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Midterm Flashcards

1
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What were the two British colonies in South Africa?

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Cape Colony, Natal

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2
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What were the two Boer colonies in South Africa?

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Transvaal, Orange Free State

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3
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When was the Glorious Revolution?

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1688

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4
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When was the Catholic emancipation?

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1829

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5
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What did the Great Reform Act do?

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made the franchise more uniform

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6
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When was the Great Reform Act passed?

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1832

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7
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What did the second reform act do?

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enfranchised urban men

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8
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What did the Third Reform Act do?

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Enfranchised rural workers

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9
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What did the Parliament act do?

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Gave supremacy to the House of Commons?

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10
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When were all men and women over 30 given suffrage?

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1918

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11
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When was full suffrage given to everyone over 21

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1928

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12
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When was the voting age reduced to 18

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1969

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13
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Who wrote ‘The Making of the English Working Class

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E.P Thompson

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14
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What does the social interpretation of English history say?

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England is the history of the laboring class rising

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15
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What rebellion took place in Jamaica?

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the Morant Bay Rebellion

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16
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When was the South African war

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1899-1902

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17
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When was WWI

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1914-1918 (then Irish independence)

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18
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When was the Amritsar massacre?

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1919

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19
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When was WWII

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1939-1945 (then Indian independence)

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20
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What are professor’s three main governments?

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  1. New liberalism
  2. Social democracy
  3. Neo liberalism (thatcher/blair)
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21
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On the eve of WWI, how many people worked in agriculture?

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1/8

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22
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What was the equal franchise act?

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Equalized franchise between women and men

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23
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Who was William Gladstone

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dominant liberal politician in late Victorian period

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24
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Who was Robert Cecil?

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leader of conservative party till about 1903

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25
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Who was Spencer Cavendish

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liberal whig, leaves party because of home rule

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26
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Who was Joseph Chamberlain

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board of trade -> leaving because of home rule

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27
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Who is Charles Parnell

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Head of Irish parliamentary party

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28
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Who is Arthur Balfour

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flexible conservative

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29
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When does Canada become a federation?

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1867

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30
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When does Australia become a federation?

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1901

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31
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What were the major struggles of the Victorians?

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International imperialism

Irish home rule

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32
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What are two examples of conservative society?

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The navy league

The primrose league

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33
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Who was Curzon?

A

imperial proconsul

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34
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Who was Cromer

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imperial proconsul

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35
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Who was Milner?

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imperial proconsul

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36
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Does Chamberlain want tariffs?

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Yes

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37
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What did the New Poor Law of 1834

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Ended public benefits, encouraged workhouses

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38
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What was the main distinction Rowntree made with poverty?

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Poverty as structural

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39
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What was TH Green and Robert Elsmere advocating?

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Hegelian altruism

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40
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Who were Samuel and Henrietta Barnett?

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other social workers

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41
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What were the Fabian Essays in Socialism?

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Socialism circle jerk

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42
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What was William Booth’s In Darkest England and The Way Out, about?

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It was about personal change, because bad behavior is fundamentally addictive.

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43
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What did Tom Mann do

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Dock worker stuff

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44
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What did the dockers strike for

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The Tanner

45
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What did the Children’s Act of 1908 do?

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Give school lunches new liberal

46
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What were three social reforms the new liberals passed?

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school meals
old age pensions
health insurance

47
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What were three economic reforms the new liberals passed

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unemployment insurance
labour exchanges
Trade boards act

48
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What did James Kier Hardie do

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was an independent socialist

49
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What was Ramsay McDonald all about?

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Would lead with the Baldwin axis, labour rep

50
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What was Phillip Snowden about?

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labour

51
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When did labour get into parliament?

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1906

52
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What did the Osborne thing rule?

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Unions don’t collect levies

53
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When are women allowed to stand office in boroughs and city councils?

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1907

54
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What was the National Union of Women’s suffrage societies about?

