Lesson Y112.4
Y112.4 Domestic politics 1940–1951 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What debate in Parliament directly prompted the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in May 1940?
- Munich Debate
- Dunkirk Debate
- Blitz Debate
- Norway Debate
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Which 1942 report proposed creating a comprehensive welfare state to combat five major social evils?
- Beveridge Report
- Uthwatt Report
- Butler Report
- Barlow Report
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Which system of secondary education was introduced across Britain by the Butler Act of 1944?
- Comprehensive system
- Academy system
- Tripartite system
- Grammar-only system
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Which politician led the Labour Party to a landmark landslide victory in the 1945 general election?
- Clement Attlee
- Aneurin Bevan
- Herbert Morrison
- Ernest Bevin
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Who was the Labour Minister of Health responsible for establishing the National Health Service in 1948?
- Aneurin Bevan
- Stafford Cripps
- Hugh Dalton
- Ernest Bevin
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Which crucial financial institute was nationalised by the Labour government in 1946?
- London Stock Exchange
- Lloyds Bank
- Bank of England
- Barclays Bank
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What legislation passed in 1946 provided universal state support for sickness, unemployment, and retirement benefits?
- Social Security Act
- National Health Act
- Workmen Act
- National Insurance Act
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Why was bread rationing introduced in Britain for the first time in July 1946?
- High export taxes
- U-boat blockades
- Strikes by bakers
- World grain shortages
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Why did Chancellor Hugh Dalton resign from Attlee's cabinet in November 1947?
- Prescription charges
- Coal industry failure
- Sterling devaluation
- Budget speech leak
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Which policy document published in 1947 accepted key post-war Labour reforms into Conservative Party policy?
- Woolton Report
- Industrial Charter
- Tamworth Manifesto
- Beveridge Plan
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What policy did the Labour government introduce in 1948 alongside trades unions to curb post-war inflation?
- Voluntary wage freeze
- Gold standard return
- Compulsory pay cap
- Price ceilings
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How many seats overall majority did Labour secure in the 1950 general election?
- Eighty seats
- Fifty seats
- Five seats
- One hundred seats
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Why did Aneurin Bevan resign from the Labour cabinet in April 1951?
- Korean War deployment
- Steel nationalisation
- Housing cuts
- NHS prescription charges
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Which political party won the majority of seats in the 1951 British general election?
- Conservative Party
- Liberal Party
- Labour Party
- Communist Party
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Where did Winston Churchill deliver his famous Iron Curtain speech in March 1946?
- Potsdam, Germany
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Yalta, Crimea
- Fulton, Missouri
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Who was appointed Conservative Party Chairman in 1946 to overhaul party finances and constituency organisation?
- Lord Woolton
- Rab Butler
- Anthony Eden
- Harold Macmillan
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Which major industrial sector was nationalised last by the 1945 to 1951 Labour government?
- Railway transport
- Coal mining
- Gas supply
- Iron and steel
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Which temporary structure was mass-produced after 1945 to address Britain's urgent post-war housing shortage?
- High-rise flat
- Garden city
- Tenement block
- Prefabricated house
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Which economic crisis forced Britain to devalue the pound sterling from 4.03 to 2.80 dollars in 1949?
- Hyperinflation
- Stock market crash
- Banking collapse
- Balance of payments
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What social evil identified by Beveridge was targeted primarily through maintaining full employment policies?
- Squalor
- Ignorance
- Want
- Idleness
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