6. when did Churchill become Prime minister of the war time coalition?
December 1939
June 1941
May 1940
April 1939
7. what year was the first devaluation of the pound?
1950 (£4.80-£2.50)
1949 (£4.80-£2.80)
1949 (£4.30-£2.80)
1948 (£4.40-£2.40)
8. how did the NHS improve 1948-1979?
antismoking campaigns were introduced in 1957 and advertisment on tv was banned in 1965
the number of antibiotics increased from 1-33
the number of staff doubled
Mental health act of 1959 was introduced
9. what happened in December 1945?
Bloody sunday in Ireland
US loan agreement (50 year loan of $3.75 billion plus 2% interest)
the Suez crisis
the end of bread rationing
10. what was Frank Cousins the leader of?
Transport and General worker's union (TGWU)
the taxidermy industry
trade union leader of press and publications
bus and train ways union
11. when was the suez crisis?
1972
1956
1957
1955
12. what happen on the 29th of October 1956
Israel attacked Egypt as part of a plan for France and Britain to come in to restore peacec
the middle east's stopped giving us oil anyway
the canal collapse
Nasser died
13. what were the 5 gaints in Beveridge report?
rude, mean, racism , youth and money
greed, poverty, idleness, sin and stupidity
want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness
need, illness, stupidity, dirty and lazy
14. what happened in July 1962?
the 'night of the long knives'
Nottinghill Riots
bloody sunday
the general election
15. what were reactions to this?
75% of people didnt support interracial marriages and 4/5 wouldnt live next to an immigrant
in April 1968 Enoch Powell (Conservative politican) made his 'rivers of blood' speech about immigration
London docker workers, smithfield meat porters and heathrow airport workers all showed their support for Powell and he recieved 20,000 letters in support.
the Nottinghill riots in 1958
16. what is NATO?
never allow terrorism organisation
not all tories organisation
the north altantic treaty organisation
new allies treaty organisation
17. why did labour win the 1945 election (labour's achievements)
represented a progessive zeitgeist which encouraged reform anf reconstruction
seen as better fit to do post-war construction
the first past the post system worked in their favour
ministers had respect of the electorate
people overlooked their failure due to being a minority government
18. main problems labour faced?
Hugh Dalton Chancellor of the Exchequer got loan of $60000 from US and canada in 1945-1947
overworked ministers
in debt of £4198 million
invisible exports dropped by £248 million in 1938 to £120 million in 1946
cost of oversea military commitments between 1938 and 1946
a balance of payments (1945-46) spent £750 million abroad
exports dropped by 60% in wartime
19. what problems did Jim ( James) Callaghan face as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Conservatives lefted it in too bad of a shape
seamen's union strike in 1966
Bank rate increased
one year freeze on wages while prices increased
protential devaluation ($2.80-$2.40) and balance of payment crisis
restrictions on hire purchase
20. what were the events of the Profumo affair 1962?
John Profumo cheated on his wife and lied about it in the house of commons
John Profumo minister of the army had an affair with call girl Christine Keeler who aslo had an relationship with a russian spy
there was a national security risk
Macmillan handly it poorly ;) and Aledc Douglas-Home took over