Ted Heath gov

Question 1

What was the ‘selsdon park agenda’

Answer 1

A commitment to free market economics. Abandonment of ‘lame duck’ industries.

Question 2

What was unusual about heaths background

Answer 2

State school educated

Question 3

When did heath become PM

Answer 3

1970

Question 4

When did britain join eec

Answer 4

1971

Question 5

What type of conservative was he

Answer 5

One nation, believed in post war consensus, strange because he was committited to ending public subsidy of failing industries

Question 6

What was the school leaving age increased to

Answer 6

16

Question 7

What lead to the Barber Boom, and a massive rise in inflation

Answer 7

Anthony Barber - Tax cuts to encourage investment, public spending cuts

Question 8

Unemployment went up (reached 1 million ), so did inflation. Known as …

Answer 8

Stagflation

Question 9

What year was Rolls Royce and Upper Clyde shipbuilders nationalised

Answer 9

1971 - Beggining of the famous U-turn in policy

Question 10

What had unemployment fallen to by 1973.

Answer 10

500000

Question 11

What prompted OPEC to declare an Oil Embargo.

Answer 11

Yom Kippur War in October 1973

Question 12

What happened to the price of oil in 1973

Answer 12

4 x increase

Question 13

What did the Industrial Relations Act do

Answer 13

Set up an industrial relations court, provided for strike ballots, a cooling off period before official strikes began

Question 14

How many days of work were lost to strike in 1972

Answer 14

23,909,000

Question 15

When was the Industry Act and what did it do

Answer 15

1972 - Government involvement in agreeing wages, prices, investments and benefits

Question 16

What did Heath impose to conserve electricity in early 1974

Answer 16

Three day week

Question 17

When did heath call for a general election and what did it lead to.

Answer 17

February 1974 - Leading to a hung parliament where no party had an overall majority. Labour as the largest party formed a minority government.

Question 18

How many people were shot and killed on bloody sunday 30th january 1972.

Answer 18

26 shot, 13 dead

Question 19

What did Bloody Sunday lead to

Answer 19

Burning down of the british embassy in Dublin, support for IRA increased and lots of funds were raised from the USA.

Question 20

How many explosions, shootings and deaths were there in ireland in 1972.

Answer 20

1382 E, 10628 S, 480 deaths.

Question 21

When did Heath suspend the Stormont Parliament

Answer 21

March 1972, brought direct rule from Westminster and appointed Willie Whiteclaw as secretary of state.

Question 22

What was the Sunningdale agreement and when was it signed.

Answer 22

December 1973 , power sharing agreement with nationalists and unionists, new northern ireland assembly. Collapsed in May 1974 but labour was in government by then