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Question 1

Which party was in power after WWII

Answer 1

Conservative party

Question 2

Which party collapsed as the Labour Party took over?

Answer 2

Liberals

Question 3

When was universal manhood suffrage given?

Answer 3

1918

Question 4

When were women given universal suffrage?

Answer 4

1928

Question 5

Which King redesigned the monarch’s role and became more involved with the working class?

Answer 5

King George V

Question 6

When was King Edward VIII forced to abdicate for marrying Wallis Simpson?

Answer 6

1936

Question 7

when was the league of Nations created?

Answer 7

1919- part of Treaty of Versailles

Question 8

When did ILO raise concern over labour treatment?

Answer 8

1919

Question 9

When was the League of Nations slavery convention where 30 governments signed

Answer 9

1926

Question 10

when was there a 9 day general strike in support of the 1.3million railway workers

Answer 10

1926

Question 11

Where did the Upper class drink compared to working class?

Answer 11

Clubs vs pubs

Question 12

What did new housing estates include?

Answer 12

Gardens for outdoor recreation

Question 13

when was the Abortion Law Reform Association formed?

Answer 13

1936

Question 14

What was homosexuality?

Answer 14

Illegal

Question 15

what was the term used to describe public health?

Answer 15

A golden age

Question 16

when was the Great Depression?

Answer 16

1929

Question 17

when did Winston Churchill put Britain on the gold standard?

Answer 17

1925

Question 18

what happened in America in the 1920s with alcohol

Answer 18

Prohibition

Question 19

when was the Spanish influenza pandemic and how many did it kill?

Answer 19

1918-1920 (20m-50 million)

Question 20

How was mental illness viewed?

Answer 20

Not understand- cruel/ inhumane treatment

Question 21

What news was reported in newspapers?

Answer 21

Focus on celebrities e.g. sports heroes and movie stars- little serious news

Question 22

When was the paperback book created that grew popularity in reading

Answer 22

1935

Question 23

Name 2 famous authors of the 1930s

Answer 23

Ernest Hemingway and Agatha Christie

Question 24

What were the main modes of transport?

Answer 24

cars and planes, buses/trams

Question 25

when was penicillin discovered?

Answer 25

1928

Question 26

when did schools require vaccinations?

Answer 26

1922

Question 27

what did the church say about remarrying in 1935

Answer 27

It wasn’t allowed

Question 28

what political stance did the Bloomsbury group have?

Answer 28

Socialist/liberals - questioned the social norms as well being sexually free

Question 29

what type of fiction became popular?

Answer 29

Romantic fiction- heroines being in control of their own sexual lives

Question 30

What % of Hollywood produced the total world output of movies?

Answer 30

80%

Question 31

which broadcaster had a monopoly in broadcasting?

Answer 31

BBC

Question 32

what sport became a symbol of the empire?

Which sport became a symbol of the working class?

Answer 32

Cricket

Football

Question 33

when was the Jazz Age in America and who did it originate from?

Answer 33

1920s and the African- Americans