History A-Levels – Britain Transformed, 1918-1997 Practice Test

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• What did the Representation of the People Act grant?
• What were the main conclusions of the May Committee (1931)?
• Which policy, introduced in 1971, limited electricity usage to three specified days each week?
• When did Black Monday occur, signaling the collapse of the Triple Alliance?
• Which of the following best represents Thatcher's policies?
• Who chaired the May Committee?
• Harold Wilson's second term as Prime Minister occurred during which years?
• What does it mean to 'roll back the frontiers of the state'?
• What years was the country run by the National Government?
• The first Labour government is significant because it:
• The Notting Hill riots occurred in which city?
• In what year was the Sexual Offences Act passed that decriminalised homosexual acts in private between two men or two women aged 21 or over?
• The Commonwealth Immigration Acts primarily restricted migration rights of citizens from which group?
• When was the poll tax introduced in England and Wales?
• When was the outbreak of the Second World War?
• Why did Churchill lose the vote after the war?
• Which Act prohibited any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment?
• When was the first Labour government?
• The Notting Hill Race Riots occurred in which year?
• When did the Liberal-Conservative coalition collapse?
• In what year was the May Committee set up?
• Black Monday in 1921 is associated with which of the following?
• Which party did Ramsay MacDonald represent as Prime Minister?
• What is monetarism?
• In which year did Harold Wilson resign and James Callaghan take over?
• What did Thatcher think was the most pressing economic problem?
• Which region was given as an example in the Special Areas Act?
• In 1967, the British pound was devalued; the exchange rate fell to approximately what value?
• Which of the following is NOT a policy of supply-side economics?
• David Lloyd George served as Prime Minister during which years, and which party did he lead?
• How did the government view full employment under Thatcher?
• On what date did the Poll Tax Riots occur?
• Before the 1926 General Strike, why were about one million coal miners locked out?
• Which statement is true about Black Monday’s impact on the London stock market?
• What is the Beveridge Report and when was it published?
• The Abortion Act was passed in which year and what did it do?
• Black Monday occurred in which year?
• Where was the poll tax introduced first?
• When did WWII end and Labour form government?
• What was the National Government?
• Which Act protected men and women from discrimination on grounds of sex or marital status?
• During which year range did Stanley Baldwin serve as Prime Minister for his second term?
• What was the Gold Standard?
• Which two parties ran the National Government during the Second World War?
• Who was Aneurin Bevan?
• The Equal Pay Act was enacted in which year?
• What was the winter of discontent?
• What was the impact of monetarist policies?
• The Race Relations Acts were passed in which years, and what was their primary aim?
• The Winter of Discontent occurred during which years?
• When was the creation of the National Health Service?
• What is supply side economics?
• Which statement about supply-side economics is true?
• In what year did the National Government take power in Britain?
• Harold Wilson served as Prime Minister during which years?
• What was the Geddes Axe best described as?
• What was a distinctive feature of the poll tax?
• When did the 1926 General Strike take place?
• What was the main purpose of the May Committee's recommendations?
• On Black Monday, by how much did the London stock market fall?
• What is inflation?
• Who called the 1926 General Strike?
• When was the Representation of the People Act passed?
• Ramsey MacDonald’s second term as Prime Minister lasted from which years?
• In what year was the Three-Day Week imposed?
• Which event does the year 1922 signify in UK politics?
• The Commonwealth Immigration Acts were enacted between which years, and what did they do?
• Which year saw the second Representation of the People Act?
• Which of the following is true about the second Labour Government?
• When did the second Labour Government come to power?
• In which year was the Sex Discrimination Act passed?
• When was the Butler Education Act and what did it provide?
• The Representation of the People Act extended voting rights to which group?
• What common background did Harold Wilson and Edward Heath share?
• The winter of discontent was largely associated with strikes by which group?
• Who were the party leaders during the National Government?
• The Geddes Axe is best described as which of the following?
• When was the Miner's strike?
• In what year did the Conservative government begin its period of dominance until 1964?
• Which statement about the timing of the poll tax is correct?
• Which industries were privatized by Thatcher's government?
• What was the poll tax?
• Who became Prime Minister after Harold Wilson resigned in 1976?
• In what year was the poll tax abandoned?
• Which of the following lists contains the four Conservative Prime Ministers who served between 1951 and 1964?
• Which year did the Conservative Party win the general election under Prime Minister Edward Heath?
• In what year was the Industrial Relations Act introduced?
• In which year was the Beveridge Report published?
• When was the Geddes Axe?
• In which year did Ramsay MacDonald first become Prime Minister, and which party did he represent?
• Why was Lloyd George unpopular?
• The Notting Hill riots are associated with which broader social issue in Britain during the 1950s?
• Which statement is true regarding the poll tax timeline?
• The Race Relations Acts primarily outlawed discrimination in which domain?
• Who was the Labour prime minister after World War II?
• Which of the following individuals did NOT serve as Conservative Prime Minister between 1951 and 1964?
• The abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom occurred in which year?
• How long did the Heath government last after its 1970 election victory?
• During which years did Margaret Thatcher serve as Prime Minister?
• Which statement about the poll tax's local rate setting is correct?
• What were Thatcher's main overarching policies?
• What did the Special Areas Act of 1934 aim to do?
• The Poll Tax Riots occurred in response to which policy?
• When was Stanley Baldwin Prime Minister and what party did he belong to?
• Which description best matches monetarist policy?