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feminism

55
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What were the WSPUs also known as

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suffragettes

56
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What were the cat and mouse acts intended to do?

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Release hunger strikers, and then bring them back in

57
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What are the three main battles for WWI

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Marne, Somme, Ypres/Passchendaele

58
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What part of Africa is much of WWI fought

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East

59
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How many people died in WWI, and what was the break down

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9.4-5.4 allies-4 central

60
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What does the ministry of munitions pave the way to

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a post war coalition government in 1915

61
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When does Lloyd George become PM

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Dec. 1916

62
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What was the Easter Rising

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1,600 Irish people declare independence

63
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What did the Lucknow Pact do

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Alliance between Indian Congress and Muslim League

64
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What did the Government of INdia Act do?

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Expanded participation of Indians into government

65
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What did the Hussein-McMahon agreement do

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Arab state promise in exchange for fighting

66
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What did the Sykes Picot agreement do?

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Divides middle east between France and Britain

67
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What did the Balfour declaration do?

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Promised Jews a national home

68
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What did Ibn Faysal do?

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set up an ARab state in Syria

69
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Where does Britain transfer Faysal

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Iraq

70
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What did the treaty of sevres do?

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creates Turkish state

71
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What did the Treaty of Luasanne do?

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Tried to abolish the Turkish state

72
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How many people remained unemployed during ‘The Slump’

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Over 10%, 2 million people

73
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The Geddes Axe

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cuts war time services and programs

74
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Where is Lloyd George ousted?

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the Carlton club, the 1922 committee

75
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What was Bonar Law all about?

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Conservative leader, PM between ‘22-23

76
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Who were the IRA boys around ‘22

A

Collins and Valera

77
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Who rejects Lloyd George’s coalition?

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Labour and the Asquithian liberals

78
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Who was Sir Oliver Lodge?

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Spiritualist

79
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What did Vera Brittain argue?

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War should never be resolved as a complete, good thing

80
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What were the flappers reacting to?

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‘Goodbye to all that’ and being surplus women

81
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What is the MacDonald-Baldwin Axis

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interplay between ‘22-35 of the two PMS. One is conservative, the other is labour

82
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What does budget orthodoxy mean

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no protectionism, return to gold, balanced budgets

83
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What was the Yellow Book

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Leftist think tank including Keynes

84
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What do the Liberals make their platform in 1926

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the living wage

85
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What does labour revive in 1931

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end of gold standard
10% benefits and salary things
restructuring unemployment

86
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Who was Oswlad Mosley

A

fascist, advocated battle of cable street

87
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Lloyd George’s council of action

A

more planning

88
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hat did the public order act do

A

controlled extreme views

89
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Locarno agreement

A

policy of containing germany after WWI

90
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When did the Nazi’s seize power

A

1933

91
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When did the Italians become agressive

A

1935

92
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What did the Ottawa conference firmly establish

A

imperial preference for the dominions

93
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What did Treaty of Westminster do

A

preference for dominions

94
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What was the 1938 conservative response to Hitler

A

resigning after all the appeasement

95
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When was the Battle of Stalingrad

A

1942

96
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When was the Italian landing

A

1943

97
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When were the Normandy landings

A

1944

98
Q

When was ictory in Europe achieved

A

1945

99
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When was victory in Japan achieved

A

1945

100
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Who was not asked in going to WWII

A

India

101
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What were WWII’s consequences for the empire

A

Resentment about top down approach

102
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What fraction of houses were effected by WWII

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2 in 7

103
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What was the rhetoric for WWII suffering

A

equality of sacrifice

104
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What were the Bevridge assumptions

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full employfment and national health, family allowances, the male breadwinner

105
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What were the major trade offs in funding the welfare state

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currency devaluation, taxes, loan from the americans

106
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Who was Bevan

A

labour

107
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who was Morrisson

A

labour

108
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Who was cripps

A

labour

109
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who was Bevin

A

labour

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