control clinic founded and by who?

Answer 4

1921 Dr Marie Stopes

Question 5

When did gov control end over mines?

Answer 5

1921

Question 6

What did the 1926 Hadow Report call for?

Answer 6

Primary and secondary schools

Question 7

When was DLG caught selling knighthoods and peerages?

Answer 7

1922

Question 8

What did the Lewis Report 1917 call for?

Answer 8

• School leaving age to be raised to 14

- More practical subjects

Question 9

How high was unemployment in 1921?

Answer 9

12%

Question 10

What did the 1929 Local Goverment Act do?

Answer 10

Converted poor law hospitals into public hospitals

Question 11

What did the 1920 Dawson Report call for?

Answer 11

Free and comprehensive healthcare

Question 12

When were the ROTP acts?

Answer 12

1918 and 1928

Question 13

When was the ministry of health founded?

Answer 13

1919

Question 14

What did the TB act 1921 do?

Answer 14

Compulsory TB sanatoria

Question 15

What act forced blacks and asians to prove british citizenship before seeking work?

Answer 15

1925 Special Restrictions Act

Question 16

Who was the most popular singer of the 1920s?

Answer 16

Ivor Novello “Keep the home fires burning”

Question 17

When was the wall street crash and what impact did it have?

Answer 17

1929 global trade contracted 66% and exports down 50%

Question 18

Where was there an explosion of racist violence in 1919?

Answer 18

Cardiff and Limehouse

Question 19

What did the 1918 Education Act do?

Answer 19

• School leaving age 14

- Ended fees

Question 20

When was the Miner’s strike?

Answer 20

1926

Question 21

By how much did the Liberal vote decline in the 1924 GE?

Answer 21

12%

Question 22

What reforms did RMD pass in his first term?

Answer 22

1924 Housing Act - investment into cheap housing

Question 23

What % of employed women were divorced, single or widowed?

Answer 23

84%

Question 24

How was GB shipping affected by WW1?

Answer 24

German U boats sank 40% of shipping which accounted for 1/3 of total wealth

Question 25

How was the recession of 1921 combatted?

Answer 25

1921 Geddes Axe - spending cuts of approximately £20 million. (75% cuts in spending) interest rates raised to 7%

Question 26

Why did a speculative boom occur and what impact did it have?

Answer 26

Investment into ship building, cotton mills etc Share value rose from £65 million to £384 million

Question 27

When was the gold standard reintroduced?

Answer 27

1925

Question 28

How many strikes were there during WW1?

Answer 28

48 strikes across GB that involved over 200,000 workers

Question 29

How did miners oweners respond in 1921 to miners refusing to accept pay cuts?

Answer 29

They locked out their workers on 1 April and used the Emergency Powers Act to send troops in case of violence

Question 30

Why was the 15 April 1921 called Black Friday?

Answer 30

NUR and NTWF decided to go on strike in consolidation with miners. Eventually forced to give up. Accepted pay cuts that left their wages 20% lower than in 1914.

Question 31

What did the gov do after the miner's striked in 1925 due to fears of a general strike?

Answer 31

Established an Samual Commission into the conditions of miners - offered subsidy to mine owners so they could maintain miners’ pay until 1 May 1926

Question 32

When did the 1926 general strike collapse?

Answer 32

1906 Trades Disputes Act that gave unions legal immunity from claims of loss of profits was not applicable.

Question 33

How did pit owners respond to the general strike?

Answer 33

Wages for miners fell and 30% of jobs were lost. Failure for miners. Trades Disputes Act 1927 - prevented sympathetic strikes and mass picketing.

Question 34

How many women joined the labour party between 1918-1924?

Answer 34

150,000

Question 35

What was the most popular form of entertainmentin 1920?

Answer 35

Cinema

Question 36

What % of all films shown in cinema were British in 1914 and how did this change?

Answer 36

25% in 1914, fell to 5% in 1925

Question 37

What did the 1927 Cinematograph Films Act do?

Answer 37

7.5% of films shown in GB had to be British

Question 38

When did Talkies emerge?

Answer 38

1928

Question 39

What is an example of a film showing divorce and a loveless marriage in the 1920s?

Answer 39

1928 - The Firstborn showed an unhappy wife and unfaithful husband. Wife longed for child so adopted an unmarried hairdresser’s baby to save her from the social stigma.

Question 40

When was the BBC formed?

Answer 40

1922 (British Broadcasting Company later changed to British Broadcasting Corporation) had a close relationship with the state - meant it reflected gov values

Question 41

Why were races popular in the 1920s-1930s?

Answer 41

1920s-1930s possible to see horse races for free. | Large free areas attracted crowds of 200,000-500,000 people.

Question 42

How many people attended football in 1920s-1930s?

Answer 42

1920s-1930s 22 million people a year attended professional football

Question 43

When was the first international air service?

Answer 43

1919

Question 44

What were cheaper alternatives to hotels?

Answer 44

Boarding Houses - 4000 of them in Blackpool in 1920s, became less attractive as disposable income increased