Lesson 2S.1.1

2S.1.1 Building a new Britain, 1951–1979 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 29

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The 20 questions

  1. Which prime minister led the Conservatives to victory in 1951 and returned to office as the wartime leader?

    • Anthony Eden
    • Clement Attlee
    • Winston Churchill
    • Harold Macmillan

  2. Which 1956 event damaged Anthony Eden's premiership and showed Britain's dependence on the USA?

    • The Korean War
    • The Suez Crisis
    • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • The Profumo Affair

  3. Which policy of the 1950s and 1960s saw governments alternate between expansion and deflation to manage balance of payments problems?

    • Monetarism
    • Privatisation
    • Corporatism
    • Stop-go

  4. Which 1960 organisation did Britain help found as an alternative to the EEC?

    • The Council of Europe in 1949
    • NATO
    • The Commonwealth of Nations
    • EFTA, the European Free Trade Association

  5. Which prime minister of 1964-1970 promised a 'white heat of technology' and led Labour to power?

    • James Callaghan
    • Clement Attlee
    • Edward Heath
    • Harold Wilson

  6. Which 1967 decision by the Labour government reduced the value of sterling against the dollar?

    • Privatisation
    • Devaluation
    • Joining the EEC
    • Nationalisation

  7. Which 1967 Act legalised abortion under certain conditions in Britain?

    • The Abortion Act
    • The Sex Discrimination Act
    • The Race Relations Act
    • The Divorce Reform Act

  8. Which 1970 Act gave women the right to equal pay for equal work?

    • The Sex Discrimination Act
    • The Equal Pay Act
    • The Matrimonial Causes Act
    • The Equality Act of 2010

  9. Which 1972 event led the government of Edward Heath into a serious industrial crisis?

    • The General Strike of 1926
    • The miners' strike
    • The Winter of Discontent of 1978
    • The fuel protests of 1959

  10. Which 1973 settlement attempted to set up power-sharing in Northern Ireland?

    • The Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • The Good Friday Agreement
    • The Downing Street Declaration of 1993
    • The Sunningdale Agreement

  11. Which event in 1973 marked Britain's entry into a European organisation of states?

    • Britain joined the European Economic Community
    • Britain joined NATO for the first time
    • Britain joined the Warsaw Pact
    • Britain left the Commonwealth

  12. Which 1976 event saw Callaghan's government turn to the IMF for a loan to deal with the economic crisis?

    • The Sterling Area Agreement of 1931
    • The Dawes Loan of 1924
    • The Marshall Plan of 1948
    • The IMF loan of 1976

  13. Which winter of 1978-1979 is associated with widespread strikes and public-sector disputes?

    • The Winter Offensive of 1944
    • The Winter of Discontent
    • The Blitz winter of 1940
    • The Winter of Trouble of 1919

  14. Which statement best describes Heath's 1970-1974 government?

    • It introduced a full welfare state and free higher education
    • It nationalised the steel and car industries in full
    • It cut intervention, then reversed course under pressure
    • It abandoned the Common Market and returned to imperial preference

  15. Which Act of 1965 abolished the death penalty for murder in Britain for a trial period and then permanently?

    • The Race Relations Act
    • The Homicide Act of 1957
    • The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act
    • The Sexual Offences Act of 1967

  16. Which 1975 Act made sex discrimination in employment, education and services unlawful?

    • The Sex Discrimination Act
    • The Abortion Act of 1967
    • The Divorce Reform Act of 1969
    • The Equal Pay Act of 1970

  17. Which statement best explains why the post-war consensus was challenged in the 1970s?

    • The Labour Party abolished the NHS in 1970
    • The Trade Unions Congress supported an end to all nationalised industries
    • Britain achieved full employment with stable prices by 1973
    • Inflation, industrial conflict and the oil shock undermined Keynesianism

  18. Which group was most affected by the 'Winter of Discontent' in public services?

    • Commonwealth migrants in private housing
    • Farmers in the Scottish Highlands
    • Public-sector workers such as hospital staff
    • Private bankers in the City of London

  19. Which factor best explains Wilson's economic difficulties between 1964 and 1970?

    • Full support for the Common Market at all times
    • A surplus of foreign investment and trade
    • The complete abolition of trade unions in 1965
    • Balance of payments deficits and sterling pressure

  20. Which statement best summarises the years 1951-1979 in Britain?

    • Economic difficulty and social reform led to state-union conflict
    • Social change had little impact on the population or political debate
    • The welfare state was abolished in the early 1950s by the Conservatives
    • Britain enjoyed uninterrupted growth and no industrial conflict after 1951

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