Lesson 1G.1.1

1G.1.1 Victorian and Edwardian Britain, c1851–1914 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 7

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, led the government from 1874 to 1880 and was associated with 'One Nation' Conservatism?

    • Herbert Asquith
    • Benjamin Disraeli
    • Lord Salisbury
    • William Gladstone

  2. Which Prime Minister, a Liberal who led four ministries between 1868 and 1894, was known for his Irish policy and his Midlothian campaign?

    • Benjamin Disraeli
    • Lord Rosebery
    • Lord Salisbury
    • William Gladstone

  3. Which 1870 Act created elected school boards to supplement voluntary elementary schools?

    • Balfour Act
    • Mines Act
    • Factory Act
    • Forster Education Act

  4. Which 1871 Act formally legalised trade unions and protected their funds in Britain?

    • Trade Union Act
    • Criminal Law Act
    • Conspiracy Act
    • Combination Act

  5. Which 1901 legal ruling made trade unions liable for damages caused during industrial strikes?

    • Osborne judgement
    • Taff Vale judgement
    • Luddite trial
    • Tolpuddle verdict

  6. Which socialist organisation was founded in 1884 by Sidney and Beatrice Webb?

    • The Primrose League
    • Independent Labour Party
    • Social Democratic Federation
    • The Fabian Society

  7. Which Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, led governments in the period of Conservative dominance from 1886 to 1905?

    • Lord Rosebery
    • Lord Salisbury
    • Lord Melbourne
    • Arthur Balfour

  8. Which controversial 1886 Irish bill proposed by Gladstone split the Liberal Party?

    • First Home Rule Bill
    • Irish Land Act
    • Coercion Act
    • Disestablishment Act

  9. What was the name of David Lloyd George's radical welfare budget introduced in 1909?

    • The Sunshine Budget
    • The War Budget
    • The Coupon Budget
    • The People's Budget

  10. Which 1911 Act restricted the House of Lords from blocking money bills?

    • The Parliament Act
    • The Peerage Act
    • The Representation Act
    • The Reform Act

  11. Which 1908 Act introduced Britain's first state pension for older citizens?

    • Old Age Pensions Act
    • Workmen's Compensation Act
    • National Insurance Act
    • Unemployed Workmen Act

  12. Which conflict of 1899 to 1902 in southern Africa contributed to the political and social debates of Edwardian Britain?

    • The Zulu War
    • The Sudan Campaign
    • The Boer War
    • The Crimean War

  13. Which organisation was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903 to fight for women's votes?

    • The Fabian Society
    • The NUWSS
    • The Primrose League
    • The WSPU

  14. How many years separated the Forster Education Act of 1870 and the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908?

    • 42 years
    • 48 years
    • 38 years
    • 32 years

  15. How many years separated the Taff Vale judgement of 1901 and the Parliament Act of 1911?

    • 14 years
    • 10 years
    • 18 years
    • 6 years

  16. Which issue split the Liberal Party in 1886 and led to long-term Conservative dominance?

    • Tariff Reform
    • Women's Suffrage
    • Irish Home Rule
    • Corn Laws repeal

  17. Which political ideology inspired the Liberal government's social welfare reforms between 1906 and 1914?

    • One Nation Conservatism
    • New Liberalism
    • Democratic Socialism
    • Gladstonian Liberalism

  18. Which Liberal Prime Minister introduced the first two Irish Home Rule Bills in 1886 and 1893?

    • William Gladstone
    • Herbert Asquith
    • David Lloyd George
    • Lord Salisbury

  19. Which economic policy did Britain maintain during the late nineteenth-century agricultural depression?

    • Free trade
    • Mercantilism
    • Protectionism
    • Imperial preference

  20. Which 1875 Act consolidated sanitary law and required local authorities to provide clean water?

    • Factory Act
    • Public Health Act
    • Town Planning Act
    • Artisans' Dwellings Act

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