Lesson Y112.2

Y112.2 British domestic politics 1929–1939 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

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Lesson Y112.2, British domestic politics 1929–1939: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR History (H505), Unit 1: Unit group 1: British period study, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which act extended the voting franchise to all women over 21 in 1928?

    • Ballot Act
    • Equal Franchise Act
    • Representation Act
    • Parliament Act

  2. Who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Baldwin's Conservative government from 1924 to 1929?

    • Neville Chamberlain
    • Philip Snowden
    • Stanley Baldwin
    • Winston Churchill

  3. Which party won the most seats in the 1929 UK general election?

    • Communist Party
    • Liberal Party
    • Conservative Party
    • Labour Party

  4. Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Second Labour Government from 1929 to 1931?

    • Philip Snowden
    • Winston Churchill
    • Ramsay MacDonald
    • Neville Chamberlain

  5. What economic crisis triggered the resignation of the Second Labour Government in 1931?

    • Wall Street Crash
    • Run on the pound
    • Hyperinflation crisis
    • General Strike collapse

  6. Who became Prime Minister of the newly formed National Government in August 1931?

    • Ramsay MacDonald
    • Stanley Baldwin
    • Clement Attlee
    • Neville Chamberlain

  7. What economic policy did the National Government adopt in 1931 by abandoning gold?

    • Implementing Tariff Reform
    • Leaving Gold Standard
    • Introducing Solus
    • Adopting Free Trade

  8. Which 1932 act introduced general protective tariffs on imports into Britain?

    • Ottawa Agreement
    • Import Duties Act
    • Trade Disputes Act
    • Special Areas Act

  9. Who founded the British Union of Fascists in October 1932?

    • William Joyce
    • Ramsay MacDonald
    • Arnold Leese
    • Oswald Mosley

  10. Which October 1936 confrontation saw protesters block a British Union of Fascists march?

    • Battle of Cable Street
    • Battle of Lewes
    • Battle of Trafalgar
    • Battle of the Somme

  11. Which monarch abdicated the British throne in December 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson?

    • Edward VII
    • George VI
    • George V
    • Edward VIII

  12. Who succeeded Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister of the National Government in May 1937?

    • Winston Churchill
    • Anthony Eden
    • Clement Attlee
    • Neville Chamberlain

  13. Which legislation passed in 1936 banned political uniforms and paramilitary organisation in public?

    • Public Order Act
    • Official Secrets Act
    • Emergency Powers Act
    • Seditions Act

  14. What legislation in 1934 provided government aid to heavily depressed industrial regions in Britain?

    • National Assistance Act
    • Regional Aid Act
    • Special Areas Act
    • Depressed Industries Act

  15. What diplomatic policy towards Nazi Germany was pursued by Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930s?

    • Isolationism
    • Detente
    • Appeasement
    • Containment

  16. Which naval agreement in 1935 allowed Germany to build a navy up to 35 percent of Britain's?

    • Anglo-German Pact
    • Locarno Treaty
    • Stresa Front
    • Munich Agreement

  17. What event in September 1938 temporarily delayed European war through the cession of the Sudetenland?

    • Anschluss
    • Munich Agreement
    • Abyssinian Crisis
    • Rhineland Crisis

  18. Why was Winston Churchill excluded from the cabinet for most of the 1930s?

    • Opposed Indian reform
    • Opposed the Monarchy
    • Supported Free Trade
    • Joined Labour Party

  19. Which report commissioned by the National Government in 1931 recommended drastic cuts in public expenditure?

    • May Report
    • Gaddes Commission
    • Sankey Report
    • Beveridge Report

  20. What protest march in October 1936 highlighted severe unemployment in a North East town?

    • Jarrow Crusade
    • Rhondda March
    • Glasgow Crusade
    • Blind March

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