B ; trade unions ; strike + gov '26 ; roles of media / gov / TUC 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 19-05-18 09:29 GOV RESPONSES TO GENERAL STRIKE DGDF 1 of 48 lack workers support wasn't problem for workers but? effective gov response to crisis 2 of 48 baldwin wanted what? peaceful resolution 3 of 48 but hard-line conservatives and hostile conservative press wanted? avenge red friday and push baldwin to action 4 of 48 what was churchill's paper called? british gazette 5 of 48 what were the two priorities for gov on which counts they were well organisd for both? mntn food supplies / essential services + preserving law and order 6 of 48 orders went out on which day to begin mobilising volunteers? 3rd may 7 of 48 and on 5th may orders sent to Boards of Guardians to do what? refuse relief to strikers 8 of 48 gov recruited around how many U/MC volunteers? 300k - 500k 9 of 48 and how many needed? v little 10 of 48 in london how many volunteers recruited by 11th may? 114k 11 of 48 and how many given work? 9,500 12 of 48 gov massive reserve of labour were used to do what? man power stations / docks / be special constables / transport workers 13 of 48 london underground by how many cambridge undergrads? 2k 14 of 48 this supportensured which two things? good food distribution / transport maintenance 15 of 48 docks particularly essential for supplie at dover how many cambridge students worked at the docks? 460 16 of 48 how many students worked the south east railway? 97 17 of 48 these acts heightened what tensions and why? class tensions bc work of the M/UCs undermining WC strike tantamount to class war 18 of 48 gov prevented widespread use of armed forces how? formed civil constablulary reserve from former soldiers / members territorial army 19 of 48 efforts effective bc meant as strikes grew, gov grew increasingly confident it could do hwT? break union resolve 20 of 48 in towns local auths kept food and coal suppplies flowing particualrly in liverpool responsible for what % imports? 20% 21 of 48 in plymouth 2 battleships brought food unloaded by how many volunteers? 20k 22 of 48 where was one area gov org did fail to resolve? railways 23 of 48 on 5th may what % freight could be moved? 1% 24 of 48 rising only to what % by 12th may? 6 25 of 48 luckily tho what % passenger services running by 12th may? 22.4% 26 of 48 law and order mntnd but several disturbances where? plymouth / london 27 of 48 and some voilence around? coalfields 28 of 48 in total how many arrests made during strike? 1,760 29 of 48 most iconic act of violence was what in newcastle on 10th may? derailing famous steam train the flying scotsman 30 of 48 THE MEDIA DFGD 31 of 48 churchill was editor of what paper? british gazette 32 of 48 sought to inform gov what? gov in strong position and strike distruption minimal 33 of 48 rasied fears strike represented what? revolutionary threat to state 34 of 48 BBC claimed to be impartial but refused to do what? publish content damaging to gov 35 of 48 probz bc bbc depended on gov for? license and income 36 of 48 BBC avoided controversy and supporting strikers in part why? churchills demands gov seize ctrl of newsorgan 37 of 48 wanted bbc to be used for gov advantage but by avoiding striker sympathy wha happened? BBC avoided being taken over by gov 38 of 48 what was TUC propaganda like? bare strained 39 of 48 gov curtailed print of TUC pro-strike paper called? british worker 40 of 48 churchill ordered requisitioning of their newspring forcing it to reduce its publication from 8 to? 4 page 41 of 48 how did churchill justify this? harder to feed a country than to wreck it 42 of 48 believed waht about propaganda? gov had a right to it unlike TUC 43 of 48 limited use of armed forces demonstrated what about baldwin's gov? never rlly took srsly threat rev / civil war 44 of 48 though since what event in '20 gov had been fearing strike action may lead to political move against state? formation of Communist Party 45 of 48 cons press tried to encourage fears of revolution how? emphasised socialist sentiments of movement 46 of 48 but what two things showed baldwin dinny believe revolution brewing? imited violence and use of army 47 of 48 when army used it was to do what? demonstrate strength / protect food suppleis 48 of 48
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