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6. When did Harold Macmillan become Prime Minister?
7. What was the overall balance of trade in 1956-60?
- +104million
- +226million
- +132million
- -94 million
8. Who stood for the Labour party in the 1959 election?
- Harold Macmillan
- Ghandi
- Hugh Gaitskell
- Jo Grimond
9. Choose the true statement:
- Britain's inflation rate was the lowest in Europe from 1950-60.
- Britain had a lower production rate than the USA, Netherlands, France, Italy and West Germany from 1952-59.
- Britain's inflation was higher than the USA's and France's.
- Britain had a higher production rate than the USA, Netherlands, France, Italy and West Germany from 1952-59.
10. "Britain had a higher......? per head than any other country excluding the USA"
- Inflation rate
- Production rate
- Income
- Hunger rate
11. Who won the election in 1959?
- Conservative
- UKIP
- Labour
- Liberals