Lesson 6 UK

Question 1

What kind of industry complained about Thatcher?

Answer 1

The steel and coal industry
And the Mining Industry

Question 2

What did Thatcher did to Unions?

Answer 2

She reduce their power

Question 3

Why was she after the Steel industry and other things?

Answer 3

She was closing industries that weren’t profitable for the governement

Question 4

How long did the strik in protest against pit closures?

Answer 4

A year by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)

Question 5

How many jobs were shut down in the mining industry?

Answer 5

20 000

Question 6

How many protestors were arrested?

Answer 6

Nearly 10 000 miners
4 000 convicted

Question 7

Regarding nationalised companies, what was Thatcher for?

Answer 7

For privatisation, for the National Coal Mines for example

Question 8

Was she in favour of the EEC?

Answer 8

She was a backer of the yes campaign in the 1975 referendum on whether to stay in the EEC.
However she was a Euro skeptic?

Question 9

Referendum on staying in the EEC?

Answer 9

1975
Two years after entering it

Question 10

Which war happened in June 1982?

Answer 10

The Falklands War between Britain and Argentina

Question 11

The Right to Buy:

Answer 11

in 1980, allowed people to buy their concil house at a small value (70% discount)