the General strike

Question 1

in Britain it was hoped that life would improve after ___ _____ _____ ___.

Answer 1

the First World War.

Question 2

what 2 things did miners want after WW1?

Answer 2

1. secure jobs
2. safer working conditions

Question 3

what 2 things did miners get instead of the things they wanted (negative)?

Answer 3

1. increased working hours
2. cut wages

Question 4

what happened with dockers, railway workers and steel workers in 1926?

Answer 4

3 million of them went on strike in honour of the miners.

Question 5

what 3 things did the government do to defeat the strikes?

Answer 5

1. they used armoured cars
2. extra police officers
3. hey sent battleships to major rivers

Question 6

in the end miners just had to except…

Answer 6

poor pay and longer hours in dangerous conditions.