Lesson 2M.1.1

2M.1.1 Society in crisis, 1906–1929 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 23

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The 20 questions

  1. Which budget of 1909 proposed higher taxes on the wealthy to fund social welfare and provoked a constitutional crisis?

    • The Geddes Axe
    • The People's Budget
    • The Emergency Budget of 1931
    • The Dawes Budget

  2. Which Act of 1911 curbed the power of the House of Lords to block legislation?

    • The Education Act
    • The Representation of the People Act
    • The Parliament Act
    • The Reform Act of 1832

  3. Which Liberal welfare measure of 1911 introduced health insurance and unemployment benefit for some workers?

    • The Trade Boards Act
    • The Corn Laws Repeal
    • The National Insurance Act
    • The Old Age Pensions Act

  4. Why did the Liberal government's position become difficult by 1914?

    • The abolition of trade unions in 1912
    • The complete victory of the Conservatives in 1906
    • A lack of any reform proposals after 1910
    • Irish Home Rule, female suffrage and industrial unrest

  5. What was the main significance of the 1915 coalition government in Britain?

    • It introduced universal male suffrage for the first time
    • It abolished the House of Lords
    • It united Liberals and Conservatives with Labour support
    • It made Ireland an independent dominion

  6. Which Act of 1918 extended the vote to women over 30 who met a property qualification and to most men over 21?

    • The Franchise Act of 1928
    • The Parliament Act
    • The Representation of the People Act
    • The National Insurance Act

  7. Which event of 1916 was a republican rising in Dublin that shaped the subsequent Irish question?

    • The Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • The Curragh Mutiny
    • The Easter Rising
    • The Battle of the Somme

  8. Which treaty of 1921 established the Irish Free State while leaving Northern Ireland within the UK?

    • The Treaty of Versailles
    • The Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • The Treaty of Lausanne
    • The Good Friday Agreement

  9. What was the composition and outcome of the first Labour government in 1924?

    • A minority government led by Ramsay MacDonald that lasted under a year
    • A majority government led by Stanley Baldwin lasting five years
    • A coalition with the Liberals led by Lloyd George that lasted until 1931
    • A government formed by Churchill that ended the Gold Standard

  10. What decision by Churchill as Chancellor in 1925 affected post-war economic policy?

    • Britain abandoned free trade and adopted tariffs
    • Britain joined the euro currency area
    • Britain nationalised the Bank of England
    • Britain returned to the gold standard at the pre-war parity

  11. Which dispute of 1926 was triggered by a government decision to support mine owners' pay cuts?

    • The Suez Crisis
    • The General Strike
    • The Jarrow March
    • The Abdication Crisis

  12. Which Act of 1928 gave women equal voting rights with men on the same terms as men?

    • The Sex Discrimination Act
    • The Matrimonial Causes Act
    • The Representation of the People Act
    • The Equal Franchise Act

  13. Which group of Britons was most affected by unemployment and regional decline in the 1920s?

    • Workers in the old staples: coal, shipbuilding and cotton
    • Workers in the new consumer electronics industries
    • Farmers in East Anglia producing wheat for export
    • Civil servants in London

  14. Which development in mass culture in the 1920s reached a wider audience through its size and cost?

    • Printed poetry in small journals
    • Cinema and popular newspapers
    • Opera and classical concerts
    • Public theatre in the Lake District

  15. Which term describes the 'flapper vote' of 1928?

    • Votes for young women aged 21 to 29 who had been excluded before
    • Votes cast by women in local council elections only
    • The votes of students in university constituencies
    • Votes given to all men over 18 for the first time

  16. Which statement best explains why the Liberals declined after 1914 and lost their position as the main opposition?

    • The Liberal Party refused to stand in any election after 1918
    • The Liberal Party merged with the Conservatives in 1915
    • The complete abolition of the Liberal Party by the Parliament Act
    • Asquith-Lloyd George divisions and the rise of Labour

  17. Which factor most helped the Conservative resurgence after 1922?

    • A rapid increase in the strength of the Liberal Party
    • The introduction of proportional representation in 1923
    • Fears of socialism after the first Labour government
    • A ban on trade unions passed in 1919

  18. Which Act and social reform of the 1900s-1910s helped create the principle of state welfare for the old?

    • The Old Age Pensions Act of 1908
    • The Factory Act of 1833
    • The Ten Hours Act of 1847
    • The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834

  19. Which best describes the 'People's Budget' as a turning point for British politics?

    • It ended free trade in favour of imperial preference
    • It established the Labour Party as the government
    • It shifted tax to redistribution and provoked the Lords
    • It abolished income tax for working people

  20. Which statement best summarises British society between 1906 and 1929?

    • Social change ended the role of women in public life after 1918
    • Class, gender and regional divisions tested by war and decline
    • British society became fully equal in class and wealth by 1929
    • The war had little impact on politics, employment or social attitudes

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