2M.2.1 Emergence of the Affluent Society, 1929–1957 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 23

The 20 questions

1. What major economic decision did Britain take in September 1931 during the financial crisis?

   • Abolished income tax
   • Joined European union
   • Left gold standard
   • Adopted free trade

2. What was the name of the coalition government formed by Ramsay MacDonald in 1931?

   • National Government
   • War Cabinet
   • Grand Coalition
   • Popular Front

3. Which 1932 legislation ended Britain's traditional free trade policy by imposing general tariffs?

   • Import Duties Act
   • Trade Disputes Act
   • Ottawa Agreement Act
   • Corn Laws Act

4. Which political organisation was founded by Oswald Mosley in 1932?

   • British Fascists
   • British Union of Fascists
   • National Fascist Party
   • Imperial Fascist League

5. What was the 1936 protest march of unemployed shipyard workers to London called?

   • Jarrow Crusade
   • Blind March
   • Cable Street March
   • Hunger March

6. Which event of 1936 led to the abdication of a king and a constitutional crisis?

   • The Jarrow March
   • The Abdication Crisis
   • The Easter Rising
   • The Curragh Incident

7. Which report of 1942 became the blueprint for the post-war welfare state?

   • The Barlow Report
   • The Hadow Report
   • The Warnock Report
   • The Beveridge Report

8. Which 1944 Act reorganised UK secondary education and introduced the tripartite system?

   • Balfour Education Act
   • Butler Education Act
   • Fisher Education Act
   • Beveridge Report Act

9. Which party won a large majority in the 1945 general election, bringing about the post-war welfare state?

   • Liberal
   • Communist
   • Labour
   • Conservative

10. Which industry was nationalised by Attlee's Labour government in 1946?

    • Coal
    • Cotton textiles
    • Retail banking
    • Motor vehicles

11. The National Health Service was established in which year under the Labour government?

    • 1948
    • 1939
    • 1942
    • 1951

12. What characterized the 'stop-go' economic strategy used in 1950s Britain?

    • Uncontrolled wage growth
    • Strict socialist planning
    • Alternating credit controls
    • Fixed exchange rates

13. Which Prime Minister stated in 1957 that most British people had "never had it so good"?

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

14. Which factor directly enabled the growth of British consumer affluence in the late 1950s?

    • War damage compensation
    • Increased rationing
    • Higher import tariffs
    • Rising real wages

15. Which 1948 Act granted Commonwealth citizens the right to settle in Britain?

    • Aliens Restriction Act
    • British Nationality Act
    • Commonwealth Immigration Act
    • Empire Settlement Act

16. Which anti-nuclear movement was founded in Britain in 1958?

    • CND
    • Anti-Nazi League
    • Greenpeace
    • Stop the War

17. Which event in 1951 showcased British design, industry and post-war recovery?

    • Empire Exhibition
    • Festival of Empire
    • Festival of Britain
    • Great Exhibition

18. Which factor contributed to Conservative political dominance between 1951 and 1957?

    • Unilateral nuclear disarmament
    • Post-war economic growth
    • Total Labour collapse
    • Electoral reform

19. Which 1956 foreign policy crisis exposed Britain's declining status as a superpower?

    • Korean War
    • Suez Crisis
    • Falklands War
    • Berlin Crisis

20. Which event in 1958 highlighted rising racial tensions in Britain?

    • Notting Hill riots
    • Brixton riots
    • Cable Street clashes
    • Toxteth riots

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